Wigmore Hall invites composers to win one of 12 commissions reflecting on lockdown

Composers from across the globe are invited to apply for the commissions, which will reflect on their experience of the coronavirus lockdown

LONDON, ENGLAND - APRIL 07: The audience fills the seats before Berlin-based Kuss Quartet with Jana Kuss on violin, Oliver Wille on violin, Mikayel Hakhnazaryan on cello and William Coleman on viola perform works by composers Haydn, Birtwistle and Schubert including his 'Death and the Maiden' at Wigmore Hall on April 7, 2016 in London, England. (Photo by Amy T. Zielinski/Redferns)

Freya Parr

Published: October 5, 2020 at 3:11 pm

London's Wigmore Hall has launched an international call for composers to apply for 12 commissions of new works. The winning composers will receive a paid commission to write a new work reflecting on their personal experience of the coronavirus lockdown.

This project is for new voices only, so composers are only invited to apply if they haven't previously been commissioned by Wigmore Hall. To apply, composers are asked to complete an application form and submit a score and recording of two previous compositions. Anyone over the age of 18 is invited to apply.

The applications will be judged by a panel chaired by Wigmore Hall director John Gilhooly, who will joined by composers including Freya Waley-Cohen, Errollyn Wallen and Daniel Kidane.

The deadline for applications is Friday 30 October at 12 noon. Click here for more details.

Freya Parr

Digital Editor and Staff Writer, BBC Music Magazine

Freya Parr is BBC Music Magazine's digital editor and staff writer, editing and writing on all styles of music across both the website and print magazine. She has also written for titles including the Guardian, Circus Journal, Frankie and Suitcase Magazine, and runs The Noiseletter, a fortnightly arts and culture publication. Freya's main areas of interest and research lie in 20th-century and contemporary music. She's a regular sea shanty singer, folk obsessive and occasional flautist, pianist, organist and musical theatre director.
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