{"id":567169,"date":"2024-04-10T18:34:39","date_gmt":"2024-04-10T18:34:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/?post_type=app_professional&p=567169"},"modified":"2024-07-09T21:10:26","modified_gmt":"2024-07-09T21:10:26","slug":"call-for-applications-2024-prix-pisar-prize","status":"publish","type":"app_professional","link":"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/va\/professionals\/call-for-applications-2024-prix-pisar-prize\/","title":{"rendered":"Call for Applications: 2024 Pisar Prize"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In partnership with the Th\u00e9\u00e2tre des Champs-Elys\u00e9es (Paris), The Juilliard School (New York), and Villa Albertine (USA), the PISAR PRIZE, in memory of John Cage and Merce Cunningham<\/strong>, aims to strengthen cultural ties between France and the United States by promoting a work by a young contemporary composer each year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The laureate, designated alternately by the Th\u00e9\u00e2tre des Champs-Elys\u00e9es\/Villa Albertine, and The Juilliard School, will receive support for the composition of a new work to be premiered at the Th\u00e9\u00e2tre des Champs-Elys\u00e9es by Les Si\u00e8cles<\/em> orchestra.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Profile and Project Requirements<\/strong>
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For its third edition, the PISAR PRIZE<\/strong> will support<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– a composer between the ages of 21 and 40, regardless of nationality<\/strong>
– who will conceive an orchestral work of approximately 12 minutes<\/strong>
– inspired by the United States (a place, a myth, a real event, a tradition, a work, an author, a historical figure\u2026)
– requiring an immersive stay in the United States<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The project should strive to inspire an active dialogue with key local actors that the laureate meets during their residency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Note<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The winner is required to score for the orchestration already in place for the program featuring the premiere. The specific instrumentation available to the prize-winning composer will be communicated no later than November 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The winner is required to deliver their score no later than three months before the world premiere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Villa Albertine – The Juilliard School Residency (First Semester of 2025)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The residency will be divided into two phases:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– A three- to- five week residency in a US city during which the resident will develop their project. This stay is carried out in partnership with Villa Albertine, which has offices in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, New Orleans, San Francisco and Washington D.C.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-During this time period, a two-to-three-week residency at The Juilliard School, during which the prize-winner will present their work in a composition seminar and will workshop a reduced version of the piece in collaboration with conductor Jeffrey Milarsky and the Juilliard AXIOM ensemble.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

World Premiere at the Th\u00e9\u00e2tre des Champs-Elys\u00e9es<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The work will make its world premiere at the Th\u00e9\u00e2tre des Champs-Elys\u00e9es on November 14, 2025, as part of a concert performed by Les Si\u00e8cles<\/em> orchestra, which the laureate will be invited to attend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Endowment of the Pisar Prize<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to the residency and the premiere of his work, the winner will receive an honorarium of 10,000 euros from the Foundation of the Th\u00e9\u00e2tre des Champs-Elys\u00e9es.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eligibility Requirements<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Applicants should possess the following qualities:<\/p>\n\n\n\n