International Prize for Non-Conventional Score Music Writing
Competition Rules for participation in the
International Prize for Non-Conventional Score Music Writing
Cluster – the Contemporary Music Association – in collaboration with Fondazione Banca del Monte di Lucca, Lucca Province, Lucca Comune, Italy, announces its first International Prize for Non-Conventional Score Music Writing, dedicated to all art music composers and forming part of the first “Music with a View” international exhibition ” (26th March to 10th May, 2016) to be held at the Loggia dell’Ammannati and Sala degli Staffieri of Palazzo Ducale in the city of Lucca (Italy).
The exhibition of works aims at pointing to a new relationship between traditional ways of writing music and innovative forms of composition and musical notation.
The aim of the exhibition of the competition works is to produce an annual overview of musical-visual compositions intended as musical scores and with a strong graphic and visual impact in contemporary art music, freely expressed by different visual systems and means and aimed at performances by soloists or ensembles up to a maximum of eight performers, giving composers of every artistic trend from around the world the opportunity of presenting their work to an international audience. For this purpose, some of the works on display will be performing. During the exhibition there will be weekly concerts in one of the rooms next to the exhibition area.
One of the works will be awarded with the “Cluster – Musica con Vista” Prize consisting of EUR 1,000 (one thousand). Immediately following there will be four Recognition Award to four works. In collaboration with “Lucca Film Festival e Europa Cinema 2016” and the Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Lucca, the exhibition will be visited by famous New York director George A. Romero who will select one of the works for a Special Prize award.
Composers of any nationality and age, without distinction, may participate (no later than 29th of February 2016). Anyone working in the field of contemporary music, art music or those visual arts in some way connected to the actual musical composition may apply. Each participant may submit only one work.
Registration extended until 10th March, 2016.