Zemlinsky 2024
Composition Competition
Music for Piano Trio
About
The Alexander Zemlinsky Prize for Composition serves three purposes:
- To perpetuate the memory of Alexander Zemlinsky.
- To discover new works that are truly original and have the power to communicate with and engage a broad audience.
- To promote and encourage young composers from around the world.
Details
Three prizes will be given as follows:
First Prize: US$5,000 cash prize, plus the world premiere performance by the LINCOLN TRIO of the winning work for piano trio (violin, cello, and piano) plus a recording of the work by the Lincoln Trio.
Second Prize: US$3,000 cash prize.
Third Prize: US$2,000 cash prize.
Terms of the Awards: For the first prizewinner, 50% of the cash prize will be awarded upon announcement of the prizewinners; the remaining 50% will be awarded upon the receipt of scores and parts. For the second and third prizewinners, the entire prize will be awarded upon the announcement of the prizewinners.
Adjudication: Adjudication will be completed according to the TIMELINE below.
Performers
The Lincoln Trio
Performers
FANFARE Magazine hailed the celebrated Chicago-based Lincoln Trio, Desirée Ruhstrat, violin, David Cunliffe, cello, and Marta Aznavoorian, piano—as "one of the hottest young trios in the business."
JUDGES
Errollyn Wallen
Composer, United Kingdom
Errollyn Wallen is a multi award-winning Belize-born British composer and performer. Her prolific output includes twenty-two operas and a large catalogue of orchestral, chamber and vocal works which are performed and broadcast throughout the world.
Igor Shcherbakov
Composer, Ukraine
Igor Shcherbakov is a well-known Ukrainian composer, musical and public figure, teacher, Professor of the Ukrainian National Academy of Music, President of Kiev Composers Union (1999-2010).
Bright Sheng
Composer, USA/China
Bright Sheng is respected as one of the foremost composers of our time, whose stage, orchestral, chamber and vocal works are performed regularly throughout North America, Europe and Asia.
Eligibility
Composers of any nationality born after April 1, 1989 may apply.
Applications will be accepted between August 14, 2023 and February 28, 2024.
Eligible composers will submit one score of 10-15 minutes for piano trio only (no other instruments, no solos or duos, no electronics, ONLY works for the complete piano trio of violin, cello, piano either published or unpublished; use of non-traditional effects utilizing the inside of the piano are not allowed). Recordings of this work, while not necessary, are encouraged. A MIDI recording is acceptable in lieu of a live performance.
The work may NOT have received any previous prizes or awards, or been previously performed, since the winning work will receive its world premiere by the Lincoln Trio. The work must have been written after 2018.
2024 Chamber Music Prize
ENTRIES CLOSE APRIL 1, 2024.
ENTRIES OPEN AUGUST 14, 2023.
APPLY
Timeline
Semi-Finalists Announced
Announcement of twenty semi-finalists whose scores will be forwarded to our international panel of composers.
Learn More30/04/2024Finalists announced
FIVE finalists will be announced on or before September 1, 2024. Click Learn More to see the five selected finalists.
Learn More01/09/2024Winners Announced and Promoted
The three winners will be announced and promoted from this date.
Learn More05/12/20242019 Winners—Orchestral Prize
Aya Yoshida
First Prize Winner
First Prize for her work DOUBLE FACE. Aya will compose a new work for orchestra and ballet to be premiered in Cincinnati during the 2020/2021 season.
Tomasz Skweres
Second Prize
Second Prize for his work "über das farbige Licht der Doppelsterne..."
Past Winners
Ulrich Kreppein
First Prize 2013
SPIEL DER SCHATTEN (The Play of the Shadows)
Aaron Travers
Second Prize 2013
FAIRYTALE
Miguel Farías
Third Prize 2013
ECOS DE UN COLOR (Echoes of a Color)
Enrico Chapela
First Prize 2005
INGUESU
Narong Prangcharoen
Second Prize 2005
RESPIRATION OF THE SUN
Cynthia Lee Wong
Third Prize 2005
SINFONIETTA
Katsuji Maeda
First Prize 1999
REFLECTIONS
Moritz Eggert
Second Prize 1999
NUMBER NINE I-III
Kelly-Marie Murphy
Third Prize 1999
UTTERANCES
Contact
- UC College-Conservatory of Music
- PO Box 210003, Cincinnati OH, 45221-0003, USA