Events

Klon Competition for Young Composers

 

 

 

Competition and Scholarship Announcement

Klon Competition for Young Composers

A. & F. Klon Scholarships for Young Composers (of blessed memory)

The Israel Composers’ League hereby announces the distribution of the Klon Study Scholarship for a young composer, a permanent resident of Israel, whose age does not exceed 35 (born in 1990 or later).

Submissions should be chamber works for an instrumental ensemble. The chosen works will be awarded a public performance, video filming, and publication under the IMI publishing house.

 

1. Submission Criteria for Works

Category

Details

Instrumentation

A work for 4 or 5 instruments of your choice: flute/piccolo, clarinet in B-flat, violin, cello, piano.

Duration of Work

10 to 15 minutes. Please be sure to adhere to this duration

Files for Submission

Score and a recording (if available)

Submission Deadline

Thursday, November 23

 

2. Compensation and Publication

  • Scholarships: First prize in the amount of NIS 3,000 and Second prize in the amount of NIS 1,800.

  • Performance and Filming: The two selected works will be awarded a performance and filming by the ensemble. Winning composers must send the League a score and parts of good quality.

  • Publication: The recordings, scores, and parts will be professionally published by the IMI publishing house.

3. Submission Guidelines – Mandatory Anonymous Submission

  • Email Subject (Mandatory): The email subject line must state: For the Klon Competition.

  • Anonymous Submission: The submission must be made completely anonymously. The score files (and recordings, if sent) must not include the composer's name, identification marks, or personal details.

  • Additional Details: The following details must be included only in the body of the email (or in a separate file that is not the score):

  • Full name of the composer.

  • Year the work was written.

  • Length of the work.

  • Additional details of your choice about the work (optional).

  • A letter of request with a declaration of the intention to use the scholarship funds for studies or professional development.

  • A Curriculum Vitae detailing: biographical information, musical education (institutions, teachers, degrees), professional occupation (details of paid work, if any), and any other information that may help the judges get to know the applicant.

  • A photocopy of an identity document verifying the applicant's age.

4. Questions and Inquiries

For questions and comments, please contact Nava Sahar by email only, at israelcomposers@gmail.com.

Best of luck to all the composers!

 

 

 
Improvisation night at Studio Annette

We invite you - members of the Composers' League - performers experienced in improvisation or real-time music programmers to join an innovative event at Annette Studio, 2 HaMeretz Street, Tel Aviv, on Saturday, 12/7 at 20:00.

The event will be led by three of the League's composers: Boaz Ben-Moshe, Amos Elkana, and Shay Cohen, who will provide an inspiring musical framework for collective improvisation. Participants will experience a unique encounter between traditional acoustic playing and advanced technological possibilities.

Please note Registration is conditional upon prior notification that includes a precise breakdown of the technology you intend to use - from software and devices, through MIDI connections and audio interfaces, to specific technical details such as required cable types (XLR, TRS, USB, etc.), number of power connections, power adapters if necessary, and other technical requirements.

This breakdown is essential for the precise planning of the technical space and for ensuring optimal conditions for all participants.

We look forward to seeing you!

 
Music and Technology Conference

An international conference on Music and Technology will take place on May 15th in the Music Department building. The conference will include lectures by international guests, discussions, workshops, and a concert in collaboration with the Israeli Composers' League. Guest lecturers will participate from: IEM Austria, UCSD USA, MIT USA, Musrara, Weizmann Institute, Hebrew University, Tel Aviv University, University of Haifa, Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance, Technion, Shenkar, Reichman University, Simply company, Waves company, and at the end of the day, a concert will take place. Admission is free upon registration.
Masterclass with the composer and guitar artist - Boaz Ben Moshe

Master class with composer and guitarist Prof. Boaz Ben-Moshe, winner of the Prime Minister's Prize for Composition, the Engel Prize, and the Yitzhak Navon Lifetime Achievement Award.

Will take place on 18.5, Sunday, at 13:30

As part of Dr. Nadav Lev's 20th Century Music course, Ono Academic College.

 

 
Ayal Adler's lecture about the ICL at ACL Festival Japan

ACL Festival

Japan, 2025

Congratulations to composers Roni Reshef and Alona Epstein on wonderful performances that were very well received.

Also at the festival, a presentation by Eyal Adler on a new work by Amos Elkana. The Israel Composers' League is a member of the Asian Composers League (ACL), the European Composer and Songwriter Alliance (ECSA), and the International Society for Contemporary Music (ISCM), and works by our composers are regularly performed at various festivals.

 
New Music performed by Meitar Ensemble

An exciting final concert for a special premiere project by the Israeli Composers' League, in collaboration with the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance.

The Meitar Ensemble performs new works by young composers, written especially for the project, conducted by female and male students.
Recordings with the Tel Aviv Soloists Ensemble

A video about the work process and collaboration of the Tel Aviv Soloists Ensemble and conductor Barak Tal with works by four Israeli composers (Roni Reshef, Eitan Steinberg, Daniel Galay and Eyal Adler) as part of a recording project by the Israeli Composers' League:
"Correspondence" A Concert with a Literary Hue

Actress Andrea Eckert (Austria) and Tal Nitzan (Israel) will read letters and poems by Paul Celan and Nelly Sachs.

 

Performers:

Andrea Eckert - Voice

Birgit Rams - Flute

Theresia Melichar – Oboe

Gottlieb Wallisch - Piano

 

Works by:

Lukas Haselböck (Austria)

Marina Fridman (Israel)

Oleg Bogod (Israel)

Franz Peter Schubert

 

 

 

 
The Tel Aviv Wind Quintet

Our 2016-17 seasons opened with an interesting concert played by the Tel Aviv Wind Quintet. This concert included Sciarrino's beautiful wind quintet, Berio's opus number Zoo quintet and works by Israeli composers Omri Abram, Eitan Steinberg and Aharon Harlap.

Before the concert, we had an open workshop with the ensemble, focusing on the Sciarrino quintet and extended techniques. The next workshop will be in December 2016, aimed mainly to students and composers that will have the chance to write and perform short sketches for wind quintet.

 
Residency program for League's composers - cooperation with sound technitians and engineers

Please find details (in Hebrew)  here: https://www.israelcomposers.org/Events.aspx?lang=Hebrew