COMPOSER WRAP

Following the success of the inaugural SA Composers’ Competition which culminated in a concert on March 4, 2023 with five short-listed compositions, German philanthropist and entrepreneur Alexander Valentin stepped in to sponsor the next round — an exchange between a composer selected by the CPO’s German partner, the junge norddeutsche philharmonie (jnp) and the winner of the Alexander South African Composers’ Award.

Entries for the 2023-4 competition close on August 31.

The winner of the jnp competition will have his/her work performed at the

finalists’ concert for the 2023-4 competition in March 2024, where the SA winner will be chosen. At that same concert, the new piece commissioned of Conrad Asman, the winner of the 2022-3 competition, will be performed.

The winner of the CPO competition will receive a cash prize of R50 000 and a new commission to be performed in a period as composer-in-residence. Only those composers who are resident in SA will be brought to Cape Town for the finalists’ concert.

ENTER HERE

cpo.org.za/composers