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Basel Composition Competition
Next edition
No future edition is announced on the official pages we could check.
Overview
International composition competition founded in 2017 under jury president Wolfgang Rihm, open to composers of all ages from around the world. New works are premiered in Basel and the best compositions share prizes totalling CHF 100,000.
- Organiser
- Artistic Management GmbH, in collaboration with the Paul Sacher Foundation and Basel Sinfonietta
- Instruments
- Composition
- Category
- Chamber & solo composition
- Age limits
- No age limit
Rules & repertoire
Registration & fee
Not published on the official pages we could check.Rounds & time limits
Not published on the official pages we could check.Repertoire
New works to be premiered in Basel.
Jury & prizes
Jury
- Michael Jarrell (president, 2025)
- Liza Lim
- Augusta Read Thomas
- Andrea L. Scartazzini
- Florian Besthorn
Prizes
- Three to four prizes totalling CHF 100,000
- Audience prize (introduced 2025)
Past editions
- 2025 — Don Bosco Basel (30 January to 2 February 2025) source
Summarised from official sources, last checked 10 Nov 2026. Main source