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2021 Gilgamesh International Composition Competition
The Gilgamesh International Composition Competition 2021 is now closed. We want to thank the many entries received from around the world including Canada, China, Cyprus, England, Estonia, Estonia, France, Germany, Hungary, Iran, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Scotland, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Turkey and the United States of America, among others.
For any additional inquiries, please contact us at competition@gilgamesh.co.com
Winners
Tomasz Skweres
1st place
From Regensburg, Germany
$1500
Mohammad Javaheri
3rd place
From Tehran, Iran
$350
Mate Balogh
5th place
From Budapest, Hungary
Performance of the piece
David Roche
7th place
From Cambridge, UK
Performance of the piece
Mischa Tangian
9th place
From Berlin, Germany
Performance of the piece
Hendrik Hofmeyr
The best piece composed for Duduk
Cape Town, South Africa
A Duduk from Armenia
Rojin Monibi
2nd place
From Tehran, Iran
$750
Myrto Nizami
4th place
From Den Haag, Netherlands
Performance of the piece
Emir Can Pehlivan
6th place
From Istanbul, Turkey
Performance of the piece
Andrew Lovett
8th place
From Princeton, NJ, USA
Performance of the piece
Payman Mansouri
10th place
From Tehran, Iran
Performance of the piece
* Entries must be submitted and paid for online by Wednesday, December 31, 2021, 11:59 PM PST.
* If the entry fee is a barrier for submission, please contact us. we will work with your personal situation to ensure admission to the competition.
Composers
 Anahita Zandian - Iran, Tehran |  YoungJun Lee - Seoul, South Korea |  Tomasz Skweres - Regensburg, Germany |
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 Yasmin Pezeshki - Tehran, Iran |  Przemysław Pacek - Warsaw, Poland |  Vsevolod Sarandov - Siberia, Russia |
 Sweeny Betsargis - Turlock, USA |  Taner Kemirtek - Glasgow, Scotland |  Taishi Ohira - Hiroshima, Japan |
 Shayan Notash - Tehran, Iran |  Shayaan Sepehrmand - Tehran, Iran |  Shahriar Sharifpour - Bruxelles, Belgium |
 Saeed Shadfar - Hamedan, Iran |  Sara Nasimi - Tehran, Iran |  Samir Tima - Saint-Petersburg, Russia |
 Sakiko Kosaka - Tokyo, Japan |  Rastin Hastiparast - Hamedan, Iran |  Reza Kazazi - Tehran, Iran |
 Rojin Monibi - Tehran, Iran |  Reza Mortazavi - Tehran, Iran |  Mischa Tangian - Berlin, Germany |
 Payman Mansouri - Tehran, Iran |  Rachael Kim - Sammamish, Washington |  kiarash Aramian - Neyshabur, Iran |
 Nora Shapes Tickle - Leeds, England |  Parsa Riahi - Tehran, Iran |  Orkun Zafer Ozgelen - Istanbul, Turkey |
 Mohammad H. Javaheri - Tehran, Iran |  Myrto Nizami - Den Haag, Netherlands |  Mate Balogh - Budapest, Hungary |
 Mohammad Ali jokar - Shiraz, Iran |  Mohammad Farjamian - Ghazvin, Iran |  Mohamadreza Majidi - Tehran, Iran |
 John Baxter - Miami FL, USA |  Michael Dougherty - Michigan, USA |  Matin Habibian - Tehran, Iran |
 Mark Samberg - Chicago, Illinois, USA |  Matheus Souza de Freitas - Rio de Janeir |  Jacopo Bonora - Scapoli, Italy |
 Levy Barlevy - Los Angeles, USA |  Marinus Degenkamp - Markelo, Netherlands |  Manos Stratis - Nicosia, Cyprus |
 Katerina Karpenko - Moscow, Russia |  Jeremy Hart - Cape Town, South Africa |  José Jesus de Azevedo Souza - Paço de Ar |
 Jingchao Wang - Austin, USA |  Jiwon Seo - South Korea |  Ji-Hyun Moon - Seoul, South Korea |
 Jean-Emmanuel Filet - Talence, France |  Jee Seo - Karkow, Poland |  Eunhye Joo - South Korea |
 Jean-Pierre Vial - Cavalaire, France |  Hendrik Hofmeyr - Cape Town, South Afric |  Janghyun Kim - Louisiana, USA |
 Jack Szczuka - North Carolina, USA |  Hosein Fouladchi - Tehran, Iran |  Italo Crudele - Pontecagnano Faiano, Ita |
 Inessa Volkova - Tallin, Estonia |  Farzad Hosseinabadi - Isfahan, Iran |  Helder Oliveira - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
 Gabriel Mălăncioiu - Dumbravita, Romania |  Gabriel Xavier - São Paulo, Brazil |  Florence Maunders - Newbury, UK |
 Farshid Farahani - Tehran, Iran |  Brian Field - Fairfield CT, USA |  Carlos Cerrada Cuesta - Alcobendas, Spai |
 Alireza Khodayari - Ghazvin, Iran |  Emir Can Pehlivan - Istanbul, Turkey |  David Roche - Cambridge, UK |
 Bo Li - Beijing, China |  Babak Saeedi Samani - Tehran, Iran |  Ata Ghavidel - Tehran, Iran |
 Bahman Nasirfar - Hollywood, USA |  Alexander Eichmann - Hürtgenwald, German |  Aurés Moussong - Mexico City, Mexico |
 Arefeh Hekmatpanah - Tehran, Iran |  Anuj Bhutani - Houston, Texas, USA |  Andrew Robinson - California, USA Dublin |
 Ali A'raab - Esfahan, Iran |  Andrew Lovett - Princeton NJ, USA |
Our Team
Du Yun
Jury
Du Yun is a composer, multi-instrumentalist, performance artist, activist, and curator for new music, who works at the intersection of orchestral, opera, chamber music, theatre, cabaret, musical theater, oral tradition, public performances, sound installation, electronics, visual arts, and noise. She won the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Music for her opera Angel's Bone, and was a 2018 Guggenheim Fellow.
Thomas Kotcheff
Jury
Thomas Kotcheff is a Los Angeles based composer and pianist. His music has been described as “truly beautiful and inspired” and “explosive." His compositions have been performed internationally by The Riot Ensemble, New York Youth Symphony, wild Up, Sandbox Percussion, Trio Appassionata, Argus Quartet, Lyris Quartet, HOCKET, and the Aspen Contemporary Ensemble amongst others.
Arshia Samsaminia
Jury
Arshia is an Iranian contemporary classical composer and current PhD candidate at Aristotle University. He has studied at the Sibelius Academy, UDK Berlin, Gothenburg Academy, TSC Georgia and Estonian Academy of Music. His compositions have been performed by Ensemble Modern, Klangforum Wien, Ensemble Garage, Ensemble Klart, among others, and has been featured in festivals internationally.
Honiball Joseph
CEO at Gilgamesh Foundation
Honiball Joseph is a composer, conductor, and pianist, with more than thirty years of extensive international experience in music and art. He graduated from Tehran Music Conservatory and Tehran Azad Art University. He is the founder and current CEO of Gilgamesh Art & Culture Foundation and the visionary behind the Gilgamesh Composition Competition. Honiball is passionate about helping high quality art become more accessible to the community.
George N. Gianopoulos
Competition Artistic Director
George N. Gianopoulos is a Los Angeles based composer. His music has been performed throughout the world and has been commissioned by The Glendale Philharmonic, The Chamber Opera Players of Los Angeles, The Symbiosis Ensemble, and The Helix Collective, among others. He has been awarded by the American Viola Society, Boston Metro Opera, Aurora Borealis Duo and his music has been performed by members of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, LA Opera, Los Angeles Master Chorale and Pacific Symphony.
Guidelines
Theme
The Epic of Gilgamesh, from ancient Mesopotamia, begins with five Sumerian poems about Gilgamesh, king of Uruk, dating from the Third Dynasty of Ur (c. 2100 BC). The Epic is recorded on a set of twelve clay tablets dating to the seventh century BC, found in the Library of Ashurbanipal in the Assyrian capital of Nineveh. Gilgamesh became the hero par excellence of the ancient world—an adventurous, brave, but tragic figure symbolizing man's vain but endless drive for fame, glory, and immortality. We are looking for chamber music that is inspired by the story of Gilgamesh and Assyrian culture.
Guidelines
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Eligibility Any composer regardless of age, nationality or professional level is eligible.
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Instrumentation Full scores of any style or aesthetic direction for 1-8 performers may be submitted. One Instrument per player: Flute (Piccolo), B-flat Clarinet (Bass Clarinet), French Horn, Violin, Cello, Harp, Percussion (List of available percussion instruments) & Duduk.
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Duration 5-8 minutes maximum; multi-movement works accepted.
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Entry fee A non-refundable entry fee of fifteen US dollars (15.00 USD) is paid online at the time of submission via PayPal. Please contact us if you don't have access to PayPal.*
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Limit Unlimited entries allowed; Submission Fee for each additional
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Anonymous Submission The composer's name must not appear on the score or in any accompanying materials submitted online.
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Judges A panel of judges consisting of international composers.
Submission
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Format Anonymous PDF; Works do not need to be premieres
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Audio Recording Live Performance, Studio Recording or MIDI, preferred, but not mandatory
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Biography PDF of a bio and/or resume (two pages maximum)
Awards
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1st Place: $1500
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2nd Place: $750
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3rd Place: $350
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Additional awards 8 pieces will be performed and recorded (audio and video) at the event in Los Angeles, California. Additional awards and performances may be given at the discretion of the judges.
Deadline
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Competition Opens: Monday, April 13, 2020
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Scores Due: Friday, January 1, 2021
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Announcement of Performance Winners: Spring 2021
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Performance & Final Prize Announcement: Spring, 2021