The "Città di Udine" International Composition Competition is a competition held biennially in Udine, Italy. It takes place at the San Giorgio Theatre in Udine; since its foundation (1995) is organized by Taukay Edizioni Musicali. It is open to all composers, regardless of nationality or age. The competition is divided in two sections: "instrumental compositions for chamber orchestra" and "electroacustic music". The instrumental group is made up of: a string quartet (two violins, viola and cello), piano, flute (piccolo, alto flute and bass flute), clarinet (clarinet in E flat, clarinet in B flat, clarinet in A and bass clarinet), percussion instruments (vibraphone, glockenspiel, tom toms, suspended cymbals, tam tam, templeblocks, small percussion instruments such as triangle, wood blocks, maracas, etc.).
Contents
Prizes
Prizes include:
The best compositions entered are performed during the winning ceremony (San Giorgio Theatre in Udine) and recorded on compact disc.
Jury
Members of the jury have included:
Bernardino Beggio (Italy)
Michele Biasutti (Italy)
Philippe Blanchard (France)
Giovanni Bonato (Italy)
Edmund Campion (USA)
Fabio Cifariello Ciardi (Italy)
Marek Choloniewski (Poland)
Renzo Cresti (Italy)
Michele Dall'Ongaro (Italy)
James Dashow (USA)
Jean-Luc Darbellay (Switzerland)
Jurai Duris (Slovak Republic)
Bernard Fort (France)
Lucio Garau (Italy)
Dinu Ghezzo (USA)
Thomas Kessler (Switzerland)
Daniel Kessner (USA)
Yuji Itoh (Japan)
Salvatore Macchia (USA)
Javier Torres Maldonado (Mexico)
Özkan Manav (Turkey)
Flo Menezes (Brasil)
de:Harald Muenz (Germany)
Ivo Nilsson (Sweden)
Jane O'Leary (Ireland)
Guido Pipolo (Italy)
Nicola Sani (Italy)
Alexander Shchetynsky (Ukraine)
Marco Stroppa (Italy)
Robert Scott Thompson (USA)
Jesus Villa Rojo (Spain)
John Yannelli (USA)