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ORIENT / OCCIDENT | Music Composers’ Competition 2019 – 6th Edition

 ORIENT / OCCIDENT | Music Composers’ Competition 2019 – 6th Edition
Summary:Competition with 3 Categories
Deadline: 28 February 2019
Date Posted: 22 November 2018
Details: ORIENT / OCCIDENT | Music Composers’ Competition 2019 – 6th Edition
City: Lviv (Ukraine)
Sponsored by : Lviv Philharmonic Society
Date: 23 > 27 March 2019

The project ”ORIENT/OCCIDENT” was born with the idea of meeting and sharing among composers of various nationalities and age, on the common theme of meeting between the world of the Eastern contemporary music and the Western culture. The Competition will be made possible through one of the most renowned orchestras in Eastern Europe. The high level technique and interpretative of the Lviv Philharmonic Orchestra, will be honored by the finalists of this international event.

The Competition is realized by the collaboration between KLKnewmusic and the Lemberg Sinfonietta. The project is open to all composers of any age and nationality, who want to share their musical and personal journey, attend seminars and opportunities for discussion, on the art of our time, on the contemporary music and on the figure of the Composer in this Third Millennium. The organization will select composers who will have the opportunity to participate in the “ORIENT/OCCIDENT COMPOSERS’ MUSIC COMPETITION 2019” from 23 to 27 March 2019 in the city of Lviv, inside the music center of Lviv Philharmonic Society.

PARTICIPANT INFO
Each composer must submit – deadline: 28 February 2019 – a score with organic selected in the following list :
1. a) Orchestra;
2. b) Soprano or mezzosoprano, and orchestra;
3. c) Piano and orchestra.

The number of the orchestra’s instruments can be up to the following list max 41 players: 2 flute (ottavino), 2 oboe ( english horn), 2 clarinet (bass clarinet) 2 bassoon, 2 horn, 2 trumpet, 2 trombone, 1 timpani, 1 percussionist, 8 violins I, 6 violins II, 4 violas, 4 cellos, 3 contrabass. The work must not exceed 12 minutes. All score will be sent by email (only one work for composer), in PDF format, at klknewmusic@gmail.com. The selected works will be played on 26 and 27 March 2019 by KLK Symphony Orchestra. All concerts will be recorded by a sound engineer and video professional recording.

Deadline: 28 February 2019.
The work must not exceed 12 minutes.
All score will be sent by email (only one work for composer), in PDF format, at klknewmusic@gmail.com.

Each email sent to submit a score shall include:
– The score and orchestral parts must be in A4 format, (please indicate minutes of the score) as PDF file (Sibelius or Finale program);
– A second PDF-file containing the identity of the composer (name and address, nationality, telephone number, email, website, short CV)
and a statement by the composer stating that the submitted work has never before been published, performed in public and/or broadcast before,
nor prized in any composer’s competition. Other file format than PDF are not acceptable and will result in the submission being rejected!
There is no registration form.
The Composition Staff will select the best composers, from all the application submitted, no later than 03 March 2019.

ENTRY FEE
The tuition fee for all participants selected is €790 (euro 790):
€300 + 5% tax to be paid no later than 05 March 2019 by Paypal on email klknewmusic@gmail.com;

€490 payable on 23 March upon arrival at Lviv or by Paypal for composers who will not be in Lviv.

Web Site:klknewmusic.com/orient-occident-music-composers-competition-2019-6th-edition/