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| COMPOSITION 2006 / PIANO 2007 |
Piano As more and more candidates apply every year, the Queen Elisabeth Competition is introducing a pre-selection system, starting in 2007. Candidates will have to send a DVD recording (both image and sound). This will be viewed by an international jury in February. Initial applications can be made online at www.qeimc.be. - deadline for applications: 15 January 2007 - candidates must have been born after 15 January 1980 Composition In future, the compulsory works for the semi-finals of the piano and violin competitions will be commissioned from young Belgian composers. For the next cycle of competitions, the composers selected are Kris Defoort (piano), Wim Henderickx (singing), and Claude Ledoux (violin), who will each compose new works. Composers aged under 40 years of age may take part in the international composition competition, which will be held in December 2006. The work selected, for piano and either symphony orchestra or instrumental ensemble, will be performed during the finals of the piano competition. - deadline for submitting applications: 10 November 2006 - candidates must have been born after 10 November 1966 SABAM is donating the prize for the composer of the winning work: 10,000 euro – there will be 12 live radio and television broadcasts – and the work will be recorded on CD and/or DVD. Prize for the composers of the other four works that reach the final: 1,500 euro Jury: Arie Van Lysebeth (President), Frédéric Devreese, Pascal Dusapin, Luca Francesconi, Heinz Holliger, Michael Jarrell, and Hanspeter Kyburz Interested musicians and composers can obtain the rules of these competitions on the Competition's website or by contacting its secretariat. INFORMATION AND RULES Secretariat of the Queen Elisabeth Competition |