Under the honorary patronage
of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage

Under the honorary patronage of the Polish Composers’Union
and media patronage of Polish Music Information Center

Under the patronage of the Association for Polish Music Artists – SPAM

 

 TOTAL VALUE OF PRIZES: 25.000 PLN
 Deadline for entries: September 5^th, 2019

 

Awarded pieces will be performed by
Hashtag Ensemble http://www.hashtag-ensemble.org/ 

 

REGULATIONS

COMPETITION

1. The competition is open to composers of all ages and nationalities.
2. More than one score per composer is permitted.
3. It is possible to submit works already performed and/or awarded in other competitions, excluding compositions already published.

GENRE

1. Only compositions for chamber ensemble of 3 to 5 instruments (chosen from the list below), without conductor.
2. Instruments: 1 flute, 1 oboe, 1 clarinet, 1 bassoon, 1 french horn, 1 piano,
   2 violins, 1 viola, 1 cello.
3. Use live electronics or tape is not permitted.
4. Duration: from 10 to 16 minutes.

PRIZES

The First Prize – 13.000 PLN
The Second Prize – 8.000 PLN
The Third Prize – 4.000 PLN

PWM Edition’s Special Prize for the Youngest Winner: a set of Polish contemporary music scores.

The Witold Lutosławski Society Awards: the newest publications about Witold Lutosławski (book, album).

Awards of the Association for Polish Music Artists – SPAM: five pieces jubilee album with recordings of the Witold Rowicki orchestra and two lexicons: “Musicians pedagogues in the Polish culture of birth until 1871” and “Musicians pedagogues in Polish culture born after 1871”.

JURY

Fredrik Österling  (Sweden)
Paul Patterson (United Kingdom)
Dariusz Przybylski (Poland)

The decisions of the Jury are final.

THE PRIZE WINNERS’ CONCERT

1. The awarded compositions will be performed on 30^thof November 2019 in the Witold Lutoslawski Concert Studio, Polish Radio, at a special concert organised by the ISCM Polish Section and Polish Radio Channel 2. The concert will be broadcasted and offered to all members of the European Broadcasting Union.
2. The composer of the awarded work must provide all the performance material at their own expense and send them to the ISCM Polish Section until 1^st of November 2019.
3. Composers declare that they possess all rights to their pieces, their composition is original and all materials (parts and full score) are available to the Competition’s organiser free of charge.

ENTRIES

1. The score, printed on the paper, should be submitted anonymously and marked with an alphanumeric emblem. Applications should be sent only through the post office – any application sent by courier services (eg. Fedex, TNT, DHL) will not be accepted.
2. Sealed envelope marked with the same emblem containing the filled and signed  APPLICATION FORM
3.  The entries should be sent to the following address:

Iwona Kisiel-Król – ISCM Polish Section
Poste Restante
Ogrodowa 3
05-200 Wołomin
Poland
Tel/fax: (+48) 22 827-69-81
Mob. (+48) 535-266-363
e-mail: ptmw@epistola.pl

4. The deadline for submission of scores is September 5^th, 2019. The postmark is decisive.

ENTRY FEE

1. Entry fee for participants is 220 PLN (55 EUR) for each score. 
2. The amount should be sent in one of the following ways: PAYPAL on the ISCM Polish Section’s website: ptmw.art.pl (preferred) or bank transfer (bank charges covered by a sender) to the following account:

ISCM Polish Section
PKO Bank Polski S.A., Warsaw Branch
account number (IBAN): PL 77 1020 1013 0000 0302 0127 1394
Code BIC (Swift): BPKOPLPW               

3. The payment receipt must be enclosed with the submitted score.
4. Cheques will not be accepted.
5. The entry fee is not refundable.

FINAL PROVISIONS

1. Entry in the Competition is synonymous with acceptance of the Regulations.
2. Compositions not meeting the requirements stated in the above Regulations will not be admitted to the Competition. In such case the entry fee is not refundable.
3. Contentious cases will be resolved based on the Polish version of the Regulations of the Competition.
4. The submitted scores will not be returned.
5. Verdict of the Jury will be announced on the Competition Organiser’s website (ptmw.art.pl).

Director of the Competition – Maciej Żółtowski
Secretary of the Competition – Iwona Kisiel-Król

Project co-financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage from the Culture Promotion Fund under the „Music” program, implemented by the Institute of Music and Dance