Open call: Franco Donatoni composers competition

The International Divertimento Ensemble Academy (IDEA) and its artistic director Sandro Gorli are inviting young composers around the world to submit scores for the eighth edition of the Franco Donatoni International Meeting for Young Composers Competition.

The central theme of this edition is concern for the environment. The challenge posed is to contribute even through music to the emergence of a pro-ecological transition consciousness. The strategies used concern both the articulation of the project and the artistic product it intends to stimulate.

The call is open to composers of any nationality born after 1 January 1987, who need to submit a score before 30 November 2023, with an instrumental ensemble from the following instruments: flute (also piccolo and flute in G), oboe (also English horn), clarinet (also clarinet in mib and bass clarinet), piano, percussion, violin, viola and cello, and with a duration not exceeding 12 minutes.

The submitted composition may be published and already performed, and if possible should be accompanied by a recording of the performance. An international jury will choose by 18 December 2023 the 12 composers invited to participate in a reading workshop of the submitted compositions and to send a draft of a new composition for soprano, reciting voice and ensemble, with or without electronics.

Deadline: 30th November 2023