COMPOSITION PRIZE

LUIGI NONO INTERNATIONAL COMPOSITION PRIZE
2025 EDITION

Submissions for the 2025 LUIGI NONO Composition Prize are open! 

RULES

APPLY


IMPORTANT: In order to adhere to italian NGO regulations, as of 2024, each participant MUST be admitted as a member of Amici per la Musica Association for the duration of the contest.

Each participant is REQUIRED to submit the admission form along with their contest registration. Failure to do so will result in disqualification from the competition.

ADMITTANCE FORM

COMPOSITION PRIZE

Who will be composing a piece for the winners of the Contemporary Music Prize, TRIO CHIMERA


WINNER: KYLE RIVERA (USA)


HONOURABLE MENTIONS:

Geli Li (CN)

Leah Reid (USA)

The first edition of the Composition Prize dates back 2014 and, by now, it is widely known all over the world.

The competition is open to any young composer of contemporary music in the early stage of their career. 

In addition to the prize, the winner will be asked for the composition of a piece expressly written for the winner of the Contemporary Music Prize - either soloist or group -, awarded to the best execution of a piece composed after 1950, in the same year edition of the International Chamber Music Competition Luigi Nono.

The commissioned piece will be premiered by the winner/s of the Contemporary Music Prize in a concert within the following Concert season organized by Amici per la Musica Association.
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