Our colleagues from the Gaudeamus Foundation Contemporary Music Center, member of the European Conference of Promoters of New Music (ECPNM), will soon publish the next Gaudeamus Information Bulletin which will cover the period from January to June 2005. We would like to remind you that the deadline for listings in the the Gaudeamus Information Bulletin January - June 2005, is the 1st of December 2004. The Bulletin will be sent to 8000 addresses all over the world and placed on the website www.gaudeamus.nl at the beginning of January 2005 If you have any information on contemporary music events (festivals, competitions, workshops, prizewinners, concertseries.etc..) please email it to Gaudeamus before the 1st of December 2004. Gaudeamus only accepts - Information by e-mail (our address; info@gaudeamus.nl) as plain message or attached MS Word-file for PC. - Written in English as brief and to the point as possible (please see below for examples) - No lay-out with indent or bold, no extra capitals, just body text, please! - The right name of the organization, contact person, address, tel/fax. number, e-mail address, website etc. EXAMPLES -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Section Call for Call for: Scores Who: The Roentgen Connection + Short description: The Roentgen Connection - Karolina Bäter (recorder), Karin Preslamyr ( viola da gam-ba), Goska Isphording (harpsichord) is an ensemble based in The Netherlands and specializing in contemporary music (finalist of the Gaudeamus Interpreters Competition 2003). We are looking for new scores for recorder, viola da gamba and harpsichord, also in combination with voice and other instruments in all possible settings. Works with tape and live electronics are very wel-come. Deadline: info: Karin Preslmayr, Koningsdam 1, 3011 TN Rotterdam. The Netherlands, karinjoram@zonnet.nl, Goska Isphording, Zeelsterstraat 15, 5652 EA Eindhoven, NL, mail@goskaisphording.com, www.goskaisphording.com Section Prizewinners Name: 21st JSCM Award Procedure: The jury of 21st JSCM Award for Composers has selected six finalists. 25 entries from 4 countries to the competition were received. The final stage of the competition held on thursday 21st October 2004. The selected 6 pieces were performed at the concert in the Hoku Topia small hall in Tokyo. After the concert the Prizes of com-petition was announced and awarded. Prizewinners: - 21st JSCM Award for Composers, prize winner: Tazul Izan Tajuddin (Malaysia) - Mediasi Ukiran V - Tenunan XII (2004/WP/fl. cl. vn. vc.) Other Finalists: Miyuki Akimoto (Japan), Jesmond Grixti (Malta), Yasutaki Inamori (Japan), Sachi Tanihara (Japan), Hiromi Ueno (Japan) Jury: Akio Yasuraoka, Masakazu Natsuda, Satoshi Minami info: Japan Society for Contemporary Music, #501, 2-5-7, Higashi-Gotanda, Shinagawa, Tokyo 141-0022 Japan, gen-on@jscm.net, www.jscm.net Section Workshops Name: Lucerne Festival Academy 2005 Deadline: 15 January 2005 Dates: Master Class for String Quartets, August 12 – 19, 2005 Orchestra Academy, August 20 – Septem-ber 9, 2005 Master Class in Conducting, August 31 – September 3, 2005 Short decription: The Lucerne Festival Academy 2005 will again include a variety of different classes and events. It will start with a Master Class for String Quartets with Walter Levin and Helmut Lachenmann focusing on string quartets by Beethoven, Berg and Lachen-mann. The three-week Orchestra Academy under the artistic direction of Pierre Boulez, and with the musicians of the Ensemble In-tercontemporain, will focus on several ensemble and chamber music programs and include a series of world premières. Symphonic centre piece will be “Amériques” by Edgard Varèse. The Master Class in Conducting will take place in the framework of the Orchestra Academy. Fee: info: Lucerne Festival Academy, P.O. Box, CH-6002 Lucerne, Switzerland, fax: +41-41-22644 60, tel: +41 41 226 44 47 / 49, academy@lucernefestival.ch, www.lucernefestival.ch Section Competitions Name: Alea III International Composition Prize Deadline: 15 March 2005 Open to: Composers of all nationalities under 40 years old Composition for: works of all styles and esthetic directions are eligible and may be scored for any combination of single orchestral instruments, guitar, voice and/or electronics utilizing from 1-15 musicians (detail see website). Unperformed and unpublished Duration: Duration 6 -15 minutes Jury: Fee: Prizes: monetary prize of $2,500 is awarded Details: During the preliminary stage of the competition, members of the Boston University Music Faculty select 6-9 works for the finals. At the final stage Theodore Antoniou conducts the performances of the finalists' composition info: Alea III International Composition Prize, Boston University College for the Arts, Music Division, 855 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, USA, kalogeras@earthlink.net, www.aleaiii.com/ Section Series Name: AvuiMúsica Series: VIII Temporada, Barcelona date, city, venue, performed by, works by: 13/1 - Auditori de la SGAE: Trio Kandinsky. Works by: Benet Casablancas, Lluís Gàs-ser, Riccardo Massari, Mercè Torrents, Mauricio Kagel. 10/2 - Auditori de la SGAE: Sadahiro Otani, guitar. Works by: Llorenç Balsach, Albert Llanas, Joan Carles Martínez, Maria Rosa Ribas, Enric Riu, Antonio Velasco, Jaume Torrent, Manuel Falla, Alberto Ginastera, Hifumi Sasa. 12/2 - Auditori de la SGAE: Jordi López, Pi-ano. Works By: Maria Rosa Ribas, Delfí Colomé, Cruz López De Rego, Marcel Olm, Francisco José Martín Jaime, Salva-dor Pueyo, Xavier Montsalvatge. 10/3 - Auditori de la SGAE: Trio Bertrand. Works By: Jordi Codina, Christiaan De Jong, Juan Manuel Granda, Pere Soto, Dimitri Nicolau. 24/3 - Auditori de la SGAE: Cecilio Tieles, Piano. Works by: Enric Ferrer, Eduardo Diago, Jordi Cervelló, Marcos Bosch, Al-bert Sardà, Benet Casablancas, Juan Pi-ñera, Salvador Pueyo 31/3 - Mirador, CCCB: Gratiniano Murcia, Percussion. Works by: Miquel Pardo, An-na Bofill, Sergio Fidemraizer, Xavier Boli-art 7/4 - Metrònom: Xelo Giner, saxophon & electronics. Works by: Voro García, Alexandra Gardner, Andrés Lewin-Richter, Gabriel Brncic, Adolfo Nuñez, Oriol Graus. 12/4 - Convent dels Àngels, MACBA: Grup XXI, Peter John Bacchus, director. Works by: Jep Nuix, Mario Ros, Francesc Taver-na-Bech, Juan Manuel Granda, Jorge Li-dermann, Eliott Carter 3/5 - L'Espai: Banda Municipal de Barcelona, Joan Lluís Moraleda, director. Works by: Christiaan De Jong, Reinalda Blanco, Moisès Bertrán, Carles M. Eroles, Alicia Coduras, Peter John Bacchus, Nino Díaz. 19/5 - Auditori del MACBA: Quintet de Me-tall de l'OBC. Works by: Francesc Quinta-na, Willem Dragsta, Edmundo Eckard, Armand Grebol, Joan Guinjoan info: Associació Catalana de Compositors, Pg. Colom 6, espai IV 08002-Barcelona, Spain, tel: +34-93-2683719, fax: +34-93-2681259, acc@accompositors.com, www.accompositors.com Section Festivals Name: Les Journées Grame Theme: Date: March 14 - 19, 2005, France Short Description: The third edition of "Les journées Grame", (organized alternately with the "Biennale Musiques en Scène") is particularly focused on artistic and scientific productions created by Grame, Special features: including several world first-night performances ("concert with live electronics, mixed-media spectacles etc) and presentations of the developments made by the research laboratory for computer music, work-shops focusing on the role of the musician interpreting interactive music. Venues: The five days at "La Chapelle de la Trinité" and also at the "National Opera auditorium of Lyon" show the diversity of forms that musical creation takes and how it is influated by the meeting of other artistic expressions. info: GRAME, Centre National de Création Musicale, 9 rue du Garet - BP 1185, 69202 Lyon cedex 01, France, tel: +33-4-72073700, fax: +33-4-72073701, juillet@grame.fr, www.grame.fr Section Agenda Date: 12/2 City, Venue: PRAGUE, City Library Hall Performers: Czech Army Band Works: Karel Husa - Diverti-mento