The Camerata Strumentale Città di Prato and the Florence Philharmonic Orchestra – la Filharmonie are announcing an international competition of symphonic composition in order to commemorate the 700th anniversary of the death of Dante Alighieri. The project aims to encourage and promote creative energies in the field of orchestral composition, focusing on the figure and poetry of the writer.
The score will have to be inspired by the Divina Commedia. The competition is open to composers of any nationality and any age, who should compose a symphonic piece of a maximum 15 minutes duration. The deadline for applications is the 31 July 2021.
The winner of the competition will be awarded a prize of 5000 euro, and the winning score will be published within the series Stilnovo by Edizioni Musicali Curci in Milan promoted by CIDIM: Italian National Music Committee.
For further information, please visit the website of La Filharmonie.
