The PRIX CIME 2017 competition received 349 submissions from all around the world among them
279 submissions in Category 1: Prix CIME – Open to all composers regardless age
70 submissions in Category 2: Residency Prix CIME – Open to all composers born after December 31, 1987
On behalf of the PRIX CIME jury:
James Andean (Great Britain)
Miguel Azguime (Portugal)
Catalina Peralta C. (Colombia)
Rodrigo Sigal (Mexico)
Andrea Szigetvári (Hungary)
Todor Todoroff (Belgium)
Xiaofu Zhang(China)
Alla Zagaykevych (Ukraine)
The 35th CIME-ICEM General Assembly in Moscow and the organizing committee
Marek Choloniewski, ICEM President (Poland)
Panayiotis Kokoras, ICEM Secretary (Greece/USA)
Françoise Barrière, ICEM Treasurer (France)
We are happy to announce the results of the PRIX CIME 2017
The Prix CIME 2017 has been awarded to
- Hans Tutschku – Remembering Japan – part 1
Honorable Mentions have been awarded to:
- Daniel Blinkhorn – Kibuyu
- Raúl Minsburg – El gesto ausente
- Gilles Gobeil – Sous l’écorce des pierres – promenade
Residency Prix CIME 2017 have been awarded to and allocated to the following centers:
- James O’Callaghan – Empties-Impetus
+ CMMAS – Morelia/ Mexico
Mexican Center for Music and Sonic Arts (director: Rodrigo Sigal)
- Igor C Silva – Your Trash
SMEAMuz – Poznan/ Poland
- Francesco Fabris – Cell
+ CEMI/UNT – Denton, TX/ USA
Center for Experimental Music and Intermedia (director: Panayiotis Kokoras)
- Chris Bevan – Circum
+ SMEAMuz – Krakow/ Poland
Studio for Electroacoustic Music at the Academy of Music in Krakow – SME (director: Marek Choloniewski)
- Diego Ratto – Mobyrei
+ ICST – Zurich/ Switzerland
Institute for Computer Music and Sound Technology (director: German Toro Perez)
The arrangement of the residency studios are coordinated by the organizing committee, the studio directors and the composers.
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PRIX CIME 2017
Electroacoustic Music Competition
The International Confederation of Electroacoustic Music is pleased to announce the biennial PRIX CIME
2017 international electroacoustic music competition. The International Confederation of Electroacoustic Music
(ICEM) was founded in 1981 in Bourges, France and since then it is a member of the International Music
Council (IMC). CIME-ICEM is a non-profit international organization consisting of National Federations and
Organization International Members (OIM). Today, the ICEM consists of fourteen National Federations:
FARME (Argentina), FeBeME (Belgium), CECh (Chile), EMAC (China), LNME (Cuba), Charm of Sound
(Finland), BEAN (Great Britain), HELMCA (Greece), AARSOM (Mexico), PSeME (Poland), Miso Music
(Portugal), AMEE (Spain), AMEG (Switzerland), and UAEM (Ukraine); and of nine International
Organization Members: GrupLac in Bogota (Colombia), MISAME in Paris (France), HCMF in Budapest
(Hungary), Spectro Center in Tehran (Iran), CMMAS in Morelia (Mexico), CEAMMC in Moscow (Russia),
The Orquesta del Caos in Barcelona (Spain), ICST in Zurich (Switzerland) and CEMI in Denton (USA).
For more information please visit:
www.cime-icem.net
www.facebook.com/pg/cimeicem
Deadline for Submissions – May 28, 2017
Eligibility
The competition is divided in two categories:
- Category 1: Prix CIME – Open to all composers regardless age
- Category 2: Residency Prix CIME – Open to all composers born after December 31, 1987
Competition Guidelines
- The competition is open to all regardless of gender, nationality, affiliation and regardless if your
country of residence is a member of ICEM.
- Applicants may submit up to two compositions (submit a separate application form for each work)
- Only works written within the last 5 years will be considered.
- Anonymous submission is not required.
- There is no duration limitation.
- There is no entry fee.
- Open to all forms of electroacoustic music including:
– fixed electronics
– instrument(s) and electronics (fixed and/or live)
– video music
– sound art including new interfaces
- Works in progress will be not considered.
Submission Guidelines
Submit the online application form. Click on the link below to access the online application form:
https://goo.gl/forms/wt9qonOFdT4HR9Z92
In the field “Link, Submission Materials” please provide a valid permanent link to your work using a file
hosting service like Dropbox, Googledrive, OneDrive, etc. Upload a single .zip file titled with your name (e.g.
name_surname.zip) that includes all submission materials, such as audio files (include a stereo reduction
for multichannel works), video files, musical score of the work in .pdf, etc. Make sure the link will not expire
until June 30, 2017.
Jury Members
James Andean (Finland)
Miguel Azguime (Portugal)
Catalina Peralta C. (Colombia)
Rodrigo Sigal (Mexico)
Andrea Szigetvári (Hungary)
Todor Todoroff (Belgium)
Zhang Xiaofu (China)
Alla Zagaykevych (Ukraine)
Awards
- The competition will award the following prizes:
- Category 1 – Prix CIME (the prize could be divisible in the case of ex aequo)
- Category 2 – Residency Prix CIME (1 to 4 residencies)
2. The Studio Residencies for Category 2 include 1-2 weeks studio support, accommodation and lodging arranged by each center independently. The participating centers will be announced in due time.
3. The selected works from both categories will receive:
- ICEM CD/DVD release
- Distribution to the ICEM members for concert/broadcast programming, including the ICEM annual
festival
- Online publication
- There is no prize money for the awarded works
4. The jury has the right to award Honorable Mentions.
Important Dates
- Open call February 2017
- Deadline for submissions May 28, 2017
- Final deliberations and announcement during the ICEM General Assembly in September 2017
Contact
Please send all questions about the competition or the submission process to Panayiotis Kokoras at
The competition is administered by the ICEM Main Board:
Marek Choloniewski, President (Poland)
Panayiotis Kokoras, Secretary (Greece/USA)
Françoise Barrière, Treasurer (France)