ORIENT / OCCIDENT | Music Composers’ Competition 2020 – 7th Edition

ORIENT / OCCIDENT | Music Composers’ Competition 2020 – 7th Edition
City: Lviv (Ukraine)
Sponsored by : Lviv Philharmonic Society
Date: 30 August > 2 September  2020The 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.

KLKnewmusic annunces the winners of “Orient / Occident” Competition Composers 2020

1 prize : Not assigned;
2 prize : Amr Okba – A Journey to the Afterlife – for soprano and orchestra;
3 prize : Guven Cem – Journey to the Dream Planet – for orchestra.

Special mention : Brian Field – Tres canciones de amor – for soprano and chamber orchestra

THE COMMISSION
Bohdana Frolyak
Ferdinando Nazzaro
Yuri Laniuk
Domenico Clapasson

Lviv, September 2, 2020

DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH | Music Composers’ Competition 2019 – 2nd Edition

DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH | Music Composers’ Competition 2019 – 2nd Edition
City: Lviv (Ukraine)
Sponsored by : Lviv Philharmonic Society
Date: 26 > 30 October 2019

The project ”DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH” 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 KLK Ensemble , will be honored by the finalists of this international event.

KLKnewmusic announces the winners of “D. Shostakovich” Competition Composers 2019:

1 prize   NOT ASSIGNED

2 prize   NOT ASSIGNED

3 prize  He Li : “Vortex rings” for piano quintet

THE COMMISSION

Paolo Ugoletti

Yuri Laniuk

Bohdana Frolyak

Domenico Clapasson

Ferdinando Nazzaro

Soloist & Orchestra 2019

The Soloist & Orchestra Project was born from a
consolidated experience of Klknewmusic, international organization promoting
for years now important events such as competitions, masterclasses,
conferences, with some of the most famous musicians in the world. The project
will be located in Lviv (Ukraine), at the location of the Philharmonia in
cooperation with the KLK Symphony Orchestra and the teacher,
the Ukrainian pianist Olga Zdorenko, internationally renowned. The
main objective of the event is to give the opportunity to the soloists selected
to deal with the literature of the concerto for piano, violin, cello, clarinet,
and orchestra, from classicism to the twentieth century, with lessons,
rehearsals, and final concert in the Philharmonia Orchestra with recording
audio video professional.

Soloist & Orchestra 2019 | Participant Info

The soloists participants will have the opportunity to make individual
lessons of 45 minutes with the teacher and with the KLK Symphony Orchestra
rehearsals, with final concerts on 25,26, 27 April 2019 and the conducting of M° Ferdinando
Nazzaro.

For the Masterclass will be selected a maximum of 10 students with no age
limit.
Please send the application form to klknewmusic@gmail.com no later than 17
March 2019; you can also specify some video links about your last performances.
The selected students will be notified by email no later than March 20, 2019.

Regarding the final concert, Prof. Zdorenko, in accordance with M° Nazzaro
and artistic direction of the Philharmonia, decide together the best pianists
for public concerts. In any case, all participants admitted to the Masterclass
will have the chance to play one or more movements of the concert with
professional recording audio / video.