Submission - The Composition Academy 2023 edition

  • Monday 9 January 2023 - Wednesday 11 January 2023
  • 12h00 - 00h00 (local time)

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Horizon Étendu is a Composition Academy that offers a six-month study program for inspiring Iranian composers living in Iran who wish to develop their composition skills and embark on the path of a professional artistic career. As part of the program, students have the opportunity to work with renowned composers on their own music and explore aspects of technique, notation, instrumental writing and concept development. The Academy also offers consultations, lectures with guest composers and artistic coaching from the programme's mentors. In addition, the selected participants will work on creating a new composition for the Academy ensembles in residence, which will be professionally recorded at the end of the academy programme.

Moreover, as a part of this academy and under the supervision of the performers of the ensembles, the students of the conservatoire of Nice will work on the new compositions with the composers.

The organisers plan to present the resulting compositions at concerts in Europe and Iran, which will take place around the first half of 2025. In addition, there is the possibility of releasing the recordings with a record label via online distribution platforms.

Participation in the Academy Horizon Étendu is divided into two categories:

  • Active participants: A maximum of fifteen active participants who work on the development of a new composition for the duration of the Academy and receive individual composition lessons with professors. All Iranian aspiring composers from all over the world are welcome to apply for Composition Academy.

  • Auditors/non-active participants: Those who have not been selected for active participation in the composition academy will be given the opportunity to attend the academy as auditors. It is also possible to apply to become an auditor of the academy independently of active participation procedure. Auditors gain access to all educational events online throughout the academic season. Application for auditors/non-active participation is open to all nationalities, without any requirement or jury evaluation.

In addition, the programme includes 8 public online lectures open to both active and non-active participants.

All private courses and seminars will be held in English. Mentor meetings are held in Farsi.

The organisers are also offering five full scholarships and two half scholarships for the participants residing in Iran. The scholarships are awarded to the successful candidates, who live in Iran, and get accepted as active participants in the course.

Full information is available on The International Interdisciplinary Institute for Music Creation's website : https://www.iiimc.net/horizon-etendu-2023