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Isidora Žebeljan International Festival
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Submission period
Mon May 19 at 04AM UTC
End of submission period
Tue Jul 1 at 09:59PM UTC
Results date
Tue Sep 30 at 04PM UTCEntry or Course Fee
Application fee 20 € per composition
„Isidora Žebeljan“ International Festival in Kragujevac
The international competition for young composers
Composers of all nationalities up to 30 years of age at the time of application are eligible to participate. The application period is from May 1, 2025, to July 1, 2025, until 11:59 PM Central European Time (CET). Compositions may be written for an ensemble of 1 to 5 instruments of the composer’s choice, with or without electronics (fixed media).
Available instruments: flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, percussion (1 performer: toms, congas, bongos, daire, cymbals, triangle, woodblocks, templeblocks, claves, cowbells, darabuka, cajón, shaker, and other small percussion instruments), piano, harp, accordion, solo voices (SATB), two violins, viola, cello, and double bass (solo electronics are not accepted).
-The composition duration should be between 5 and 12 minutes.
-The competition is anonymous.
-The composer’s name must not appear in the score.
-The application fee is 20€ per composition.
The first-prize winner will receive an award of 1,000€, and all three winning compositions will be performed at a concert in Serbia as part of the next edition of the International ‘Isidora Žebeljan’ Festival in 2027.
Details are available at web pages:
https://competition.izebeljan.tekiart.rs/en/
The international competition for young composers
Composers of all nationalities up to 30 years of age at the time of application are eligible to participate. The application period is from May 1, 2025, to July 1, 2025, until 11:59 PM Central European Time (CET). Compositions may be written for an ensemble of 1 to 5 instruments of the composer’s choice, with or without electronics (fixed media).
Available instruments: flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, percussion (1 performer: toms, congas, bongos, daire, cymbals, triangle, woodblocks, templeblocks, claves, cowbells, darabuka, cajón, shaker, and other small percussion instruments), piano, harp, accordion, solo voices (SATB), two violins, viola, cello, and double bass (solo electronics are not accepted).
-The composition duration should be between 5 and 12 minutes.
-The competition is anonymous.
-The composer’s name must not appear in the score.
-The application fee is 20€ per composition.
The first-prize winner will receive an award of 1,000€, and all three winning compositions will be performed at a concert in Serbia as part of the next edition of the International ‘Isidora Žebeljan’ Festival in 2027.
Details are available at web pages:
https://competition.izebeljan.tekiart.rs/en/