6th Electronic Music International Composition Competition “Iannis Xenakis”

We are delighted to announce the 6th Acousmatic Music International Composition Competition “Iannis Xenakis”. This new edition follows the successful organisation of the previous competition, which concluded last November with public performances of the winning works, alongside compositions by the jury members and Iannis Xenakis himself, presented in two very special, fully attended concerts at the Noesis Science Museum of Thessaloniki.

Rules
– The competition is anonymous and open to composers of any nationality and age, each of whom may submit only one work.
– The winners of previous Xenakis competitions cannot participate in our 6th competition.
– The submitted work shall be an electroacoustic composition to be diffused by loudspeakers without the use of live sound interventions.
– The submitted work might implement a maximum of 8 channels (speakers) and must have a duration between 7 and 15 minutes.
– The submitted work may have been performed in concerts but It should not be the object of any discographic or publication rights.

Deadline
– The deadline for submissions is the 1st of January 2027

Prize
The Jury will select and mention the 5 highest quality works and will award three of them with prizes of €600 €400 €300 respectively. Contemporary Music Lab will present the distinguished pieces in a concert in November of 2027. The chair of the jury will be present there for this special event.

Fee

The entry fee for participation is 15€. You can use the following links to pay online.

[Non-Greek Citizens payment] 
[Greek Citizens payment]

Alternatively, you can wire transfer to the following bank account:

Eidikos Logariasmos Kondilion Erevnas A.P.TH. KE.D.E.A.
Tritis Septemvriou University Campus GR 54636 Thessaloniki Greece.
Reference: For Xenakis Competition 93224
IBAN: GR98 0172 2020 0052 0200 2079 933.
BIC Code: PIRBGRAΑ. Bank Name & Address: Piraeus Bank, 
4 Amerikis St, 105 64 Athens, Greece 
(please send us a receipt of payment along with your submission).

Application
– All applicants should submit a single zip file containing the following files inside a single folder:

i. A short biography, contact information, and information about the piece in the following formats: (.doc, .txt, .rtf or .pdf).
ii. 1 Audio file (.aiff or .wav format, 16bit or 24bit at 44,1kHz sampling rate) containing the stereo version of the piece.
iii. Additionally, for multichannel pieces the audio files corresponding to each of the channels inside a separate folder along with set-up/routing information on a separate sheet
iv. Please include also a pdf copy of the payment receipt for the 15€ entry fee

– Please name the ZIP file as following: IX2026_Name_Surname_TitleOfThePiece (e.g. IX2026_Nick_Edison_Title).

– Please use this Application Form to register your details and then send your piece to xenakis@auth.gr by using large files transfer services (WeTransfer etc)

By entering his/her work in the competition, the composer consents to public performances free of charge of his/her work in concerts and/or radio broadcasting.

 The composer retains the copyright of his/her work. The files entered in the competition shall remain in the archives of the Contemporary Music Lab of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.

Jury
Daniel Teruggi (AR/FR) – (Chair)
Teresa Carrasco (ES)
Eli Fieldsteel (US)
Volkmar Klien (AT)
Panayiotis Kokoras (GR/US)

Contact
For any additional information please do not hesitate to get in contact with us