Città di Udine International Composition Competition

The "Città di Udine" International Composition Competition is a competition held biennially in Udine, Italy. It takes place at the San Giorgio Theatre in Udine; since its foundation (1995) is organized by Taukay Edizioni Musicali. It is open to all composers, regardless of nationality or age. The competition is divided in two sections: "instrumental compositions for chamber orchestra" and "electroacustic music". The instrumental group is made up of: a string quartet (two violins, viola and cello), piano, flute (piccolo, alto flute and bass flute), clarinet (clarinet in E flat, clarinet in B flat, clarinet in A and bass clarinet), percussion instruments (vibraphone, glockenspiel, tom toms, suspended cymbals, tam tam, templeblocks, small percussion instruments such as triangle, wood blocks, maracas, etc.).

Prizes

Prizes include:

• Best composition in the section "instrumental composition for chamber orchestra" (cash)
• Best composition in the section "electro-acoustic music" (cash)
• Special Prize Piero Pezzè - in memory of the composer who passed away in 1980 (cash)
• Special mention and medal of the Presidente della Repubblica Italiana
• Special mention and medal of the Senato della Repubblica Italiana
• Special mention and medal of the Camera dei deputati della Repubblica Italiana
• Award of the Ministro della Gioventù della Repubblica Italiana to the best composer less than 30 years of age
• Award of FIDAPA to the best female composer to incentivize the female presence in the competition

The best compositions entered are performed during the winning ceremony (San Giorgio Theatre in Udine) and recorded on compact disc.

Jury

Members of the jury have included:

Bernardino Beggio (Italy)
Michele Biasutti (Italy)
Philippe Blanchard (France)
Giovanni Bonato (Italy)
Edmund Campion (USA)
Fabio Cifariello Ciardi (Italy)
Marek Choloniewski (Poland)
Renzo Cresti (Italy)
Michele Dall'Ongaro (Italy)
James Dashow (USA)
Jean-Luc Darbellay (Switzerland)
Jurai Duris (Slovak Republic)
Bernard Fort (France)
Lucio Garau (Italy)
Dinu Ghezzo (USA)
Thomas Kessler (Switzerland)
Daniel Kessner (USA)
Yuji Itoh (Japan)
Salvatore Macchia (USA)
Javier Torres Maldonado (Mexico)
Özkan Manav (Turkey)
Flo Menezes (Brasil)
:de:Harald Muenz (Germany)
Ivo Nilsson (Sweden)
Jane O'Leary (Ireland)
Guido Pipolo (Italy)
Nicola Sani (Italy)
Alexander Shchetynsky (Ukraine)
Marco Stroppa (Italy)
Robert Scott Thompson (USA)
Jesus Villa Rojo (Spain)
John Yannelli (USA)

Winners

External links

List of classical music competitions