Subject: Call for Submissions for the Giga-Hertz Award 2014
Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2014
From: Ludger Bruemmer
Call for Submissions: Giga-Hertz-Award 2014
In 2007, the ZKM | Institute for Music and Acoustics and the
EXPERIMENTALSTUDIO of SWR Freiburg inaugurated the annual
Giga-Hertz-Award for Electronic Music. The Giga-Hertz-Award aims at
composers working in the fields of electronic and acousmatic music. In
2014 the prize carries a total value of 25.000 €.The three production
awards of 5.000 € aim to initiate and support new projects geared to
composers of electronic and acousmatic music. The Grand Prize of 10.000
€ honors the artistic achievements of outstanding composers and is not
awarded as part of a public competition but selected by jury
nomination. Former award holders include Pierre Boulez, Jean-Claude
Risset, Francis Dhomont, Trevor Wishart and John Chowning.
The award Ceremony will take place on the 29th of November 2014 in the
context of the IMATRONIC Festival at the ZKM | Institut for Music and
Acoustics
Further information: http://www.giga-hertz-preis.de