For the 6th time, the Ludwig van Beethoven Department of Piano in Music Education at the mdw – University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna is inviting to the Mauricio Kagel Composition Competition. In the previous five editions, young composers from over 65 countries submitted around 960 compositions.
Since its first edition in 2010, the competition has been committed to promoting contemporary piano literature for children and young people. The task is to write a piano work in a contemporary tonal language that is easily realizable for piano lessons and thus provides young players with adequate artistic access to the music of the present.
Composers up to the age of 40 are invited to submit pieces digitally.
The deadline for submissions is 20 September 2024.
For further information and application, see here.
