Saint-Sulpice composition competition

The Association pour le rayonnement des orgues Aristide Cavaillé-Coll de l’église Saint-Sulpice celebrates its 30th anniversary with a composition competition. The competition has two categories: a work for large organ and a work for small organ and voices.

The jury comprises Philippe Hersant (chair), Martina Batic, Estelle Lowry, Kaija Saariaho, Yves Castagnet, Bernard Foccroulle, and Thomas Lacôte. They will select four works for each category that will be performed at Saint-Sulpice Church, Paris, France, November 21, 2021.

Organists at the event will include Shin-Young Lee, Yoann Tardivel, Loriane Llorca, Constance Taillard, Ronan Chouinard, and Louis Jullien, joined by Ensemble Sequenza 9.3, directed by Catherine Simonpietri. The jury will award a first prize and a second prize for each category.

Deadline for submission of works for large organ is July 1, and the deadline for works with organ and voices is August 1. For each category, first prize is €4,000, second prize is €2,000, and audience prize is €1,000.

For information: aross.fr/en/composition-competition/.