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ORIENT / OCCIDENT | Music Composers’ Competition 2024 – 10th Edition
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ORIENT / OCCIDENT | Music Composers’ Competition 2024 – 10th Edition
City: Lviv (Ukraine)
Sponsored by : Lviv Philharmonic Society
Date: 07 > 11 December 2024
The project ”ORIENT/OCCIDENT” was born in 2013 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 KLK Symphony Orchestra, will be honored by the finalists of this international event.
The project is open to all composers of any age and nationality, who want to share their musical and personal journey 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 2024” from 07 to 11 December 2024 in the city of Lviv, inside the music center of Lviv Philharmonic Society.
PARTICIPANT INFO
Each composer must submit – deadline: 15 November 2024 – a score for Chamber orchestra with organic in the following list :
The number of the orchestra’s instruments can be up to the following list, max 36 players: 1 flute (ottavino), 1 oboe ( english horn), 1 clarinet (bass clarinet) 1 bassoon, 1 horn, 1 trumpet, 1 trombone, piano, 2 percussionists, 1 soprano, 8 violins I, 6 violins II, 4 violas, 4 cellos, 3 contrabass. 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 11 December by KLK Symphony Orchestra. The concert will be recorded by a sound engineer in audio / video professional recording.
Deadline: 15 November 2024.
The work must not exceed 12 minutes.
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 12 scores, from all the applications submitted, no later than 15 November 2024. The physical presence of the composer in Lviv is not obligatory.
ENTRY FEE
The tuition fee for all participants selected is € 1100 (euro 1100):
€ 1100 + 5% tax Paypal (1160 euro) to be paid no later than 21 November 2024 by Paypal on email klknewmusic@gmail.com;
The tuition fee includes:
- participation at rehearsals and check sound of the selected composers during the period 07 > 11 December 2024 ( rehearsals in streaming by Facebook profile KLKnewmusic );
- Final concerts in Philharmonia with the works selected and performed by KLK Symphony Orchestra ;
- professional audio/video recording of the final concerts;
- certificate of participation.
The tuition fee does not include:
-Food
-Accommodation
-Flight.
Administrative secretary for the International Music Composers’ Competition ORIENT/OCCIDENT 2024 is Ms. Anastasiya Kodola.
For any question about the tuition fee and payment method write to anastasiakodola@gmail.com
Please send a PDF file with your payment check to klknewmusic@gmail.com.
COMPOSITION STAFF
Bohdana Frolyak – President – Composer
Domenico Clapasson – Composer
Denys Lytvynenko – Artistic coordinator
Ferdinando Nazzaro – Composer, Conductor
Three prizes will be awarded.
1 Prize – 1300 USD, and the score published by Aldebaran Editions;
2 Prize – and the score published by Aldebaran Editions;
3 Prize – and the score published by Aldebaran Editions;
The Composition Staff reserves the right not to award the prize and to award Special Mentions of merit.