I – Contestants

The contest is open to Italian and foreign composers without age limits, including students from academies, public and private schools.

II – Required work type

The competitors are invited to compose a musical piece no longer than 12 minutes for solo piano and string orchestra (without string solo sections). The piece has to be inspired and it has consequently to bear the title of a sculpture by Dante Moro at the competitor’s choice, whose photographic reproduction is available on the website http://www.dantemoro.it.

All genres and styles are well accepted, but no compositions requiring a prepared piano will be admitted.

III – Orchestra, Setting

String section: 5 first violins, 4 second violins, 3 violas, 2 cellos, 1 double bass.

IV – Application procedure and registration

The full score can be sent in one of the following ways according to the competitor's choice:

• A) Score in PDF format attached to an e-mail message to be sent to silvia.tessari1@posta.istruzione.it and to orchdolom.bl@virgilio.it maximum 10 MB, otherwise please use transfer services like wetransfer.com).
• B) Three hard copies to be sent by ordinary mail to the artistic direction of the contest

Silvia Tessari,
Via Agostino Murer 3,
32020 Falcade (BL)
Italy

Please indicate on the score that the piece has been composed for the Composition Competition “Dante Moro”, edition 2020/2021. Copies of the score will not be returned.

The scores will be sent to the judges anonymously so please do not write your name on the scores, but a motto or pseudonym.

The winner will also be asked to send separate parts.

Together with the score, the competitor must send (by e-mail or postal mail) a self-certification containing the following data:

- Name, surname, place and date of birth, nationality, address, e-mail address, telephone number.

- The same motto/pseudonym which appears on the score.

- Duration of the composition (maximum 12 minutes).

- Declaration of acceptance of the competition rules.

- Declaration by the author attesting that the submitted composition is unpublished and never publicly performed.

- Declaration of consent that the competitor waives all rights of remuneration for the broadcasting, televising or recording of the performance of his/her work at the final public concert (December 29, 2020).

- Declaration of consent to the processing of the participant’s personal data for competition purposes (Italian Legislative Decree 196/03).

- Artistic bio.

- Recent artistic photography.

- Photocopy of an identity document.

The application deadline is November 1, 2020. An application fee of 60 euros is required.

Please pay with Paypal (silvia.tessari1@posta.istruzione.it) or with an international wire transfer. In this case the receipt should be attached to the application form.

Account Name: Silvia Tessari;

Name of the Bank: Cassa Rurale Dolomiti di Fassa, Primiero e Belluno

IBAN: IT14 S081 4061 0900 0000 3039 457

Address of the Bank: Corso Roma 8, 32020 Falcade (BL), Italy

Please identify the purpose of transfer as: 4^th edition Composition Competition Dante Moro 2020/2021.

For information on other accepted payment’s methods, please write an email to the artistic director: silvia.tessari1@posta.istruzione.it

V – Jury

The names of the jurors will be announced in late summer. In the previous years the chairman of the competition has been Professor Paolo Troncon, pianist and composer, director of many Italian conservatories. Jurors of the previous editions: Dušan Bavdek (Ljubljana), Mario Pagotto, Nicola Straffelini, Claudio Scannavini (composers and teachers at Italian conservatories), Delio Cassetta (conductor). They have worked together with the artistic director Silvia Tessari (pianist and musicologist). 

VI – Competition procedures

The decisions of the jury are final. The jury will meet to declare the winner by December 6, 2020. The results will be published on the website and on the fb page, and sent to each participant by e-mail.

VII – Award ceremony

The award ceremony will take place during the concert in honor of Dante Moro, which will be held in Falcade (Belluno, Italy) on December 29, 2020 [to be confirmed due to COVID-19 emergency]. The composition awarded with the 1^st prize will be performed by Dolomiti Symphonia Orchestra (conductor: Delio Cassetta) and by the solo pianist Silvia Tessari.

VIII – Prize

The winner of the contest (1^st prize), in addition to the first public performance of his/her piece, will receive a cash prize of 1000 euros, a copy of the audio recording of the award ceremony and an overnight stay at the expense of the organization in the Falcade area on December 29, 2020 (only if the competitor will be present). At the discretion of the jury, further special prizes may be awarded.

IX – Cancellation

The organization reserves the right to cancel the Competition, for any event that is outside the organization’s will. In this case, the application fee will be refunded.

 
X - Records and Performance

The competitors waive all rights of remuneration for the broadcasting, televising or recording of their performance at the final public concert (December 29, 2020).

XI – Contacts

Silvia Tessari

Via Agostino Murer 3

32020 Falcade (BL), Italy

silvia.tessari1@posta.istruzione.it

XII – Previous winners

2017/2018: first prize: Alessio Domini; special mentions: Alessio Venier, Attilio Foresta Martin

2018/2019: first prize: Fabio Crosera; special mention: Marino Baldissera.

2019/2020: first prize not awarded. Second prizes e.a. Maria Beatrice Orlando / Gabriele Caselli. Special mention Micheal Romio.