{"id":2400,"date":"2024-05-08T13:17:52","date_gmt":"2024-05-08T11:17:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicaward.edition49.de\/?page_id=2400"},"modified":"2025-08-27T14:30:52","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T12:30:52","slug":"edition49-music-award-2-2-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/musicaward.edition49.de\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"n2_clear\"><ss3-force-full-width data-overflow-x=\"body\" data-horizontal-selector=\"body\"><div class=\"n2-section-smartslider fitvidsignore  n2_clear\" data-ssid=\"2\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"Slider\"><div id=\"n2-ss-2-align\" class=\"n2-ss-align\"><div class=\"n2-padding\"><div id=\"n2-ss-2\" data-creator=\"Smart Slider 3\" data-responsive=\"fullwidth\" class=\"n2-ss-slider n2-ow n2-has-hover n2notransition  \">\n        <div class=\"n2-ss-slider-1 n2_ss__touch_element n2-ow\">\n            <div class=\"n2-ss-slider-2 n2-ow\">\n                                                <div 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edition49 music award?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Engelbert Humperdinck Music School Siegburg\u2028<br>36th Siegburg Composition Competition 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Organizer:<\/strong> Stadtbetriebe Siegburg A\u00f6R \u2013 a municipal enterprise of the CITY OF SIEGBURG \u2013, Department 140 Music School\u2028in collaboration with edition 49 music publishing company, Karlsruhe<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>International Composition Competition for Amateur Choirs<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The aim of the competition is to raise the profile of the human voice \u2013 as the \u201cInstrument of the Year\u201d 2025 \u2013 in international public awareness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Prize Money:<\/strong> A total of up to \u20ac7,000 is available.\u2028<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Special Prizes:\u2028<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol style=\"list-style-type:lower-alpha\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Special prize within the above prize money for a composition by children or adolescents under the age of 18 (excluding students at conservatories of music)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u2028Special prize awarded by the Humperdinckfreunde Siegburg e.\u202fV. association, amounting to \u20ac250\u2028<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Edition 49 offers publication for selected award-winning works<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The entry submission period ended 23:59 CET on January 15, 2026.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"International Choir composition contest Kompositionswettbewerb 2025 Siegburg edition49\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MTK-31tLyGU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-larger-font-size\">Entry Conditions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Works can only be submitted using the form at the bottom of this website.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The competition is open to works for amateur and other non-professional choirs in the following categories:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Children\u2019s choir (1 or 2 voices) or youth choir (3 or 4 voices)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mixed choir (3 or 4 voices)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Women\u2019s choir (2 or 3 voices)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Men\u2019s choir (3 or 4 voices)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Children, adolescents, and adults of all ages may participate. Composers are free to submit single- or multi-movement works or cycles. Each composer may submit as many works as they wish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Text Selection:<\/strong> secular or sacred\u2028Text<br><strong>Language:<\/strong> German, English, or Latin\u2028<br><strong>Instrumentation:<\/strong> a cappella, with piano or organ accompaniment (church organ)<br>\u2028<strong>Duration:<\/strong> up to 10 minutes per work<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All scores must be submitted in computer typesetting (PDF). An audio file (MP3) must also be submitted with the score. This can be extracted from music notation software; a live recording is not required. The audio quality of the MP3 file has no impact on the assessment of the composition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Submitted works must not have been publicly performed.\u2028<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Award Concert:<\/strong> Depending on the instrumentation and category of the award-winning works, one or more performances of the selected works will take place in Siegburg in the course of 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jury:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Prof. Eberhard Metternich<\/strong> (University of Music and Dance Cologne, Director of Cologne Cathedral Music, Cologne Cathedral Choir and Vocal Ensemble)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Brigitte Rauscher<\/strong> (State Director of Church Music in NRW, Chair of the Choral Association of the Evangelical Church in the Rhineland, Vice President of the Choral Association of the Evangelical Church in Germany)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Choir Director <strong>Guido Harzen<\/strong> (Cantor at St. Servatius in Siegburg, from October 1, 2025 church musician for the pastoral area D\u00fcsseldorf City, artistic director of several concert series, conductor of KonzertChor D\u00fcsseldorf and Chorus Novus Siegburg)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Bj\u00f6rn Raithel <\/strong>(Robert Schumann University of Music D\u00fcsseldorf, Lecturer in Music Theory, composer)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Matthias Hammerschmitt<\/strong> (Conductor, choir director, composer and arranger \u2013 Lecturer at the Karlsruhe University of Music, long-time Kapellmeister at the Badisches Staatstheater, co-founder of edition49 and currently its second managing director)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Bernard Bagger <\/strong>(b. 1999) is a young conductor, arranger, and composer from Karlsruhe with Estonian roots. During his school years, he performed as a member of the German National Youth Orchestra under conductors such as Kirill Petrenko and Sir Simon Rattle. As a musical director, he works for the Schlossfestspiele Ettlingen, the Volksschauspiele \u00d6tigheim, and collaborates with various choirs and orchestras in the Karlsruhe region.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Ode P\u00fcrg<\/strong> (born 1999) is a young and recognised Estonian choir conductor, song accompanist and songwriter. In July 2025, she made her debut as a conductor at the Estonian Song Festival (Laulupidu), one of the largest choral festivals in the world. She has won several competitions for young conductors and as a composer and arranger she specialises primarily in choral arrangements.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Sonja Reinsfelder<\/strong> (Choral director of the CV Karlsruhe, volunteer director of a choir academy, association coach, \u201cLifelong Singing\u201d advocate, project choir conductor)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Staff members<\/strong> of the Engelbert Humperdinck Music School Siegburg and edition 49 are excluded from the competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-larger-font-size\">Our sponsors<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The competition is supported by, among others:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Siegburg composition competition, Engelbert Humperdinck music school&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>edition 49 music publishing company, Karlsruhe&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.edition49.de\/\">https:\/\/www.edition49.de<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/engelbert-humperdinck-musikschule.de\/engelbert-humperdinck\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"286\" src=\"https:\/\/musicaward.edition49.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Logo_Engelbert-Humperdinck-Stiftung-1024x286.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-486\" srcset=\"https:\/\/musicaward.edition49.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Logo_Engelbert-Humperdinck-Stiftung-1024x286.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/musicaward.edition49.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Logo_Engelbert-Humperdinck-Stiftung-300x84.jpg 300w, https:\/\/musicaward.edition49.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Logo_Engelbert-Humperdinck-Stiftung-768x215.jpg 768w, https:\/\/musicaward.edition49.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Logo_Engelbert-Humperdinck-Stiftung.jpg 1091w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-lcb-logo-carousel alcb__72cf2782\"><div dir=\"ltr\" class=\"alcb__carousel_container swiper\" data-desktop=\"4\" data-tablet=\"2\" data-mobile=\"1\" data-autoplay=\"true\" data-autoplaydelay=\"2000\" data-autoplaydirection=\"false\" data-speed=\"400\" data-loop=\"true\" data-pauseonhover=\"true\" data-keyboard=\"false\" data-mousewheel=\"false\" data-autoheight=\"false\" data-deskspace=\"30\" data-tabspace=\"20\" data-phonespace=\"10\" data-id=\"alcb__72cf2782\" data-pagination=\"false\" data-navigation=\"true\" id=\"alcb__72cf2782\"><div class=\"swiper-wrapper\"><div class=\"swiper-slide alcb__logo-item\" style=\"border: 0 solid #333333;border-radius:0px\"><div class=\"alcb__logo-image  alcb__none\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/musicaward.edition49.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/edition_blau.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"2535\"\/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide alcb__logo-item\" style=\"border: 0 solid #333333;border-radius:0px\"><div class=\"alcb__logo-image  alcb__none\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/musicaward.edition49.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/logo_vf_k.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"209\"\/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide alcb__logo-item\" style=\"border: 0 solid #333333;border-radius:0px\"><div class=\"alcb__logo-image  alcb__none\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/musicaward.edition49.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/logo_tonger_k.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"208\"\/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide alcb__logo-item\" style=\"border: 0 solid #333333;border-radius:0px\"><div class=\"alcb__logo-image  alcb__none\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/musicaward.edition49.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/edition_blau_bk.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"2534\"\/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"navigation\"><div class=\"alcb__prev swiper-button-prev\"><\/div><div class=\"alcb__next swiper-button-next\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the edition49 music award? 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