INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION FOR COMPOSITION

The composition competition consists of two main sections.

Symphonic music

Orchestral scores may not exceed:

- 14 first violins, 12 second violins, 10 violas, 8 celli, 6 double basses
- 3 flutes, 3 clarinets, 3 oboes, 3 bassoons
- 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, 1 tuba
- timpani + 3 percussion groups
- harp piano celesta glockenspiel harmonium synthesizer

Chamber music

Compositions for a group of 1 to 10 instrumentalists, possibly with vocal participation.

The duration of a piece for each section has to be not less then 10 minutes and not more then 40 minutes.

The compositions have to be sent before the 1st of July 2009 in 3 (three) copies, under a motto, to the following address:

ARTEXIM - Calea Victoriei 155, Bl. D1, Sc. 8, Et.2,
sector 1, 010073 Bucuresti - ROMÂNIA

A sealed envelope accompanying the composition has to include:

    • Author’s first and last names
    • Full address and phone number
    • Date and place of birth
    • Copy of birth certificate
    • Two recent photographs (black-white or colored)
    • An updated Curriculum vitae

The proposed compositions should not have been performed in public. The compositions will be appreciated by an international jury.

The winning works at both sections will be performed in public concerts organized within the 2011 "George Enescu" International Festival.

  THE JURY

•  BERNARD CAVANNA - France
•  OCTAVIAN NEMESCU - Romania
•  ZYGMUNT KRAUZE - Poland
•  HUBERT STUPPNER - Switzerland
•  CORNEL TARANU - Romania
•  DAN DEDIU - Romania
•  COSTIN MIEREANU - France