APPLY BY AUG. 31

The 5th Grażyna Bacewicz International Composer Competition, held in Łódź, Poland in September 2015, has been announced. Organized by the Grażyna and Kiejstut Bacewicz Academy of Music in Łódź and the Arthur Rubinstein Łódź Philharmonic, the subject of this year’s competition is a work for:

  1. instrument solo and string orchestra with the option of using percussion instruments (up to four players) or
  2. voice solo and string orchestra with the option of using percussion instruments (up to four players)

The competition is open to composers of all nations regardless of age. Each participant may submit more than one score.

Application deadline is August 31, 2015. Results of the competition will be announced in the first half of September 2015.

The members of the jury are: Zygmunt Krauze (Poland) – Chairman; Mauricio Sotelo (Spain); Steven Stucky (USA); and Berislav Šipuš (Croatia). Full details can be found at www.amuz.lodz.pl.

[Source: facebook.comamuz.lodz.pl]