– The competition is anonymous and open to composers of any nationality and age, each of whom may submit only one work.
– The composers who were awarded in previous Xenakis competitions cannot participate to the 2020 competition.
– The submitted work shall be an electroacoustic composition to be diffused by loudspeakers without the use of live sound interventions.
– The submitted work might implement a maximum of 8 channels and must have a duration between 7 and 15 minutes.
– The submitted work may have been performed in concerts but It should not be the object of any discographic publication rights.
Deadline:
– The deadline for submissions is the 1st of January 2021
Prize:
The Jury will select and mention the 5 highest quality works and will award three of them with prizes of €600 €400 €300 respectively. Contemporary Music Lab will present the distincted pieces in a concert in September of 2021. The chair of the jury will be present there for this special event.
Fee:
The entry fee for participation is 15€. You can use the following links to pay on-line.
Greek Citizens payment] https://www.rc.auth.gr/Conference/Details/18
[Non-Greek Citizens payment] https://www.rc.auth.gr/Conference/Details/19?lang=en
Alternatively you can wire transfer to the following bank account:
Xenakis Competition – Eidikos Logariasmos Kondilion Erevnas A.P.TH. KE.D.E.A.
Tritis Septemvriou University Campus GR 54636 Thessaloniki Greece.
IBAN: GR98 0172 2020 0052 0200 2079 933.
BIC Code: PIRBGRAΑ. Bank Name: Piraeus Bank
(please send us a receipt of payment along with your submission).
Application:
– All applicants should submit a single zip file containing the following files inside a single folder:
i. A short biography, contact information and information about the piece in the following formats: (.doc, .txt, .rtf or .pdf).
ii. 1 Audio file (.aiff or .wav format, 16bit or 24bit at 44,1kHz sampling rate) containing the stereo version of the piece.
iii. Additionally, for multichannel pieces the audio files corresponding to each of the channels inside a separate folder along with set-up/routing information on a separate sheet
iv. Please include also the pdf receipt of the fee payment
– Please name the ZIP file as following: IX2020_Name_Surname_TitleOfThePiece (e.g. IX2018_Nick_Edison_Title).
– Please use the following link to register your details and then send your piece to xenakis@auth.gr by using large files transfer services.
Application Form: www.docs.google.com/
By entering his/her work in the competition, the composer consents to public performances free of charge of his/her work in concerts and/or radio broadcasting. The composer retains the copyright of his/her work. The files entered in the competition shall remain in the archives of Contemporary Music Lab of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
Jury:
Annette Vande Gorne (BE) – Chair
Manuella Blackburn (UK)
Gilles Gobeil (CA)
Damian Gorandi (AR/FR)
Panayiotis Kokoras (GR/US)
Contact:
For any additional information please do not hesitate to get in contact with us
Deadline 16 December 2020
Website xenakis.web.auth.gr
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