5th Brandenburg Biennial
Composers Competition 5th Brandenburg Biennial
Patronage: Dr. Dietlind Tiemann
Mayor of the City of Brandenburg an der Havel
The Association of Friends of the Brandenburg Symphony Orchestra (Förderverein Brandenburger Symphoniker) announces a competition for composers of symphonic music. The competition is international and open to all age groups.

Brandenburg Composer's Prize:
The winner of the Brandenburg Composers' Prize will receive 5.000 Euro for a commission to compose an orchestral work for the Brandenburg Symphony Orchestra or for the first performance of a not yet performed rendered composition. In both cases, the work will receive its premiere performance in the Industrial Museum of Brandenburg (former Steelworks).
Brandenburg Da Capo Prize:
consists of a second or a further performance of one of the submitted pieces by the Brandenburg Symphony Orchestra.

Application documents:
application form (download)
a maximum of three scores representative of the abilities for composing in the orchestral medium composed later than 2000. The name of the composer must not appear on any of the submitted scores (no pseudonym)
recordings from prior pieces and preferably of the submitted works (CD or MIDI-Version) (optional - no condition)
participation fee A: 10 Euro: the application submitted will not be returned
participation fee B: 20 Euro: the application submitted will be returned

The participation fee must be sent with the intended purpose "4th Biennal + name of the applicant " per Paypal or by bank transfer:
BIC: GENODEF1BRB IBAN: DE15160620730000000990 (international code of Brandenburger Bank)

The following Jurors will select the winners on June 18th and 19th 2012:
Iris ter Schiphorst, composer, Berlin
Vittorio Zago, composer, Milan, Italy
Carsten Hennig, composer, Dresden
Michael Helmrath, chief-conductor of the Brandenburg Symphony Orchestra
Markus Rindt, intendant of the Dresden Symphony Orchestra

Applications must be submitted to the Chairperson of the Board by May 19th 2012 (postmark):
Förderverein Brandenburger Symphoniker
Andrea-Carola Güntsch
Wallstraße 15
D-14770 Brandenburg an der Havel
mail:biennale4 (at) fbsym (dot) de
Tel: +49-(0)3381-22 88 22
Fax: +49-(0)3381-22 88