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Master class in Composition 2019
Budapest
She Lives Budapest Master Class in Composition became a most significant course for emerging composers in the international panorama and had the pleasure to have partecipants from the four corners of the world: Germany, Poland, Italy, Hungary, Ireland, China, US, UK, Kazakhstan, South Korea, Iran, Japan, Russia.
During the years of its activity She Lives were able to put its students in contact with the most prestigious institutions in the world and supporting them in the development of their career as professional composers. Some of She Lives Master Class Alumni have established themselves as very promising figures in the compositional panorama winning prestigious competitions and having their piece performed by reknown ensembles and orchestras.
She Lives had the privilege to work with some of the most important institutions and artists in the international panorama: Solisti della Scala di Milano, Roma Opera House, Accademia Chigiana, Filarmonica Romana, Fondazione Scelsi, Royal Embassy of Norway, Swiss Institute in Rome, Warner Classics and great artists such as Peter Eötvös and Lasse Thoresen.
GENERAL INFO
Period: 6-
Place: Zeneház (House of Music) seat of Concerto Budapest Orchestra.
Address: Páva utca 10, 1094 – Budapest
Ensemble in Residence: piano, clarinet and string quartet (members of The National Hungarian Radio Orchestra, Hungarian Opera House and Concerto Armonico). Ensemble conducted by Andreas Luca Beraldo.
Final Concert: 10 August – House of Music. Budapest
Professors: Sidney Corbett, Alessio Elia
COURSES
Sidney Corbett / Alessio Elia
– On writing for ensemble, with analytic examples from Ligeti, Lachenmann, Corbett, Romitelli, Scelsi, Elia, Grisey.
Alessio Elia
– Polysystemism, a simultaneous employment of different tuning systems. A compositional approach to microtonality related to the physical dimension of sound.
(Seminar based on lectures held at Cité de la Musique, The Hungarian Academy of Arts and Chigiana Academy)
Sidney Corbett
– Morphology and formal prototypes. Writing techniques.
The pieces of the students are analyzed and discussed by Corbett and Elia from the point of view of compositional techniques and aesthetics. The conductor and editor Andreas Luca Beraldo will provide instead a conductorial and editorial approach.
ACTIVE PARTICIPANTS
Active students are entitled to attend the courses, and invited to discuss their own works with professors during individual meetings. They can also take part to the final concert with a piece written for the ensemble in residence.
PASSIVE PARTICIPANTS
Passive participants are entitled to attend the courses and the discussions of active students about their works, but they cannot discuss their own works with the professors.
Passive participants are invited to attend the rehearsals and the final concert of active students, but they cannot propose their own works.
LANGUAGES
The course is held in English.
Individual meetings can be done in the following languages:
Sidney Corbett: English, German, Spanish
Alessio Elia: English, Italian, German, Hungarian
PERFORMANCE OF THE COMPOSITION COURSE STUDENTS’ PIECES
The course provides the performance of the students pieces during the final concert (10 August – h. 19:30, House of Music).
Composers who wish to apply as active partecipants are invited to write a piece for the ensemble in residence (with conductor):
Piano, clarinet and string quartet
The piece can be written for any combination of the instruments present in the ensemble, from solo instrument to the whole group and must not be longer than 7 minutes.
Scores and parts, preferably written with a music notation software (Finale, Sibelius, etc.), must be sent as a pdf file no later than 12 June 2019, to the following e-
info@shelivesmusic.it
The best pieces will be address to major musical instutions for possible concerts and have the possibility to be published by Edition Impronta Mannheim.
APPLICATION
To apply send via e-
Active partecipant
Deadline: 12 June 2019
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SPECIAL APPLICATION
Deadline: 15 May 2019
This year She Lives has the pleasure to have established a connection with Impronta Ensemble Composition Competition.
Applicants who will apply within 15 May 2019 has the right to apply to Impronta Ensemble Composition Competition without paying the competition fee for the first work sent (visit also the Impronta Ensemble website).
The list of instrument for the Impronta Ensemble Competition is the same of the She Lives Master Class (clarinet, piano and string quartet) and the maximum duration of the piece is extended to a maximum of 10 minutes (there is no minimum duration).
Prizes include monetary prizes, publication of the works by Impronta Edition, performances and scholarships for the She Lives Master Class 2019.
PRIZES
I: 1.000 EUR + publication of the piece by Impronta-
II: 500 EUR + publication of the piece by Impronta-
Special Prizes
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Applicant who decide to apply to the Master Class with this formula must clearly declare it in the email. In this case the piece written for the Master Class will be addressed anonymously by our organization to the Jury Board of the Impronta Competition.
The Competition gives to the applicant the possibility to send a maximum of 5 works. Applicant to the She Lives Master Class will not pay the Impronta Ensemble Competition fee for the first piece sent. Additional pieces (up to a maximum of 5 including the piece sent for the Master Class) can be sent by corresponding a fee of 25 € each. The amount for the additional pieces must be sent to She Lives bank account (see it at the bottom of the page).
The works sent may have already been performed but not previously published.
In order to apply with this formula, send to She Lives e-
1) Score(s) in PDF format. Submitted pieces must be anonymous, only the title of the piece should appear on the score. Handwritten scores will be also accepted, but they should be perfectly readable.
2) Short biography of the composer
3) Commentary of the submitted works (NOT compulsory)
4) MP3 of performance recording, if any (NOT compulsory)
5) Receipt or screenshot of entry fee payment for additional pieces (if any)
6) Registration form filled in and signed (download it here)
7) Receipt of payment of preselection process for the She Lives Master Class, 100 € (non refundable)
Winning composers must provide the parts within 1 July 2019.
The winning works will be announced latest by 31st May 2019. The decision of the jury is final. The results will be announced on our website and across our social media platforms as well as in private emails.
The preselection process for the She Lives Master Class will be announce after the announcement of the winners of the Impronta Ensemble Composition Competition and no later then 31 May 2019.
APPLY DIRECTLY AS PASSIVE PARTICIPANT
Deadline: 12 June 2019
Send via e-
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FEES
Course Fees
Active Students: 560 €
Listeners: 300 €
The fees should be sent to the following Bank Account
Associazione SHE LIVES
IBAN: IT17H0335901600100000131702
BIC/SWIFT (per le transazioni internazionali): BCITITMX
Banca Prossima – Filiale di Milano, Piazza Paolo Ferrari 10, 20121 Milano
SHE LIVES Address: Piazza della Libertà 20, 00192 – Roma (Italy).
Deadline for enrollment and delivery of the pieces and parts
12 June 2019 (active participant)
15 May 2019 (active participant via Impronta Ensemble Composition Competition)
12 June 2019 (passive participant)
FOR INFO:
www.shelivesmusic.it/masterclass
info@shelivesmusic.it
