Composers' Competition

1^st Prize		€2500 & Two performances
2^nd Prize		Two performances

The members of jury were Claudio Ambrosini (Italy), Johannes Maria Staud (Austria), Thoma Simaku (Albania) and the Festival Director, Gwyn Pritchard (Great Britain).

Submissions for the 2005 competition were received from composers of all nationalities. From the submitted works the jury selected four finalists who were invited to stay in Reggello as guests of the Festival for two days. On the first day their compositions were rehearsed in a public workshop, after which a second jury chose the pieces to be awarded 1st and 2nd prizes. On the second day the two winning works received a public performance in the evening concert at which the prizes were awarded. The four pieces and the prizes awarded were as follows:

1st PRIZE: Fernando Fiszbein (Argentina) - Si y sólo si
2nd PRIZE: Admir Shkurtaj (Albania) - Ankth
Certificate of Participation: Gianluca Deserti (Italy) - nightly flowing along
Certificate of Participation: Füsun Köksal (Turkey) - Quartett

The members of the second jury were Knut Vaage (Norway), Jürg Henneberger (Switzerland), Christopher Redgate & Gwyn Pritchard (Great Britain)

The workshop and the performances were given by Uroboros Ensemble conducted by Gwyn Pritchard, who will give further performance of the prizewinning pieces in London early in 2006 (date and venue to be announced). The jury and the organisers of the competition would like to thank all the composers who submitted pieces to the competition.

The conditions for submission were as follows:

1) There is no age limit; however, submitting composers should not have had more than ten fully professional performances of their music within the last five years, and no published works may be submitted (except for pieces published by small independent publishers).

2) The submitted work must not have had more than one professional performance.

3) Composers may submit works for ensemble using from two up to seven players in any combination drawn from the following instruments (only one of each instrument is permitted): flute (alto flute, piccolo), oboe (cor anglais), clarinet (bass clarinet), violin, viola, ‘cello, piano. Pieces may also require a conductor.

4) Submitted pieces should not exceed 15 minutes duration.

5) Composers may submit any number of pieces (each to be accompanied by a separate submission form and fee - see below).

6) Composers may include recordings of submitted pieces if they wish.

7) The jury’s decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into regarding that decision. The jury reserve the right not to select four finalists nor to award either of the prizes if they consider that no submitted works meet the required standard.

8) All submissions must be received by 1^st May, 2005.

9) The composer's real name must not appear on the score. It should be replaced by a pseudonym which must also be given on the accompanying form which will not be seen by the jury until after their selection of the finalists has been made. The duration of the work and the year of composition should also be written on the score. Although composers are invited to send details of their musical background and experience, this information must not include the composers' name, gender.

10) All pieces are to be accompanied by a submission fee of 30 euros, or 22 pounds sterling or 50 USA dollars. Composers submitting more than one piece must pay the full fee for each piece but the fees may be added together in a single cheque or transfer.

METHODS OF PAYMENT: Payment may be made by PERSONAL CHEQUE or BANK DRAFT payable to “Uroboros Ensemble”, or by making an INTER-BANK TRANSFER as follows:

Euros only to: NATWEST BANK, Swift (BIC) Code: NWBK GB 2L,
Account name: Uroboros Ensemble (Reggello Festival), Account number: 550 00 64774511,
IBAN: GB94 NWBK 6072 0364 7745 11

Sterling and US dollars to: NATWEST BANK, Swift (BIC) Code: NWBK GB 2L, Branch sort code: 60-08-24,
Account name: Uroboros Ensemble, Account number: 59343133,
IBAN: GB26 NWBK 600824 59343133

A copy of the transfer document must be included with the score

SCORES SHOULD BE SENT TO:
The Competition Secretary
The Reggello International Festival of Music
c/o Uroboros Ensemble
40 Woolstone Road
London SE23 2SG
Great Britain

Scores will not be returned unless sufficient money is added to the submission fee to cover the return postage.

Click here for to view the submission form

Note: The Reggello International Festival Composers’ Competition is an entirely NON PROFIT MAKING EVENT. The money received from the submission fees contributes only a small amount to the total costs of the competition. These costs are considerable and, in addition to the prize money, include administration and publicity expenses, jury members travel expenses (no fee is paid to the jurors), hospitality in Italy for the finalists to attend the workshop during the Reggello Festival, musical costs associated with the finalists’ workshop and the performances of the winning works in Italy and London.

In 2005 the greater part of these costs were covered by:
    ¨    the Comune di Reggello
    ¨    the Provincia di Firenze
    ¨    the Regione Toscanna
    ¨    the Comunità Montana Montagna Fiorentina
    ¨    commercial sponsors of the Reggello International Festival
    ¨    grants from charitable trust in the UK
    ¨    private donations

The organisers wish to stress that NO INDIVIDUAL BENEFITS FINANCIALLY FROM THE MONEY RAISED THROUGH SUBMISSION FEES, and that much of the administrative work associated with the competition is undertaken by unpaid volunteers.

If no prize is awarded (see condition 7) then the income from submission fees (after the deduction of essential expenses) will be held for the following year's competition, either to increase the number of awards, and/or to offer the finalists assistance with travel expenses to attend the workshop in Reggello or the performance in London.