BRUNO MADERNA International Composers’ Competition 9th Edition 2025
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BRUNO MADERNA International Composers’ Competition 9th Edition 2025
(City: Lviv (Ukraine)
Sponsored by: Lviv Philhamonic Society
Date: 18 > 21 July 2025
The International Composers Competition BRUNO MADERNA was born from the idea to create a project that will work on the meeting of the contemporary music of our time, dedicated to the memory of the great Italian composer of the 20th century, Bruno Maderna (1920-1973).
The Competition is realized by the collaboration between KLKnewmusic and the Phoenix Ensemble. 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 “BRUNO MADERNA COMPOSERS’ MUSIC COMPETITION 2025” from 18 to 21 July in the city of Lviv, inside the music center of Lviv Philharmonic Society.
PARTICIPANT INFO
Each composer must submit a score with organic from 2 to 6 players: piano, two violins, viola, cello, contrabass. The work must not exceed 12 minutes. All scores will be sent by email (only one work for composer), in PDF format, to klknewmusic@gmail.com. The selected works will be played on 21 July 2025 by the Phoenix Ensemble. The concert will be recorded by a sound engineer and video recording.
Deadline: 20 June 2025.
The work must not exceed 12 minutes.
All score will be sent by email (only one work for composer), in PDF format, to 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 a 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. File formats other 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 applications submitted no later than 22 June 2025.
ENTRY FEE
The tuition fee for all participants selected is €590 (euro 590):
€590€ + 5% tax (630 €) to be paid no later than 02 July 2025 by Paypal on email klknewmusic@gmail.com;
The tuition fee includes:
- participation at rehearsals (in streaming) and check the sound of the selected composers during the period 18 > 21 July 2025;
- Final concert in Philharmonia with the works selected and performed by Phoenix Ensemble;
- professional audio/video recording of the final concert;
- Certificate of participation.
The tuition fee does not include:
-Food
-Accommodation
-Flight.
The administrative secretary for the International Music Composers’ Competition, BRUNO MADERNA 2025, is Ms. Anastasiya Kodola.
For any questions 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 (UKR) – President
Yuri Laniuk (UKR) – Composer
Domenico Clapasson (ITA) – Composer
Ferdinando Nazzaro (ITA) – Composer, Artistic Director KLKnewmusic
PRIZES
1 Prize – 750 USD, and the score published by Aldebaran Editions;
2 Prize – the score published by Aldebaran Editions;
3 Prize – the score published by Aldebaran Editions.
The Composition Staff reserves the right not to award the prize and to award Special Mentions of merit.
