Only a few days left to participate in the Competition! Hurry up!

Deadline for the online application: June 27, 2021, at midnight GMT

This year’s Competition is dedicated to scores for orchestrawithout the addition of solo instruments.

The Competition is open to musicians of all nationalities, who were born after the 31st December 1986.

Score submissions do not involve any charges: participation in the competition is free of any application fee.

The Competition will award the following three prizes:

  • First Prize: € 6,000;
  • Second Prize: € 3,000;
  • Third Prize: € 2,000.

Scores must be sent according to the following ONLINE procedure: through the website www.concorso2agosto.it in the EDITION 2021 section, the competitor will enter his/her personal data and send his/her files through the SUBSCRIBE registration form.


The winning scores will be performed live in Bologna, Piazza Maggiore, on August 2nd, 2021, during the commemorative events in memory of the victims of the slaughters.

The concert will be live broadcast on RAI5 TV and RADIO3.