Composition competition
The Association Française des Orchestres, in partnership with theOrchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse and with the support of the Francis and Mica Salabert Foundation, is organizing the first European composition competition for women composers. Candidates can compete in two categories: Symphony Orchestra and Chamber Orchestra.
The final
One work is awarded in each category. The finalist works are premiered by the Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse, conducted by Bruno Mantovani, at the public final of the competition on September 13, 2024, in the presence of the jury and the public, at the Auditorium Saint Pierre des Cuisines in Toulouse.
Conductor: Bruno Mantovani
Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse
Presentation: Christophe Dilys
September 13, 2024, 8pm
Auditorium Saint-Pierre des Cuisines (12 Place Saint-Pierre, 31000 Toulouse)
Recorded by France Musique, this concert will be broadcast on Wednesday October 2 at
8pm in Le concert du soir, presented by Arnaud Merlin. It will be available at
on the France Musique website & Radio France app.
The winners
- Prix Unanimes! Symphony Orchestra category,
under the aegis of the Francis and Mica Salabert Foundation:
Sa-Ii (Gap of the Time), Song Aa Park
- Prix Unanimes! Chamber Orchestra category,
under the aegis of the Francis and Mica Salabert Foundation:
Magic Simon, Johanna Ruotsalainen
- Audience award:
Réveil à l'aube d'une ville, Lisa Chevalier
- Prix des musiciens de l'Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse:
Réveil à l'aube d'une ville, Lisa Chevalier
Editorial 2024
In 2024, one might think that the cause of women is the object of a unanimous consensus.
Some people, and sometimes none, still say that it's not a subject today.
There are also women and men who, as studies accumulate, note - disappointed or angry - that this subject is clearly not a unanimous cause.
Whatever the case, there is a need to act, to bring about unanimity on what already seems obvious to some: there is no objective reason, moral, political or physiological, to exclude half of humanity from the public arena. This willingness to intervene, both in public debate and in concrete actions, is intended to demonstrate that a society can transform itself when it decides to do so.
It is for these reasons that the Association Française des Orchestres has decided to organize a European composition competition dedicated exclusively to women, as part of the Unanimes! event. With women composers.
In recent years, it seems to us that it has become unanimously obvious that a woman should conduct an orchestra. We hope that we will soon no longer have to count the number of women composers in the programming offered to the public by all those involved in the music world, and that we will be able to look forward to reading and hearing as many women composers as men in orchestral seasons.
Once these obvious facts have become part of our subconscious, once we no longer have any argument for not including this or that section of the population, we may well be proud to have contributed to greater social justice. This is the ambition of the member orchestras of the Association Française des Orchestres, who are unanimous in their desire to play their part in a world undergoing profound change.
Philippe Fanjas, 2024
The finalists
Category Chamber orchestra
Symphony Orchestra category
The jury
The jury for the final
Claude Boischot
Artistic and Production Administrator, Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine
Harumi Ventalon
Striking leader of the second violins at the Orchestre national d'Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
The selection panel
The presenter
Awards
Awards Unanimous! symphony orchestra
Under the aegis of the Francis and Mica Salabert Foundation
5 500 €
Awards Unanimous! chamber orchestra
Under the aegis of the Francis and Mica Salabert Foundation
4 500 €
PRIX DU PUBLIC
ORCHESTRA PRIZE
Competition schedule
Applications: April 5 to September 30, 2023
First round: The jury selects the finalists by score. The jury selects a maximum of 3 scores for each category.
Final: One work is awarded in each category. The finalist works are premiered by the Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse, conducted by Bruno Mantovani, at the public final of the competition on September 13, 2024, in the presence of the jury and the public, at the Auditorium Saint Pierre des Cuisines in Toulouse.
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