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2024 - Composition

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Presentation

The 78th Concours de Genève is dedicated to Voice & Composition and will be held from 15-22 October 2024 in Geneva, Switzerland. The Composition Competition is open to candidates born after 20 October 1984 (40 years old).

  • Application deadline: 29 May 2024
  • Final Round in Geneva: 20 October 2024

> See official rules
> Apply for the Competition

Every second year, the Concours de Genève hosts a Composition Competition. This discipline pursues the tradition of the Queen Marie José Prize and aims at encouraging and promoting contemporary creation and supporting high-quality performance.

Generously funded by the Fondation Reine Marie José

Finalists

Composers Léo Albisetti, Caio de Azevedo and Ryu Sangmin have been selected as finalists of the 78th Concours de Genève! Their works for viola and chamber orchestra will be performed during the final round on October 20th at Geneva's Victoria Hall by L'Orchestre de Chambre de Genève under the baton of Pierre Bleuse and featuring soloists Lise Berthaud, Georgy Kovalev and Adrien La Marca.

Léo Albisetti
"Nouvel Elan" for viola and chamber orchestra

Caio de Azevedo
« Marionnette » for viola and chamber orchestra

Sang-Min Ryu
"The past recaptured » for viola and chamber orchestra

Prizewinners

OFFICIAL PRIZES

FIRST PRIZE EX AEQUO (CHF 15,000.-)
Léo Albisetti

FIRST PRIZE EX AEQUO (CHF 15,000.-)
Caio de Azevedo

THIRD PRIZE (CHF   5’000.-)
Sang-min Ryu

SPECIAL PRIZES

AUDIENCE PRIZE (CHF 1,500. -)
Léo Albisetti
Awarded by the audience at the Final performance

YOUNG AUDIENCE PRIZE (CHF 1,000.-)
Léo Albisetti
Awarded by young students of the Geneva music schools

STUDENTS' PRIZE (CHF 1,000.-)
Léo Albisetti
Awarded by students in Musicology from the Geneva University

NICATI-DE LUZE PRIZE (CHF 3'000.-)
Sang-min Ryu
Awarded by the Nicati-De Luze Foundation to one of the finalists. It consists in one commissioned piece, for chamber music or ensemble, to be performed two times in concert.

 

 

Calendar

Programme

The aim of the composition competition is to reward a new work composed after May 2021. The finalists' works will be performed in Geneva by the Orchestre de Chambre de Genève on 20 October 2024.

The finalists will be invited to Geneva from 16 October 2024 and will have the opportunity to:

- follow ther rehearsals of their work for the Final Round with Orchestre de Chambre de Genève
- participate in a chamber music concert, during which one or two of their works will be performed.

SUBJECT OF THE COMPETITION

The subject of the 2024 Composition Competition is a work for solo viola and chamber orchestra, to be performed with the Orchestre de Chambre de Genève.

The work must be composed with the following caracteristics:

  • The work must have a duration of approximately 15 minutes.
  • The work must be written for solo viola and chamber orchestra.
  • The chamber orchestra must be within the following range: 2*.2*.2*.2* - 2.2.1.0 - keyboard (1) - percussion (2) - strings: 8.6.4.4.2

The total number of musicians in the chamber orchestra is 40. The number of musicians in the wind section may be reduced, but not the number of musicians in the other sections. In addition to the 40 musicians mentioned above, 2 extra musicians playing special instruments may be added upon request. A keyboardist may play multiple keyboards (piano, celesta, etc.). A detailed list of percussion instruments must be provided.The winning work will be selected as compulsory piece for the Semi-Finals of the 2025 Concours de Genève (viola). The jury will therefore be asked to take into account the playability of the work and the enhancement of the solo instrument.

The musical score should be in digital form or handwritten, but must be perfectly legible.