<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="text-align: left; margin: 0px; "><span class="titolone" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">SINCRONIE FOR GESUALDO, 400 YEARS LATER</span></div><div style="text-align: left; margin: 0px; "><b>International Competition for Composition and Music Production</b><br style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><font face="Arial"><br style="line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">We announce SINCRONIE FOR GESUALDO, 400 YEARS LATER, a Competition for Composition and Music Production. </span></font></div><div style="text-align: left;margin: 0px; font-family: Arial; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">Extract form the call (presented in full at the address: </span><a href="http://www.sincronie.org/ita/form/concorso_02.php">http://www.sincronie.org/ita/form/concorso_02.php</a>)<span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;margin: 0px; font-family: Arial; min-height: 10px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; "><div style="font-family: Arial; text-align: left; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">The competition is open to applicants </span><b style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">without limits of age and nationality</b><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font face="Arial"><br></font></div>
<font face="Arial"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">The competition is divided in two categories:</span></div></font></div><div style="margin: 0px; "><div style="text-align: left;"><font face="Arial"><br></font></div><div style="font-family: Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; text-align: left; "><b style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">CATEGORY A: version for instrument with or without electronics.</b></div>
<div style="font-family: Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; text-align: left; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">Applicants are asked to compose a version for instruments only or for instruments and electronics of a madrigal by Gesualdo chosen among the followers:</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; text-align: left; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">a) "Languisce al fin" (from Quinto libro); </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; text-align: left; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">b) "Tribolationem et dolorem"(from Sacrae Cantiones); </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; text-align: left; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">c) "Ancide sol la morte" (from Sesto libro).</span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><font face="Arial"><br></font></div><font face="Arial"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">The available instruments are:</span></div></font><font face="Arial"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">fl. (also fl. in G and bass fl.), cl. (also bass cl.), vl., vla, cello and electronic keyboard.</span></div></font></div><div style="margin: 0px; "><div style="font-family: Arial; text-align: left; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">It is also possible to use an eletronic track.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font face="Arial"><br></font></div>
<b style="font-family: Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; "><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">CATEGORY B: version for electronic music only.</b></div></b><font face="Arial"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">Applicants are asked to realise a version for electronics only, also in in the form of a “remix”, of Luca Francesconi’s version of madrigal by Gesualdo "Moro lasso al mio duolo" (from Sesto libro), in the recording by Avanti Chamber Orchestra. It’s possible to listen to this transcription in mp3 format from the application page.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "><br></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">The starting material in full resolution will be provided to applicants after enrollment. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">Nevertheless it is possible to listen to the track for Category B in mp3 format at the address </span><a href="http://www.sincronie.org/ita/form/concorso_iscrizione.php">http://www.sincronie.org/ita/form/concorso_iscrizione.php</a>. </div><div style="text-align: left;">It is also possible to obtain the original Gesualdo's scores from the IMSLP site: <a href="http://www.imslp.org">http://www.imslp.org</a>.</div></font></div><div style="text-align: left;margin: 0px; font-family: Arial; min-height: 10px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></div><div style="text-align: left;margin: 0px; font-family: Arial; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><b>WINNERS AND AWARDS</b></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; "><div style="font-family: Arial; text-align: left; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">The jury shall select up to four winning versions,two for Category A and two for Category B that will be performed within the Festival Gesualdo Milano 2013, on November 25th 2013.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font face="Arial"><br></font></div>
<b style="font-family: Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; "><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">Category A:</b></div></b><font face="Arial"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">1st prize: 1300 euro.</span></div></font><font face="Arial"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">2nd prize: 500 euro.</span></div></font></div><div style="text-align: left;margin: 0px; font-family: Arial; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">The winner scores will be published by <b>Edizioni Sconfinarte</b>.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; "><div style="text-align: left;"><font face="Arial"><br></font></div><span style="font-family: Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; "><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">Category B:</b></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">1st prize: 800 euro;</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">2nd prize: 400 euro.</span></div></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; "><div style="text-align: left;"><font face="Arial"><br></font></div><span style="font-family: Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; "><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">Applicants enrol by paying the</span><b style="letter-spacing: 0px; "> registration fee of 35 Euro</b><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">.</span></div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;margin: 0px; font-family: Arial; min-height: 10px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></div><div style="text-align: left;margin: 0px; font-family: Arial; min-height: 10px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></div><div style="text-align: left;margin: 0px; font-family: Arial; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">For further information:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;margin: 0px; font-family: Arial; "><a href="http://www.sincronie.org">www.sincronie.org</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><b><br></b></span></div></body></html>