Composition competition

A composition competition is a competition for composers which , in contrast to a “normal” music competition, does not take place in front of a public audience and usually takes place in just one round. The participants submit one (or more) compositions in the required cast or on a specific topic, which will be evaluated by a jury. Usually the one to three best rated participants are awarded.

The most famous composition competition is the Concours Reine Elisabeth , in which a compulsory piece is to be composed for the music competition that follows. Other well-known composition competitions are:

• Acanthes @ IRCAM Paris
• IRCAM Cursus Paris
• IRCAM Tremplin Paris
• International Isang Yun Music Prize
• Gustav Mahler Composition Prize of the City of Klagenfurt
• Jenő Takács Composition Competition
• BMW Composition Prize from Musica Viva Munich
• Composition prize of the state capital Stuttgart
• International Composition Prize Carl von Ossietzky
• Composition competition for “Trio for piano, violin and violoncello” of the International Chamber Music Competition Franz Schubert and Modern Music
• Ensemblia composition competition of the city of Mönchengladbach
• RBB Composition Competition (New Sorbian Song)
• Siegburg Composition Competition
• TONALi composition competition Hamburg
• Composition competition on the occasion of the Weimar Spring Days for contemporary music (orchestra and chamber music)
• Composition competition of the city of Neuss
• Composition competition for the prize for composers and performers "Blue Bridge"
• Composition prize from the Gaudeamus Foundation
• Composition competition for contemporary sacred music as part of the European Church Music Festival in Schwäbisch Gmünd

Important prizes in composition competitions in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries were the Beethoven Prize and the Mendelssohn Prize .

See also

• List of music competitions (classical)
• List of music competitions and prizes

literature

• "Competitions", in: Deutscher Musikrat (ed.): Musik-Almanach 2007/08. Data and facts on musical life in Germany, Regensburg, ConBrio, 2006, pp. 523–579.

Web links

• Competitions in Germany and abroad (list of the German Music Information Center)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Website of the composition competition of the international competition "Franz Schubert and Modern Music" (accessed on November 27, 2015.)