The competition Musica Nova is a competition for composers of
electroacoustic music
Electroacoustic music is a Music genre, genre of Western art music in which composers use recording technology and audio signal processing to manipulate the timbres of Acoustics, acoustic sounds in the creation of pieces of music. It originated a ...
, a form of classical
contemporary music Contemporary music is whatever music is produced at the current time. Specifically, it could refer to:
Genres or audiences
* Adult contemporary music
* British contemporary R&B
* Christian adult contemporary
* Christian contemporary hit radio
* Con ...
, held in
Prague
Prague ( ; ) is the capital and List of cities and towns in the Czech Republic, largest city of the Czech Republic and the historical capital of Bohemia. Prague, located on the Vltava River, has a population of about 1.4 million, while its P ...
. The competition was first held in 1969 and now features two categories of entry, one for
tape music and another for music including vocals and instrumentals.
Recipients include
Fabio Cifariello Ciardi ('93),
Jean-Claude Risset
Jean-Claude Raoul Olivier Risset (; 13 March 1938 – 21 November 2016) was a French composer, best known for his pioneering contributions to computer music. He was a former student of André Jolivet and former co-worker of Max Mathews at Bell L ...
('95),
Charles L. Bestor ('96),
Emil Viklický
Emil Viklický (born 23 November 1948) is a Czech Jazz piano, jazz pianist and composer.
Career
Viklický was born in Olomouc. He graduated from Palacký University in 1971 with a degree in mathematics. As a student, he devoted a lot of time ...
('96),
Alessandro Cipriani ('96)
John Levack Drever('96 & '97),
Robert Normandeau
Robert Normandeau (born March 11, 1955) is a Canadians, Canadian electroacoustic music composer.
Born in Quebec City, Quebec, Normandeau studied at the Université Laval in Quebec City, and at the Université de Montréal, where he studied with ...
('98), and
Marta Jiráčková ('98).
References
Classical music awards
European music awards
Music in Prague
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