International Composition Competition 2024

Call for entries

On the occasion of the 12th International Competition “Franz Schubert and Modern Music” 2025, member of the World Federation of International Music Competitions, and the Alink-Argerich Foundation, contemporary compositions for Trio for Piano, Violin and Violoncello (Piano Trio) are sought. The primary aim of this competition is to encourage the creation of new works for this chamber music category.

The prizewinning work will be on the programme of the above-mentioned competition in February 2025 as a compulsory piece in the category Piano Trio, and will be premiered and performed several times.

The jury consists of internationally renowned personalities (composers and instrumentalists):

Chia CHOU (chair)

Annette BIK
Lucas FELS
Clemens GADENSTÄTTER
Clemens NACHTMANN
Miroslav SRNKA
Hilda PAREDES 

Conditions of participation

The competition is open to the public and invites composers from all nations and stateless persons to apply.

Age limit: born after March 27, 1986

Submission deadline: March 27, 2024

Prize money: € 5,000,- *The executive committee of the competition reserves the jury’s right to split the prize and award it to two works if necessary. In the event of the prize being split, the performance of the work during the 12th FS&MM competition and its recording cannot be guaranteed.

A composition for Trio for Piano, Violin and Violoncello is to be submitted with a maximum performance duration of 15 minutes.

Additional benefits

  • The prizewinning composition will be included as a compulsory piece in the repertoire of the category “Trio for Piano, Violin and Violoncello” in the 12th International Competition “Franz Schubert and Modern Music”. In the event of two prizewinning works, the choice will be left to the participants. In February 2025 the prizewinning work(s) will be premiered.
     
  • Like the previous competitions, the 12th International Competition “Franz Schubert and Modern Music” will be recorded.
     
  • All compositions which were selected by the jury will be included in the library of the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz.
     
  • The prizewinners will be invited to take part in the award ceremony. Travel and hotel expenses will be covered by the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz.

General conditions

The work may neither already have been accepted for a premiere performance, nor been performed in public, nor been awarded a prize, nor been published. The submissions will be presented anonymously to the jury for evaluation. The decision regarding the prizewinning piece will be reached in a jury meeting by July 2024 and applicants will then be informed of the results. The jury is also free to split the prize and recognise two works as prizewinning works.

The premiere performance is reserved for the 12th International Competition “Franz Schubert and Modern Music”.

The official award ceremony will take place during this competition in February 2025 in Graz.

The prize money is a gross amount. The amount actually paid out will be subject to the deduction of any taxes due in Austria, which have to be transferred by the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz directly to the tax office.

 

 

Subject to change!

Application

To be submitted

– the signed application form

– a scan of passport or ID

– the anonymous copy of the score (with a pseudonym of your choice instead of your name)

– a short biography including education and teachers

via MUVAC

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DEADLINE: March 27, 2024

 

 

Information

University of Music and Performing Arts Graz

Competition Office
Leonhardstraße 15, 8010 Graz/Austria

T: +43 316 389 1900;+43 664 88761832
E: trio.composition@kug.ac.at