2nd INTERNATIONAL

E I NOJ UHAN I
R AU TAVAAR A
Chamber Choir Composition
Workshop and Competition
2016

WO R KS H OP in Helsinki, Finland with the Helsinki Chamber Choir, 2528 November 2015
Teachers: Beat Furrer and Jukka Tiensuu
CO M PETITION at the Viitasaari Time of Music Festival, 46 July 2016
Jury: Georg Friedrich Haas, composer (Chairman)

Cornelia Bend, manager, SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart

Kaspars Putni, conductor

Johan Tallgren, composer & festival director
T HE EI NOJUH A NI R AU TAVA A R A P R I Z E W I LL CO N S I S T O F :
A cash prize of 7000 euros.
A commission to write a 12-minute work for the Helsinki Chamber Choir for its
2017/18 season. This work must be based on a European poem from the period 19141918 or
otherwise have a clear connection with Tenso Network Europes 1418: From Poetry to Music
project (www.frompoetrytomusic.eu). The value of the commission is 4000 euros (including the
composers travel and accommodation for attending the first performance).
A repeat performance of the winning Competition entry during the Helsinki Chamber
Choirs 2016/17 season.

The International Einojuhani Rautavaara

Chamber Choir Composition Workshop
and Competition is an opportunity for
young composers to work intensively
with a professional chamber choir.
Participants will work with the Helsinki Chamber Choir and two renowned composers in a
workshop before completing their final work for the competition. The competition will take
place at the Viitasaari Time of Music Festival on 46 July 2016. At the conclusion of the final
concert, an international jury will award the Einojuhani Rautavaara Prize.
Participants will receive free accommodation and a contribution towards their travel expenses.

APPLICATION DEADLINE
31 AUGUST 2015
Applications are invited from composers of any nationality born between
1 November 1980 and 31 October 1997 inclusive. Application is free.
For full details and to download the application form, please visit our website at:

helsinkichamberchoir.fi/rautavaara

Z ES S ES SE G LI AS,
winner of the 1st Rautavaara Competition in 2012, says:
Working with the Helsinki Chamber Choir was beyond any expectations
a composer might have when taking part in a competition. The process
was a constant back-and-forth stream of feedback at the end of which I
got a highly professional performance.
Since winning the Rautavaara Competition, Zesses Seglias has been commissioned by Klangforum Wien and the Bregenzer Festspiele.

Founder and Artistic Director: Nils Schweckendiek

Organised by
the Helsinki Chamber Choir and
the Viitasaari Time of Music Festival,
in association with Tenso Network Europe.

E NQUI R I E S
Competition Manager Martti Anttila:
competition@helsinkichamberchoir.fi

SU P P O RT E D BY:
Art Mentor Foundation Lucerne
Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation