The Kronos: Under 30 Project is a commissioning program designed to
support the creation of new music by young artists. Kronos will launch
Under 30/#5 in spring 2012, and we are raising money for the project,
which includes a call for scores, our review of submissions, selecting a
young composer, commissioning the new work, rehearsal and development
of the piece, premiere of the work, and recording the piece. A call for
scores will be announced in 2012, and the commissioned new work will
receive its world premiere in
the 2013/2014 season.
The Kronos: Under 30 Project was created in
2003, Kronos' 30th
anniversary year, to support the creation of new work by young artists,
and to help Kronos cultivate stronger connections and develop lasting
artistic relationships with the next creative generation. Four pieces of
music have been commissioned through Kronos: Under 30 since 2003. Since
the
program's inception, nearly 1,000 applications from 49 countries on six
continents have been received.
Kronos: Under 30 is not a contest, and all composers under 30 years
of age are eligible to apply. In each round of
the program, musicians are asked to submit recordings of works,
regardless of instrumentation, to introduce Kronos to their music. The
members of Kronos select one musician to whom they feel most
artistically committed, and that composer is commissioned to write a new
work for Kronos. The selected composer joins Kronos on tour for initial
meetings, and then joins Kronos for a residency in San Francisco to
prepare the new piece. Kronos and staff provide ongoing support to the
composer through all aspects of the process.
There are only 6 days left to finish funding this initiative, please consider donating as little or as much as you can - Thank you!
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After three years in Copenhagen, Denmark, from 2009 to 2011, WOMEX is moving south in 2012. The new host city is Thessaloniki, Greece's second major economic and political centre, located right by the Mediterranean Sea. With its 2300-year past, it's one of the oldest cities in Europe and a true cultural melting pot, bearing traces of an eventful history between Orient and Occident. Renowned for its vibrant cultural life, it is considered to be Greece's cultural capital.