Musica Nova Prize Explained

The competition Musica Nova is a competition for composers of electroacoustic music, a form of classical contemporary music, held in Prague.^{[1] [2]} The competition was first held in 1969 and now features two categories of entry, one for tape music and another for music including vocals and instrumentals.^[3]

Recipients include Fabio Cifariello Ciardi ('93),Jean-Claude Risset ('95), Charles L. Bestor ('96), Emil Viklický ('96), Alessandro Cipriani ('96), Robert Normandeau ('98), and Marta Jiráčková ('98).

Notes and References

1. http://www.cibulka.com/musnova/Mn-his-c.htm Vznik a dosavadní průběh mezinárodní kompoziční soutěže M U S I C A N O V A
2. Musicworks - Issues 88-90 -2004 - Page 35 "The major electroacoustic competitions became dominated, and continue to be dominated, by Quebec composers. The Musica Nova competition in Prague has had, from 1991 onwards, a Montreal winner every year but one."
3. Web site: Propositions for Musica Nova 2014. Musica Nova. 3 May 2014.