2nd INTERNATIONAL

EINOJUHANI RAUTAVAARAChamber Choir Composition Workshop and Competition 2016

WORKSHOP in Helsinki, Finland with the Helsinki Chamber Choir, 25–28 November 2015

Teachers: Beat Furrer and Jukka Tiensuu

COMPETITION at the Viitasaari Time of Music Festival, 4–6 July 2016

Jury: Georg Friedrich Haas, composer (Chairman)

Cornelia Bend, manager, SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart

KasparsPutniņš,conductor

Johan Tallgren, composer & festival director

THE EINOJUHANI RAUTAVAARA PRIZE WILL CONSIST OF:

— A cash prize of 7000 euros.

— A commission to write a 12-minute work for the Helsinki Chamber Choir for its

2017/18 season. This work must be based on a European poem from the period 1914–1918 or

otherwise have a clear connection with Tenso Network Europe’s 14–18: From Poetry to Music

project (www.frompoetrytomusic.eu). The value of the commission is 4000 euros (including the

composer’stravelandaccommodationforattendingthefirstperformance).

— A repeat performance of the winning Competition entry during the Helsinki Chamber

Choir’s 2016/17 season.

The International Einojuhani Rautavaara Chamber Choir Composition Workshop and Competition is an opportunity for young composers to work intensively with a professional chamber choir.

Participants will work with the Helsinki Chamber Choir and two renowned composers in a

workshopbeforecompletingtheirfinalworkforthecompetition.Thecompetitionwilltake

placeattheViitasaariTimeofMusicFestivalon4–6July2016.Attheconclusionofthefinal

concert, an international jury will award the Einojuhani Rautavaara Prize.

Participants will receive free accommodation and a contribution towards their travel expenses.

APPLICATION DEADLINE 31 AUGUST 2015

Applications are invited from composers of any nationality born between

1 November 1980 and 31 October 1997 inclusive. Application is free.

For full details and to download the application form, please visit our website at:

helsinkichamberchoir.fi/rautavaara

ZESSES SEGLIAS,

winner of the 1st Rautavaara Competition in 2012, says:

”Working with the Helsinki Chamber Choir was beyond any expectations

a composer might have when taking part in a competition. The process

was a constant back-and-forth stream of feedback at the end of which I

got a highly professional performance.”

Since winning the Rautavaara Competition, Zesses Seglias has been com-

missioned by Klangforum Wien and the Bregenzer Festspiele.

Founder and Artistic Director: Nils Schweckendiek

Organised by

the Helsinki Chamber Choir and

the Viitasaari Time of Music Festival,

in association with Tenso Network Europe.

ENQUIRIES

Competition Manager Martti Anttila:

competition@helsinkichamberchoir.fi

SUPPORTED BY:Art Mentor Foundation LucerneJenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation