The Call: New Music – New Horizons
New music means new horizons – beyond national identities, deeply rooted in different cultural environments and historic consciousness, and partly even unconsciousness. Klangforum Wien, one of the leading ensembles for new music, and the Fondazione Agrigento 2025 as planner of Agrigento, Italian Capital of Culture 2025, are calling for scores which give sound and architecture a new understanding of identity.
The open call addresses composers who were born or are currently living in a Mediterranean country, no matter for how long or of which nationality. Any composer living or born in any of the countries touching the Mediterranean Sea – regardless of nationality – is eligible to participate in this call.
How to participate
- Every composer can submit one score.
- The piece should have a duration of 7 – 20 minutes.
- The maximum instrumentation is: 2 fl (doubling picc), 1 ob (doubling EH), 2 cl (doubling bass-cl), 1 bsn, 1 sax (soprano, alto, tenor), 1 hrn, 1 tpt, 1 trbn, 2 perc, 1 acc, 1 hp, 1 pno, 3 vn, 2 va, 2 vc, 1 db.
- Works that include electronics or additional amplification are not eligible.
- The piece can be either a premiere or a work that has already been performed.
In addition to the score, please send the following documents:
- Your CV, contact details and link to website (in one file).
- Details of the piece - instrumentation, duration, audio material (if available), a brief description of how the piece relates to the main themes of the call.
The Selection
Pieces will be selected until 10 February 2025. The selection will be made by a joint jury of Klangforum Wien and Fondazione Agrigento 2025. In case your piece is selected, the music material (score and parts) must be sent to Klangforum Wien either as printed material (preferably) or digitally by 1 March 2025.
Rehearsals and the performance will take place at Teatro Pirandello in Agrigento between 24 and 26 April 2025. For selected composers, accommodation costs for this period will be covered.
For further inquiries, please contact: agrigento@klangforum.at
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