The Spółdzielnia Muzyczna Contemporary Ensemble announces the fourth edition of the composition and performance project "Playground." The theme of the 2025 edition is "Collaboration." The main idea behind this edition is the collaboration between composers and instrumentalists, focused on what is new in art. The deadline for submitting applications is December 15, 2024.
Through the three previous editions of the "Playground" project, works have been created and presented at two prestigious Polish festivals: Sacrum Profanum and "Warsaw Autumn." The compositions of three composers, created during this year's edition in collaboration with instrumentalists, will be presented in Cracow, as well as abroad: in Estonia, Sweden, the Czech Republic, and Spain.
This three-stage project is aimed at young composers from all over the world, who are permanently residing in European Union countries and were born no earlier than January 1, 1990.
The main criterion for participation in the competition will be recordings of two different chamber works by the candidate, created within the last four years, completed no earlier than January 1, 2021.
The project is funded by the state budget within the framework of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland's competition "Public Diplomacy 2024-2025 – European Dimension and Counteracting Disinformation."
More information: https://spoldzielniamuzyczna.com/playground-2025/
