CONSTRUCT RADIATE
INTERNATIONAL COMPOSITION COMPETITION
neuverBand Ensemble für neue Musik
Construct-Radiate is not currently accepting entries. The next edition will take place in October, 2022.


PAST EDITIONS

2020

In the third edition of neuverBand's Construct-Radiate International Composition Competition, the jury, consisted of:
  • Dieter Ammann
  • Franck Bedrossian
  • Paul Clift
  • Uli Fussenegger
  • Katharina Rosenberger
From among 334 entries from composers from 49 countries, the jury unanimously selected Karin Wetzel (Germany, 1981*) as the winning composer for her work Windbruch for chamber ensemble and live electronics. Ms. Wetzel was awarded a commission to the value of CHF2,000 to compose Usnea for neuverBand.

neuverBand performs Usnea (2018) by Karin Wetzel

The jury also wished to commend the following composers, whose works were particularly outstanding:
  • Anahita Abbasi
  • Alberto Carretero
  • Tristan Coelho
  • Giulio Colangelo
  • Seán Ó Dálaigh
  • Nuño Fernández Ezquerra
  • Jan Flessel
  • Nathaniel Haering
  • Alec Hall
  • Hyeokjae Kim
  • Javier Quislant
  • Demian Rudel Rey
  • Adrien Trybucki
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2018

In the second edition of neuverBand's Construct-Radiate International Composition Competition, the jury, consisted of:
  • Liza Lim
  • Erik Oña
  • Marcus Weiss
  • Uroš Rojko
  • Paul Clift
From among 320 entries by composers from 57 countries, the jury unanimously selected Yu Kuwabara (Japan, 1984*) as the winning composer for her work Shadowless for solo violin and 8 musicians. Ms. Kuwabara was awarded a commission to the value of CHF2,000 to compose incense, efflorescence for neuverBand.

neuverBand performs incense, efflorescence (2018) by Yu Kuwabara

The jury also wished to commend the following composers, whose works were particularly outstanding:
  • Javier Quislant Garcia
  • Stylianos Dimou
  • Þráinn Hjálmarsson
  • Sonja Mutić
  • Ariadna Alsina Tarrés
  • Giulia Monducci
  • Hannes Kerschbaumer
  • Giovanni Santini
  • Henrik Denerin
  • Andrés Nuño de Buen
  • Hakan Ulus
  • Valentín Pelisch
  • Daniel Fígols-Cuevas
  • Alexandros Spyrou
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2016

In the inaugural edition of neuverBand's Construct-Radiate International Composition Competition, the jury, consisted of:
  • Mike Svoboda
  • Fabien Lévy
  • Jean-Luc Hervé
  • Caspar Johannes Walter
  • Paul Clift
From among 316 entries by composers from 49 countries, the jury selected Michele Sanna (b. 1981, Italy) as the winning composer. Mr Sanna was awarded a commission to the value of CHF3,000 to compose Muzak for neuverBand.

neuverBand performs Muzak (2016) by Michele Sanna

The jury also wished to commend the following composers, whose works were particularly outstanding:
  • Juan Arroyo
  • Murat Colak
  • Andrea Sarto
  • Aurélio Edler-Copes
  • Diego Jiménez Tamame
  • Onur Yildirim
  • Giovanni Santini
  • Lin Mu-Xuan
  • Johan Svensson
  • Kosmas Giannoutakis
  • Sanae Ishida
  • Igor Santos
  • Anna Korsun
  • Matthew Ricketts
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