Composition Competition 2020
Thanks to all 50 applicants!
Prizes
-
Performance (s) during the Festival
in Italy -Lunigiana- in July 2021 - Performance(s) in New York City in 2021
- Professional recording(s)
- Video(s) published on the SIMC Youtube Channel and promoted on social media
- Partial scholarship to attend the "Puccini International Opera Composition Course" in Lucca (2021) and having your opera premiered in Italy in 2022
Jury
Andrea Talmelli
Sergi Casanellas
Faye-Ellen Sylverman
Faculty at New York University and The Juilliard School.
Paolo Marchettini
How to apply
Submit an ANONYMOUS score, and recording/midi (if any) to:
Application Fee: 25 Euro
Deadline: July 20, 2020
GENERAL RULES:
SUBMISSIONS
Winners 2019
First prize winner
Winners
(performance in Lunigiana)
Honorable mention & Special Prize
Joshua Fishbein: Deep in the Quiet Wood
Francesco Cultreri: Quintet
Wajdi Abou Diab: Cry from a frozen pole
SPECIAL CLUSTER PRIZE TO:
Joshua Fishbein: Deep in the Quiet Wood
Alternate: Wajdi Abou Diab: Cry from a frozen pole
Riccardo Perugini
FIRST PRIZE WINNER
Riccardo Perugini (Montepulciano, 1996) is a young Italian composer already established in the European music scene. His music has been broadcasted and performed for important festivals in collaboration with well-known performers .
He has received several commissions including important associations, festivals, and competitions, such as the Art Biennial in Venice, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Orchestra da Camera Fiorentina, 2 Agosto Composition Competition, Cantiere Internazionale d’arte di Montepulciano, DUOroboros in collaboration with UFIP, ECHI Festival, by ESTOVEST Festival in Turin in collaboration with Area Sismica, . He also obtained the attention by numerous important teathers including Fondazione Teatro Grande di Brescia on occasion of the 9th Festa dell’opera, Sincronie Festival in Rome, Torinodanza Festival in collaboration with Teatro Stabile di Torino, Nexus Festival, MilanOltre, NEXT ensemble.
His music has also been broadcasted on the main European radios, including Rai radio 3, Rai 5, Radio Cemat, NPO radio 4, Yleisradio Oy.
Multiple prize-winners, he was recognized for his second prize at the Internetional Vocal Espoo Composition Competition 2016 in Helsinki, the honorable mention at the 2 Agosto International Composition Competition 2017 and Uuno Klami Composition Competition 2019 and finalist at the prestigious Alba Rosa Vietor International Composition Competition 2018 (Het Concertgebouw). Members of the jury included Detlev Glanert, Erkki-Sven Tüür, Kalevi Aho, Magnus Lindberg, Olari Elts, Calliope Tsoupaki, Willem Jeths, Tansy Davies.
He also collaborated with important institutions, ensemble and musicians: Filarmonica Arturo Toscanini, Alessandro Cadario, Lyran Choir, Jutta Seppinen, Tapiola Sinfonietta, CONTEMPORANEAMENTEROMA, Teatrodante Carlo Monni, Teatro Elfo Puccini, Lavanderia a vapore, Centre culturel Louis Ratel, Espoo Cultural Centre, In.Nova Fert, Trio Hegel, Maria Elena Romanazzi, Edoardo Rosadini, Adrian Pinzaru, Lara Albesano, Eilis Cranitch, Enrico Carraro, Simona Bertozzi, Michele Marco Rossi, Claudio Pasceri, Mirco Ghirardini, Amatis Trio, Katharine Dain
