30th International Review of Composers, 2021 – CALL for Scores

June 18, 2020

Composers’ Association of Serbia
30th International Review of Composers
Belgrade, 2–6 October 2021

CALL for Scores
All submissions should employ the following performing forces:

1) String orchestra (44321) or string orchestra (44321) with one or two solo instruments (eligible solo instruments: accordion, piano and harpsichord)
Duration: up to 12 minutes
2) Ensemble of 1–9 instruments ad libitum, with or without electronics
Eligible instruments: recorder, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, French horn, trumpet, trombone, guitar, harp, piano, harpsichord, accordion, percussion, mezzo-soprano, baritone, two violins, viola, violoncello, and double bass
Duration: up to 10 minutes
3) Two harps, with or without electronics
Duration: up to 10 minutes
4) Four double basses
Duration: up to 10 minutes

Submission is free and not anonymous.
Individual authors may submit pieces in multiple categories, but no more than two works in total.
In adherence to the Statute of the International Review of Composers, only works written over the past three years will be considered. Eligible applicants include authors, performers, associations, and national author societies.
Submissions should include the following:
1) the score;
2) a recording (if possible);
3) a short biography (up to 150 words)

The authors of pieces selected for performance will be required to submit complete performance materials, including the following:
1) the parts;
2) electronic realisations (for electro-acoustic pieces);
3) one photograph;
4) biography (up to 150 words);
5) programme note (up to 150 words).
Applications should be emailed to tribina_kompozitora@composers.rs or mailed to:
Udruženje kompozitora Srbije
Mišarska 12–14, 11000 Beograd, Serbia
The deadline for competition applications is 31 October 2020 (CET).
All applications sent by mail should be posted before the deadline and stamped accordingly.
The deadline for online applications is 31 October 2020, but all files should remain downloadable until the end of February 2021 (SoundCloud, YouTube, Dropbox, and the like, but not WeTransfer).
Preferably, applications should be submitted by email.