Compose 5min music, win 5.000€ - PCM Award 2019 is officially announced ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏
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Call for scores: 

Compose 5min music and win up to 5.000€!

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the 4th PCMA was just announced and we would be excited if you can share this information with your members and on your call for scores list.

The first prize is awarded with €5.000.
Julian Rachlin and Aleksey Igudesman are part of the jury.
The competition is open to composers worldwide and of all ages.
Attached you find a quick overview, on the website most information is available in 16 languages. 

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All the best
Christoph Dingler
Progressive Classical Music Award

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Call for scores 2019

Write a Super Hit! Inspire the audience with your music and win prize money totaling 11.000€ with your composition!

Compose new music for two violins that goes under the skin and sweeps audiences off their feet. There is no limit to your imagination. Using virtuosity or simply great emotionality– always remember that the audience has to be touched or carried away!

The style does not matter. Playing technique should be challenging, unconventional, with new effects, nice melodies, extreme sounds or hot rhythms – let your imagination run wild!

The announcement and information about the competition are available in 16 languages:

 
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Prizes

1. Prize: 5.000€, sponsored by Spiegel Institut Mannheim

2. Prize: 3.000€
, attribution pending

3. Prize: 1.000€
, sponsored by Ingenieurbüro Bräuer + Späh

4. Prize: 800€
, sponsored by Dr. Hans-Oskar Koch

5. Prize: 600€
, sponsored by GMS CNC-Technik

6. Prize: 600€
, sponsored by GMS CNC-Technik


Additionally, the prizewinner works will be recorded by 

The Twiolins and played on their next tour.

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Details

Orchestration: 2 violins

Form: about 5 minute music
Info: The work has to be composed for this competition. Adaption or arrangements are not permitted. Multiple submissions are allowed.

Closing date for entries: July 5, 2019, 23:59 CET

Finale with public voting and  LiveStream: September 28, 2019, 20:00 CET in Mannheim, Germany

Course

After a thorough examination by the jury, six works will be selected from all submissions. These will be premiered in the prize winner concert by The Twiolins. Following the concert, the audience will vote on the awards.

Registration

Please read the terms and conditions and use the registration form to submit your composition.


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Get inspired - Listen to the prize winner´s albums

Price winning compositions have been recorded on three CDs by The Twiolins - Listen and get in the mood:


2018: Secret Places (available on iTunes, Amazon, Spotify, YouTube)

2014: Sunfire (available on iTunes, Spotify, YouTube)

2011: Virtuoso (available on iTunesSpotify, YouTube)

Julian Rachlin, Credit: Ashley Klassen

Top-ranking jury members

We are proud to welcome our internationally renowned jury members:


Julian Rachlin, world-famous violinist, viola player and conductor (Fotocredit: Ashley Klassen)

Aleksey Igudesman, world-famous violinist, composer and cabaret artist

Benedikt Brydern, jazz violinist and composer, PCMA winner 2009 and 2015


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Join the spirit - Webinars and Live Events

To get you into the right mood for composing, we created some Kick-Off-Events, which you can easily join from your laptop at home: 

Thursday, March 28, 2019, 19:30 CET - Free Webinar: Explaining the Rules
You want to take part, but there are still questions popping up? Join us in this Facebook-Live-Event and get in touch with the founders of the PCMA...


Tuesday, April 16, 2019 20:00 CET - Free Kick Off Event: Live Stream Concert I

The founders of the PCMA, The Twiolins give an exclusive online concert with the awarded compositions from the last decade! Join the spirit and get in the mood.


Thursday, May 23, 2019, 20:00 CET - Free Kick Off Event: Live Stream Concert II

Saturday, September 28, 2019, 20:00 CET - Finale in Mannheim (Germany)

You can´t be there? Watch via LiveStream

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Watch!

Let us in your mind by watching our teaser - you will get inspiration for sure!

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What is all about? Watch the review!

350 composers from 44 countries took part in the competition 2015 - and who won the audience over? Watch the video review about the last competition, watch six composers making history!

The Twiolins

Behind the scenes...

Who initiated all this? Who is absolutely crazy about new music for two violins? Meet the founders and jury members of this award, The Twiolins, virtually at the Kick-Off-Events or even in person at one of their concerts. Have a look at their website: