APPLICATION FORM

INTERNATIONAL
COMPOSITION CONTEST
FOR HARPSICHORD
"SIMM 2020”

Name:………………………………………………………………..

Family name:………………………………………………………

Address: …………………………………………………………….
https://m.facebook.com/simmconcorso
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Tel:……………………………………………………………………
@compositioncontest
E-mail:……………………………………………………………….

Date and place of birth:………………………………………..

Scuola Internazionale Musicale di Milano
Number of compositions submitted: …………………….. Foro Buonaparte, 18 - Milano 

tel: 02 83635275
Registrazione fee: 80,00 € x ………………… (number of
compositions submitted = ……………………………………
international
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☐ I would like my composition(s) to be played by the
composition contest
harpsichordist whom the Contest Board will provide segreteria@scuolainternazionalemusicaledimilano.it for harpsichord
at the cost of 80,00 € for each composition.

I hereby declare that I have read the general rules of

the contest and that I accept all of them. In compli- “SIMM 2020 - 5th edition
ance with the Italian Legislative Decree no. 196/2003,
I hereby authorize you to use and process my
New music

personal details for the purpose of organizing the for harpsichord”
contest.

Place and date: ……………………………………………………

Signature …………………………………………………………..

Application form to be sent to:

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Scuola Internazionale Musicale di Milano, with the collaboration of 5. The scores should not have on them any marks for identification EVALUATION COMMITTEE
Comune di Milano and Società Italiana Musica Contemporanea is (the PDF file of the score must not be signed or marked in any way)
now organizing the fifth edition of the International Composition under penalty of exclusion from the contest. The Contest Board will
13. The Evaluation Committee is made up of:

Contest, “SIMM 2019 - New Music for Harpsichord". The contest mark the scores in order to identify them, while maintaining anonymity.

aims to promote contemporary music, a renewal of the harpsichord

tradition, and artistic exchange among composers of various Sonia Bo, president, composer
6. The registration fee is € 80,00 for each composition submitted and
backgrounds.
Giorgio Colombo Taccani, composer
should be paid by 30/03/2020 by money transfer to the following bank
Luisella Donato, harpsichordist
account:
Andrea Nicoli, composer

1. The contest is open to composers of all nationalities, with no age
Gabriele Formenti, musical critic

restrictions. Each composer is expected to participate with one or
more pieces. Registration fee is € 80,00 for each piece submitted.
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE
COMPOSITIONS
Beneficiary: Scuola Internazionale Musicale di Milano
Reason for payment: Composition Contest SIMM

a) The six compositions with the highest score will be
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admitted to a public performance in the final evening after
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which the Evaluation Committee will assign the first three
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prizes.

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2. The following compositions will be accepted: harpsichord solo, b) If the candidate is or has been in the past 2 years in any
harpsichord for four hands, harpsichord and an instrument (except professional relationship with a member of the Evaluation
piano), harpsichord and voice. SETUP OF THE CONTEST Committee, this member will not take part in the discussion
for the awarding of the prize.

a) Compositions of any genre and style may be submitted.
Applicants are allowed to submit compositions that have already
received awards in other contests. The maximum length for each
composition is seven minutes.
b) No adjusting or untuning or manipulating in any way the
harpsichord before or during the performance will be allowed, lest
the sequence of performances in the final evening may be
7. Six compositions will be selected for a public concert in the final
evening. The Contest Board will send an official email notifying the
results of the selection to all applicants. The six finalist compositions
will be performed on 16 May 2020 at 15.30, in the prestigious Sala
della Balla of Castello Sforzesco, Milan. The concert will be open to the
public and the Evaluation Committee will attend.
a) The names of the participants will be disclosed the Evaluation
c) The decision of the Evaluation Committee is not open to
appeal. They have the liberty to award ex-aequo prizes or not
to award any prize at all or to select fewer than 6 finalist
compositions.
d) Songs not performed at the Concert will not be awarded,
with the exception of force majeure.

impaired. Committee after the selection of the finalists compositions.

b) It is desirable - although not compulsory - that a short presentation of e) After the awards ceremony, the members of the Evaluation
c) The compositions should be written for a French double-manual each peace be given before the performance at the final concert. Committee will be available to give the composers some
harpsichord, the copy of Taskin (2019, constructor - Augusto c) The prize-winning compositions will be chosen from among the six feedback on each finalist piece.
Bonza). Compass FF - F3, 61 notes. Pitch: a1=415 Hz. Disposition compositions selected for the final evening and will be awarded a prize
of registers: the lower manual = 8’ and 4’ register, coupling with at the end of the concert. CONCERT OF THE FINALIST COMPOSITIONS
upper manual possible. Upper manual = 8’, lute stop.
AWARDS AND PUBLIC PERFORMANCES
14. The composers can either perform their compositions in
HOW TO APPLY person or have them performed by musicians of their own
8. First Prize: € 1.000,00 and a Diploma.
choice without the organizers having to pay any money for
9. Second Prize: € 500,00 and a Diploma.
3. Compositions must be sent to the Contest Board by email: this. The Contest Board will provide a harpsichordist at the
10. Third Prize: € 300,00 and a Diploma.
segreteria@scuolainternazionalemusicaledimilano.it 
 cost of 80 euros per piece. Composers can avail themselves
by 30/03/2020, along with the application form fully completed. of this service only by ticking the appropriate box on the
11. The winner will be invited to talk on RADIO CLASSICA. The application form and by paying the required amount if one of
Contest Board may find further opportunities for one or more of the their compositions is selected for the final evening. The
4. The email must contain: 
 winning pieces to be performed in other public concerts.
- the scores (attached as a pdf file) transcribed with a word Contest Board will provide no instrumentalist other than a
processing music program; 
 harpsichordist.
- the registration form fully completed and signed; 
 12. The other finalists, who get none of the three top prizes, will receive
- a brief curriculum vitae in English or Italian; 
 a certificate stating their ranking in the final selection. INFORMATION

- a recent photograph; 

- a brief description of the piece;
 15. For further information, please contact the Contest Board:
- sending a MIDI file is desirable but not compulsory; 

- the authorization for the performance, publishing, recording, and segreteria@scuolainternazionalemusicaledimilano.it 

dissemination of the work; 
 tel. +39 0283635275
- copy of the proof of payment of the registration fee. www.scuolainternazionalemusicaledimilano.it