The 3rd Composition Contest

Contest Results:

The international jury awarded three prizes:

1st prize

2nd prize

3rd prize
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Maria Alvarez
(Belgium)
Water Drops I
for bass clarinet and Sampo		 Jeff Morris
(USA)
Bounce and Loft
for clarinet and Sampo		 Clovis Schneider
(France)
Texture de l'ombre
for clarinet and Sampo

The jury

 

Fabio Cifariello Ciardi (Italy)

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Full professor in composition at Trento Conservatory and founding member of Edison Studio.

Fabio Cifariello Ciardi is a composer using sound and technology to mine real-word phenomena. His most recent interests are in sonification and instrumental transcription of speaking-voice rhythms and inflections.

 

Jesper Nordin (Sweden)nordin photo concours

Composer, performer and developer of a gesture instrument.

Jesper Nordin is a leading Swedish composer, and one who has garnered considerable international acclaim in recent years. He has also had huge success with his iOS app Gestrument that is based on his own composition technique.

 

Robert Rudolf (France, Slovakia)

Rudolf image2Slovak composer living in France and artistic director of OpusCentrum ensemble.

He is teaching electroacoustic an computer composition at Conservatoire de Noisy Le Sec and he works at Radio France as executive producer at France Musique (the musical programs of France Musique la Nuit) and he co-produce a monthly music programme Entente Cordiale.

 

 

The 3rd International Composition Contest for Acoustic Instrument and electroacoustic device Sampo

 

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Deadline extended to April 10th 2016

 

MusInfo is pleased to announce the third edition of the International composition contest for acoustic instrument and electroacoustic device Sampo. With this initiative MusInfo proposes to open a new space intended to uphold the work of contemporary composers and sound artists in the field of “live-electronic” music.

 

Composers are invited to write a short study of 2 to 4 minutes maximum. The electroacoustic device is represented by the software P-Soft supplied by MusInfo. The composers whose studies are chosen will receive a commission from the Opus Centrum ensemble who collaborates with MusInfo. They will be invited to write a full length composition that will be played and recorded next year.

The electroacoustic device will be supplied to composers by MusInfo for the period of composition.

This year the studies may be written for the following instruments: violin or clarinet.

Rules for Participation:

 

  1. The contest is open from March 1st until April 3rd 2016.
  2. The call is open to composers of any ages.
  3. There are no fees for inscription.
  4. The contest is open to any short study (from 2 to 4 min long) written for P-Soft and an acoustic solo instrument (violin or clarinet). No other software or audio files may be used.
  5. The software needed to participate in the contest is available for download at the following address: http://www.sampo.fr
  6. Examples of scores for the device and help concerning the composing process are available at the address: Software and Manual
  7. The composers should send
    • the software “bank” file
    • the instrument score in PDF format 
    • the participant information (name & address) 
           at the following address: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
  8. The files must be marked with the title of the work and the name of the author.
  9. The works will be presented to the jury anonymously.
  10. If the composer wishes to send a recording of his work, he should do it by using WeTransfer: https://www.wetransfer.com/
  11. The international jury will nominate the winners of the contest during the Art & Science Days 2016 in Bourges.
  12. The jury can decide not to nominate any winner.

Prize:

 

  1. The winners’ studies will be interpreted during the Art & Science Days 2016 in Bourges.
  2. The winners will receive the electroacoustic device conceived by MusInfo at their home for a period of 2 to 3 months in order to write their new composition.
  3. The new composition will be created during the Art & Science Days 2017 by the Opus Centrum ensemble. 

contact :

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http://www.musinfo.fr/index.php/en/creation/contest/2016-contest

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