The Twenty-sixth Edition of the “2 Agosto” International Composing Competition is announced! This year Competition is dedicated to scores for orchestra. First Prize: € 6,000Second Prize: € 3,000Third Prize: € 2,000 The main characteristic of this Competition is the performance of the winning pieces in a symbolic open space, the main city square, in an […]
A causa delle previste avverse condizioni meteo, il Concerto di questa sera si terrà al Teatro Auditorium Manzoni e non in piazza Maggiore, sempre alle 21.15. Entrata libera fino ad esaurimento posti. Lo segnala il Comune in una nota. “Le avverse previsioni metereologiche potrebbero impedirne lo svolgimento all’aperto”. Protagonisti dell’evento l’Orchestra e il Coro del […]
The Jury of the 25th Edition of the International Composing Competition “2 Agosto” has awarded the following prizes: 1st Prize – Luca Ricci, from Piacenza, Italy, score title: Transitori Permanenti 2nd Prize – Carmelo Bongiovanni, from Reggio Calabria, Italy, score title: Colors 3rd Prize – Lin Sen, from Shenyang, China, score title: Autumn Furthermore, the […]
The Concorso 2 Agosto is proud to announce the Conductor of 2019 Edition will be Maestro Yoichi Sugiyama. […]
The Concorso 2 Agosto is proud to announce the President of the jury of 2019 Edition will be M.o Alessandro Solbiati. […]
Applications for the 2019 Edition must be submitted online only, at www.concorso2agosto.it. Online application deadline: June 30th, 2019, at midnight GMT. First Prize: € 6,000 Second Prize: € 3,000 Third Prize: € 2,000 The winning scores will be performed live in Bologna on August 2nd 2019, as one of the commemorative events held in memory of […]
Choosing the winners among this year’s scores submissions was an evermore difficult job for the jury, who met last weekend to embark this pleasurable yet challenging task. Here’s the list of the chosen winners for the 2018 Edition: […]
Among the soloists who will perform this year at the Concorso 2Agosto Concert, there’s Antonella Rondinone, one of the most appreciated singers on the national and international stage. Antonella’s great ductility allows her to take on a lyric repertoire, as well as musicals and other genres that are not tied to the theatrical tradition. […]
This year, we are also renewing our collaboration with “La Scuola di Musica di Fiesole” (Fiesole Music School). Our solid and long-standing bond with the Fiesole Institution revolves around the “Veretti prize”, a series of scholarships and bursaries that the School promotes among its composers and that are donated every year. […]
The “Cantiere Internazionale d’Arte” of Montepulciano has had strong artistic ties to Concorso 2 Agosto for many years. This year we decided to collaborate through four young composer who took part in the “Avanguardie Composte” project. […]
The Concorso 2 Agosto is proud to announce the Conductor of 2018 Edition will be Maestro Alessandro Cadario. […]
Applications for the 2018 Edition must be submitted online only, at www.concorso2agosto.it. […]
