The Mizmorim Kammermusik Festival is pleased to announce its 3rd Composition Competition for the 2023 festival edition.

Interested composers are invited to apply with works that reflect their musical style and skills.

The selected composer will receive a composition commission for a ten-minute work for string quartet, which will be premiered by the renowned Gringolts Quartet during the 9th Mizmorim Kammermusik Festival from January 19th to 22nd, 2023.

Jury

• Beat Furrer, Composer (Head Juror)
• Gringolts Quartett (Ilya Gringolts, Anahit Kurtikyan, Silvia Simionescu, Claudius Herrmann)
• Chen Halevi, Clarinet and Artistic Advisor Mizmorim Kammermusik Festival 

In addition to the composition commission, a prize money in the amount of CHF 5’000.00 as well as the coverage of travel expenses (within Europe) and accommodation in Basel during the festival.

The competition is open to all Swiss composers as well as composers living in Switzerland (since at least January 1st, 2020) and are not older than 40 on January 19th.

Please upload the recordings of your work and the scores (as pdf) online.

Further, send 2 printed copy to the following address:

Mizmorim Kammermusik Festival, Spalentorweg 12, CH-4051 Basel

Important: The printed scores have to be delivered until Friday April 29th at the latest!

Later entries of scores are not accepted and make the application invalid.

We look forward receiving your application!

• Höchstalter zum 19. Januar 2023: 40
• Land (Wohnort): Schweiz
• Staatsangehörigkeit: Schweiz

• Empfehlungsschreiben: 1–2 recommendation letters
• Portraitphoto
• Noten: Two or three final scores

Audioaufnahmen der Bewerber*innen werden angezeigt, sofern vorhanden. Ersetzt nicht das Live-Event (empfohlen).

• Composition Competition Mizmorim Festival PDF