Artemis Quartett Composition contest

The Artemis Quartet will be the first quartet to create its own composition competition. This competition's principal goals are to provide composers with the incentive to write, as well as to develop the repertoire for the string quartet. The
Artemis Quartet Composition Competition will take place every three years.

Eligibility
This competition is open to composers of all ages. Members of the jury, their direct relatives and spouses are not eligible. Each composer may only submit one work.

Requirements
The submission should be a work written for string quartet (two violins, one viola, one violoncello). This composition should be a concert piece (i.e. one which requires no additional technical support). It must be unpublished, which means that it shall neither have been publicly performed, nor broadcast or published; it shall not have been printed, reproduced or distributed in other ways. Furthermore, the work shall not have been, or shall not be, submitted or presented to any other competition. The duration of the piece should be between fifteen and twenty minutes.

Jury
The Artemis Quartet (Vineta Sareika, Gregor Sigl, Friedemann Weigle and Eckhart Runge) as well as the composer and clarinetist Jörg Widmann.

Awards
First Prize:
5000 Euro and a public performance of the piece, given by the Artemis Quartet on the 27th of January 2016 in the Chamber Music Hall of the Philharmonie in Berlin, followed by additional performances at venues such as the Konzerthaus in Vienna, the Wigmore Hall in London and the Alte Oper in Frankfurt. The composition will also be published by a music publisher.
Second Prize:
3000 Euro – the Irene Steels-Wilsing Prize
Third Prize:
2000 Euro