Zemlinsky 2019
Composition Competition
Orchestral Music for Dance
About
The Alexander Zemlinsky Prize for Composition serves three purposes:
- To perpetuate the memory of Alexander Zemlinsky.
- To discover new works for symphony orchestra 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$30,000 cash prize, plus the world premiere performance by CCM's Philharmonia Orchestra in its 2020-2021 season of a newly commissioned work for orchestra (instrumentation TBD) and ballet, plus a commercially produced recording by the CCM Philharmonia.
Second Prize: US$20,000 cash prize.
Third Prize: US$10,000 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: Judges for the competition will be selected by the Dean of CCM, the Alexander Zemlinsky Fund in Vienna, and the Austrian Cultural Institute in New York City. Adjudication will be completed according to the TIMELINE below.
Eligibility
Composers of any nationality born after April 1, 1984 may apply.
Applications will be accepted between November 5, 2018 and February 28, 2019. An external link for submitting materials will be available during this window of time.
Eligible composers will submit one score of 10-15 minutes for orchestra only (no soloists, no choir, no electronics) of any size (either published or unpublished). Recordings of this work, while not necessary, are encouraged. A MIDI recording is acceptable in lieu of a live performance.
Contact
- UC College-Conservatory of Music
- PO Box 210003, Cincinnati OH, 45221-0003, USA
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Timeline
Semi-Finalists Announced
Announcement of twenty semi-finalists whose scores will be forwarded to our international panel of composers.
Learn More06/05/2019Finalists announced
FIVE finalists will be announced on or before September 1, 2019. Click Learn More to see the five selected finalists.
Learn More01/09/2019Winners Announced and Promoted
The three winners will be announced and promoted from this date.
Learn More05/12/20192019 Winners
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
2023 Chamber Music Prize
ENTRIES CLOSE LATE 2022.
ENTRIES OPEN DECEMBER 2021.
