The
Brusa Foundation Award
for beautiful and original music with a tonal basis
The Brusa Foundation Award 2nd Edition (1st February to 30th May 2025)
An Award of £5000 will be given for a one movement work of any duration for Symphonic Orchestra.
The Award has the purpose of encouraging young composers to create a beautiful, new, free-thinking and personal symphonic work with a tonal basis. The music can be a stand-alone work or a movement from a Symphony which makes sense by itself. Solo Concertos or Theme and separate Variations are not accepted.
Maximum size:
3.3.3.3 - 4.3.3.1 - Harp - Piano - Timp. - Perc. - Strings.
Eligibility
The selection is open to composers of all nationalities, over the age of 18 and under 30 on the 15th of October.
Procedure of Entry
There is no entry fee.
Please create an anonymous email address with a PSEUDONYM (e.g. aaa@gmail.com) which will be used to send two separate emails (no handwriting).
We accept files sent with WeTransfer, Google Drive or SwissTransfer to send large MP3 and PDF files by signing in with your anonymous email address.
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1. Send the first email to music@brusafoundation.org (Subject of email: Brusa Foundation Application and your PSEUDONYM) with the following files:
- Audio (sample or live) recording of the work in MP3 format. No other music must be included. WAV files will not be accepted.
- The full score in PDF format. All scores must be anonymous. Scores with names will not be accepted. Please do not include explanations or personal ideas about your work.
2. Send the second email to registration@brusafoundation.org (Subject of email: Brusa Foundation Application and your chosen PSEUDONYM) with the following information in PDF: your real name and surname, date of birth, official nationality/nationalities, mobile number, current address and real email. In this email also attach a PDF with your biography/CV and a photograph of yourself.
Deadline for Entry - 30th May 2025. If your music is ready send it immediately and don’t wait till the very last day.
You will receive an email by the 15th October 2025 with the result of the award.
Note
The Jury consists of the Trustees of the Brusa Foundation and the selection process will take place anonymously. The Jury’s decisions cannot be appealed.
The Jury has the right to choose not to award anyone if the level required is not achieved.
By agreeing to take part in the competition, all competitors undertake to accept and not contest these decisions. The Jury is not required to provide personal feedback or comments on participating compositions.
Your music may have been performed, recorded or submitted to other competitions but must not have won a prize. However, previous winners of the The Brusa Foundation Award can still reapply.
Incomplete or wrong applications without pseudonyms or multiple works won't be accepted.