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Reate Festival International Contemporary Music Performance Competition
Next edition
- Edition
- 2026
- Dates
- Results by 30 October 2026; winners' concerts November 2026
- Location
- Auditorium Parco della Musica 'Ennio Morricone', Rome
- Registration deadline
- 30 September 2026
- Fee
- none stated
Source: reatefestival.it
Overview
Annual video-based competition for performers of contemporary music (works composed since 1945), with separate categories for wind chamber music, string chamber music, voice, piano, percussion and accordion. Winners perform at the Reate Festival and in Rome.
- Organiser
- Fondazione Flavio Vespasiano (Reate Festival)
- Instruments
- Chamber music for winds (1–5 performers), Chamber music for strings (1–5 performers), Voice, Piano, Percussion, Accordion, Ennio Morricone Special Prize (1–5 performers)
- Category
- Solo piano, Opera & general voice, Percussion, Solo accordion, Wind & brass ensembles, Other ensembles
- Age limits
- Under 36; ensembles average age not above 35
Rules & repertoire
Registration & fee
E-mail application with form (per member), biography, ID copy, programme, video link and PDF scores; no entry fee mentioned.
Rounds & time limits
- Single selection round: video recording of 10–20 minutes
- Winners' concerts at the Reate Festival (Rome/Rieti)
Repertoire
Works composed from 1945 to today (no film music); 10–20 minute uncut live video recorded since 2021; Morricone Prize requires at least one work from Morricone's concert catalogue.
Jury & prizes
Jury
- Alessandro Carbonare (winds)
- Giovanni Sollima (strings)
- Monica Bacelli (voice)
- Andrea Lucchesini (piano)
- Antonio Caggiano (percussion)
- Francesco Gesualdi (accordion)
- Lucio Gregoretti (Morricone Prize)
Prizes
- Wind chamber music: EUR 1,000 (ensemble) or EUR 500 (solo)
- String chamber music: EUR 1,000 (ensemble) or EUR 500 (solo)
- Morricone Special Prize: EUR 1,000 (ensemble) / EUR 500 (solo)
- Voice, piano, percussion, accordion: EUR 500 each
- All winners: concert at the Reate Festival
Past editions
Not published on the official pages we could check.Summarised from official sources, last checked 10 Nov 2026. Main source