She Lives

We are proud to announce the special prize CLARINITALY International Composition Competition, in collaboration with Eufonia, an association active for 18 years in Rome in the field of musical promotion, and with the important patronage of the Accademia Italiana del Clarinetto and the European Clarinet Association.

The Competition celebrates the tenth anniversary of ClarinItaly, a Festival dedicated to the Italian clarinet. It features top instrument and accessory companies and renowned international artists who hold masterclasses, concerts, and conferences. Notable clarinetists like Paolo Beltramini (First Clarinet of the Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana), Gabriele Mirabassi (soloist of international fame), Valeria Serangeli (First Clarinet of the Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa), Luigi Picatto (First Clarinet of the Teatro Regio in Turin), Borislav Yotzov (Bulgarian clarinetist and conductor), and many others have participated over the years.

1. The competition is open to composers of all ages and nationalities, without restrictions of gender, ideas, religious affiliation etc.

2. The competition theme is the composition of a piece that has the clarinet as a soloist or in any case in a primary role.  The piece must necessarily include:

Clarinet/s (in Bb, in A, in C; also Piccolo Clarinet in Eb and Bass Clarinet in Bb) – up to 4 performers.

From solo clarinet to clarinet quartet (and the possible intermediate formations: duo and trio), also in association with one or more of the following instruments:

Additional instruments (not mandatory)

If the applicant decides to use the clarinet or clarinets in association with other instruments, all combinatorial possibilities are possible: Clarinet(s) and piano, Clarinet(s) and one or more string instruments, Clarinet(s) and string quartet, Clarinet(s) and complete ensemble (piano, string quartet).

3. Prepared piano, the use of electronics, and fixed media are allowed.

4. Live electronics are not allowed.

5. The duration of the piece must not exceed 15 minutes. There are no minimum duration limits.

6. The pieces may have already been performed, published, and awarded in competitions other than those organized by the She Lives association.

7. There are no style limitations. The jury will evaluate the musical quality and originality of the writing.

8. The piece can be written with a notational programme (Sibelius, Finale, Dorico, etc.) as well as handwritten as long as it is clearly legible.

 

AWARDS
Prize fund: 3000 Euros

DEADLINE
October 27, 2024 (23:59 Rome time)

PARTICIPATION FEE
The competition participation fee is of 55 euros for the first piece submitted.

Each composer can participate in the competition with a maximum of 5 pieces (first piece + 4 others).

A sum of 25 Euros will be paid for each additional piece.

JURY
Mauro Cardi, composer - President of the Jury (Italy)

Alessio Elia, composer (Italy / Hungary)

Antonio Fraioli, clarinetist and composer (Italy)

We are thrilled to announce the winners of the International “Andrea Ceraso" Rome Award Composition Competition - 4th edition.  

 

Among 170 scores from 56 countries the jury, chaired by Sidney Corbett, and composed of Alessio Elia and Vincenzo De Filippo, has decreed the following result.

 

 

FIRST PRIZE

Tomasz Skweres (*1984) - POLAND/AUSTRIA

"Elusive Thoughts"

 

SECOND PRIZE

Geoffrey Gordon (*1968) - USA/UK

"Quintettsatz"

 

THIRD PRIZE

Yi Yao (*1997) - CHINA/USA

"An Eclipse of Searing Whisper"

 

The jury also awarded 4 honorable mentions.

 

 

Shin Mizutani (*1991) - JAPAN

"A Study of Difference and Repetition"

 

Maja Bosnic (*1985) - SERBIA

"/otkriće se/"

 

Aurés Moussong (*1984)- MEXICO/HUNGARY

"Uncertain Journey to the Tai Shan"

 

Davide Spina (*1997) - ITALY

"Fear Of Missing Out"

 

We thank our partners who have accompanied us in this initiative for many years: the Associazione Culturale Eufonia, the Imago Sonora Ensemble, and the Associazione Recercare.

A special thanks goes to all Andrea's friends who accompanied us on this initiative.  

But above all an extraordinary result achieved thanks to the wonderful person of Andrea Ceraso, who with his great professionalism has reached the esteem of many musicians all around the world.  

We thank all the applicants for taking part in the competition and look forward to seeing your work for the next edition!

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She Lives is pleased to announce the third edition of the Budapest Prize, this year dedicated to Ligeti on the centenary of his birth (LIGETI 100)!

International Composition Competition for piano pieces open to composers of all ages and nationalities.

PRIZES: € 3000 + performance + the book "The Hamburgisches Konzert by György Ligeti" by Alessio Elia, the most detailed analysis of the Hungarian composer's latest work with a complete revision of the score.

László Tihanyi, composer, conductor and professor at the Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest - chief of the jury (Hungary)

Alessio Elia, composer (Italy / Hungary)

Krisztina Fejes, soloist pianist (Hungary)

DEADLINE: 30 November 2023

More info here.

We are thrilled to announce the winners of the third edition of the "Andrea Ceraso Rome Award" Composition Competition, organized by She Lives in collaboration with Associazione Culturale Eufonia and Imago Sonora Ensemble.

The competition celebrates, and is in memory of, the young Conductor Andrea Ceraso, who passed away unexpectedly in May 2020. In both Rome and Italy, Andrea played an important role in highlighting the music of our time. He was the first artistic director of SHE LIVES and was a pillar of the Eufonia community. He conducted the Rome Youth Orchestra and was the founder and conductor of the Imago Sonora Ensemble, an instrumental group devoted to the dissemination of Contemporary and Twentieth-Century repertoire. He collaborated with some of the most important Roman institutions in the field: Nuova Consonanza, Accademia Filarmonica Romana, Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, and Auditorium Parco della Musica.

Among 167 scores submitted from 49 countries, which makes the "Andrea Ceraso Rome Award" the first Italian composition competition in terms of participants, the jury, chaired by Sidney Corbett and composed of Alessio Elia and Vincenzo De Filippo, has decreed, at its unquestionable judgment, the following result:

FIRST PRIZE

Zhuosheng Jin *1991 (China)

Three images inspired from Shuntarō Tanikawa

SECOND PRIZE

Alejandro Mata *1990 (Mexico)

Tres cantos para la dualidad sonora

THIRD PRIZE

Jee Seo *1985 (South Korea)

Four pieces

We congratulate the winners and thank everyone who took part in the competition.

THE "ANDREA CERASO" ROME AWARD RECONFIRMS THE FIRST COMPOSITION COMPETITION IN ITALY IN TERMS OF PARTICIPANTS!

We are thrilled to announce the extraordinary result obtained by the International “Andrea Ceraso" Rome Award Composition Competition. In its third edition, with 167 scores from 49 countries, this initiative confirms the exceptional results already obtained in the first edition and is once again the first Italian competition in terms of subscriptions and among the very first in the international scene.

The pieces received came from the following countries (alphabetical order): Albania, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Israel, Japan, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Mexico, Paraguay, Portugal, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Singapore, Spain, Slovenia, Sri Lanka, South Korea, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, USA, UK.

A result made possible by the collaboration with our partners: the Associazione Culturale Eufonia and the Imago Sonora Ensemble and their presidents and artistic directors, Andrea Tagliaferri, Claudio Cavallaro and Domenico Turi. A special thanks goes to all Andrea's friends who accompanied us on this initiative.

But above all an extraordinary result achieved thanks to the wonderful person of Andrea Ceraso, who with his great professionalism has reached the esteem of many musicians all around the world.

The jury, chaired by Sidney Corbett, and composed of Alessio Elia and Vincenzo De Filippo, is now engaged in evaluating the pieces.

A sincere thanks to all the composers who have sent their works and to all those who have made it possible to achieve this wonderful result.

She Lives invites singers from all over the world to take part in the MASTERCLASS "Il BELCANTO ITALIANO".

Teachers: ROSA FEOLA and SERGIO VITALE

Pianist: Fabio Centanni

Period: from 25 to 28 September 2023

Venue: Sala Casella in Rome.

The number of effective participants is set at a maximum of twelve, selected on the basis of a video sent by the candidates for admission.

The maximum age for active students is 32 years.

The participation of the auditors, on the other hand, is unlimited in terms of age and number.

At the end of the course there will be a public concert by the active students. Furthermore, the best student of the course, on the unquestionable judgment of the teachers, can be included in the programming of the Reate Festival.

Registration deadline: 10 September 2023

Info and announcement - click here

She Lives invites instrumentalists and chamber groups to take part in the fourth edition of the "International Competition for the Interpretation of Contemporary Music" organized by the Flavio Vespasiano Foundation, within the Reate Festival.

The competition is open to instrumentalists, singers and chamber groups aged 35 or less (for chamber groups the average age of the members is considered).

Scholarships for 2500 € + Concerts of the winners within the Reate Festival (Rome / Rieti)

FREE REGISTRATION by sending VIDEO

DEADLINE: September 30, 2023

The JURY is made up of very important personalities: Monica Bacelli, Simone Briatore, Alessandro Carbonare, Andrea Lucchesini, Giovanni Sollima.

For more information visit the website:

We are pleased to announce the winners of “On the Music Waves – International song contest”, a composition competition in which we were partner of the Art-Waves Cultural Association.

First of all we want to thank all the participants who entered the competition from several countries of the world (Italy, Serbia, United Kingdom, USA, China, Romania, Poland, Singapore, Brazil, Latvia, Hungary, Czech Republic, South Korea, Moldavia, Bulgaria, Greece, Australia, Switzerland, Ecuador, Togo, Slovenia, Syria, France and Germany).

The musical level was very high, and also for this reason we have awarded 5 winners in the first 3 places, and the ex aequo winners will receive the entire prize!

Many artists deserve to bring their music to light and with great pleasure they will be promote on our social channels and in the e-magazine (https://art-waves.blogspot.com/), some of them we point out now with special mentions, but there would be many more... we will let you know them very soon!

WINNERS:

3rd prize (ex aequo) “Chantal Barraco” (Italy) with the song “Not just somebody”

3rd prize (ex aequo) “ADRyANA C” (Moldavia) with the song “Tears in the moonlight”

2nd prize (ex aequo) “The Things We Hide” (band) (Italy) with the song “Opposite side of love”

2nd prize (ex aequo) “EEF” (band) (Italy) with the song “Downtown”

1st prize “Ildikó Barta” (Hungary) with the song “Találkozások” (“Encounters”)

given by the Art-Waves Cultural Association:

“Matteo Venneri” (Italy) with the song “Oro nel cuore”

“Jee Seo” (South Korea) with the song “Oppa is a free spirit”

“Jan Škorvánek” (Czech Republic) with the song “My little wolf”

“Caro” (Germany) with the song “Where I belong”

“Gian Marco Gottarelli” (Italy) with the song “Fragile”

“Ana Sretenović” (Štras) (Serbia) with the song “Neonski Bogovi”

“Alberto Baldo” (Italia) with the song “Qualche giorno in più”

given by the She Lives Association:

“Nikos Galenianos” (Grecia) with the piece “Canto 1”

“Ryan Latimer” (United Kingdom) with the piece “Speaking of Letters and Dancing”

I. A letter https://youtu.be/nKnHLQWpKEk

II. Dancing https://youtu.be/cB-MgaQA6zc

III. Summer Night https://youtu.be/6pkSOoQCd2M

“Jie Teng” (Cina) with the piece “Jiangnan Spring”

(link not available)

Many thanks to all the artists who entered the competition!

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The number of pieces received in this edition and the level of quality were really high, which is why the jury required a longer period of time than expected for an accurate and thorough evaluation. Here, finally, the results!

We are thrilled to announce the winners of the second edition of the "Andrea Ceraso Rome Award" Composition Competition, organized by She Lives in collaboration with Associazione Culturale Eufonia and Imago Sonora Ensemble.

The competition celebrates, and is in memory of, the young Conductor Andrea Ceraso, who passed away unexpectedly in May 2020. In both Rome and Italy, Andrea played an important role in highlighting the music of our time. He was the first artistic director of SHE LIVES and was a pillar of the Eufonia community. He conducted the Rome Youth Orchestra and was the founder and conductor of the Imago Sonora Ensemble, an instrumental group devoted to the dissemination of Contemporary and Twentieth-Century repertoire. He collaborated with some of the most important Roman institutions in the field: Nuova Consonanza, Accademia Filarmonica Romana, Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, and Auditorium Parco della Musica.

Among 178 scores submitted from 45 countries, which makes the "Andrea Ceraso Rome Award" the first Italian composition competition in terms of participants, the jury, chaired by Sidney Corbett and composed of Alessio Elia and Vincenzo De Filippo, has decreed, at its unquestionable judgment, the following result:

1. PRIZE: Snezana Nesic "Embracing the Darkness Blue" (Serbia)

2. PRIZE: Paolo Molinari "Tenebrae" (Italy)

3. PRIZE: Dimitri Sillato "Wanderlust" (Italy)

Given the high level of the compositions present in the competition, the jury decided to highlight the following works with a special mention:

Alex Vaughan - "Wheel in wheel” and “Axios"

Marcin Piotr Lopacki - "D-mention” and “Perpendicular universes"

Alberto Montagano - "Tangoke"

Yintao Wang - "The relentless flow of sand and wind"

ZeHao Yang - "Lu qing"

Xiao Xinzhou - "Subconscious light"

Gianluca Deserti - "L’ombre du jours II"

David Antunez - "Memoria oxidada"

Shin Mizutani - "A study of difference and repetition"

Andrea Benedetti - “Meglio non dire"

Massimo Lauricella - "Tremiti"

Jee Seo - "Moments musicaux"

Robin Haigh - "Nasubi”

We congratulate the winners and thank all participants for entering the contest.

We are glad to publish the recordings of some of the winning pieces of the first edition of the "SHE LIVES Budapest Prize Composition Competition" - 1st edition.

Daniele Gasparini - "Tres recuerdos del cielo"  - 1st prize

Michael Barrett - "Listen to this alone" - 3rd shared prize

More coming soon!

We are proud to announce the awarding concert of the first edition of the "Andrea Ceraso" International Composition Competition Prize of Rome organized in collaboration with the Eufonia Cultural Association.

On the program the pieces of the three winners:

"The Waters of Monkey Island" by Alfredo De Vecchis - 1st prize

"Prayers of method" by David Roche - 2nd prize

"Refracted lights" by Drinor Zymberi - 3rd prize

The ensemble, conducted by Vincenzo De Filippo, is composed of:

Paolo Andriotti (cello), Sauro Berti (clarinets), Lorenzo Fabiani and Filippo Fattorini (violins), Mario Germani and Alessio Pedini (piano), Andrea Salvi (flute) and Alessio Toro (viola).