Competition

impuls promotes and supports young composers not only at its Academy, but also through the international impuls Composition Competition.

 

impuls hereby commissions new works for ensemble from young composers selected by a jury. Subsequently these composers are invited to take part in the impuls Composition Workshop in Vienna and Graz – where their new works are collectively rehearsed and discussed extensively with musicians of world-class ensembles such as Klangforum Wien – as well as to the premiere of their new pieces within the impuls Academy and Festival in Graz. impuls also intends to support the composers´ works beyond that point through recordings respectively broadcasting, music communication programs and additional concerts.  

The most current Call for this Composition Competition was open for entries from May 31st to October 31st, 2024 and will lead to premieres in 2027. Please have a look at Composers for 2027 to find out more about the composers selected at this edition.

Information on composers selected at previous impuls Composition Competitions can bei found under Composers for 2025 and Composers for 2023. For information on further composers selected at our Competitions, have a look at Commissions.

 

Currently no composition competition is open for entries.

 

 

Apart from commissions coming along with the competition, impuls commissions other young composers in the framework of projects such as Text im Klang and Ulysses or in the past also in cooperation with partners like the Ernst Krenek Institute. Further infos on these activities can be found under Commissions.