About the Award

Linköpings Studentsångare Composition Award 2024 is the third edition of an international competition issued by Linköpings Studentsångare exclusively for female and non-binary composers of male voice choir music. The winner of the competition will receive the Linköpings Studentsångare Composition Award along with the grand prize of 50 000 SEK (approx. 4 400 € or 4 700 USD). The Composition Award 2024 is made possible thanks to a grant from Märta Christina och Magnus Vahlquists Stiftelse.

The goal of the award is to serve as an incentive and inspiration for modern composers to write new and innovative music for male voice choir. Our aim is to make composers curious about and explore our beloved artform, thereby injecting new life into the distinguished tradition of male voice choir music. The award of 2024 will, unlike the previous two installments of 2016 and 2020, be available to not only female but also non-binary composers, to celebrate and highlight the role of both women and non-binary people in the composition of music for male voice choir. We believe that art thrives on connectivity and diversity, and we hope that this award will favor the exchange between composers and performers.

Click here to learn more about the inception of the award in 2015.

Conditions for Your Compositions

Competing composers must adhere to the following conditions:

  • The submitted piece must be composed for a capella male voice choir, 4 to 8 parts, along with optional solo parts.
  • The length of the piece must be between 3 and 5 minutes.
  • Any lyrics for the piece must have been written by a female or non-binary author.
  • Lyrics must be written in either English, German, French or Latin.
  • The lyrics of a submitted piece must deal with at least one of the following subjects: peace, freedom, equality of mankind, or contact/meeting with nature.
(You can find the fully detailed rules of the competition in the application form.)

The competition will be judged by an internationally acclaimed jury with broad experience of choral music, comprised of composers as well as choral conductors with merits in composition and arrangement. The decision of the jury is final and cannot be appealed against.

Important Dates

  • October 13th 2024: Final day to apply for the competition
  • December 30th 2024: Final day to submit composition
  • March 8th 2025: Announcement of finalists
  • April or May 2025 (exact date coming soon): Final is held and winner announced

Jury

Stay tuned, the jury will be announced soon!

Previous installments of the Linköping Studentsångare Composition Award

Composition Award 2020

Read about the finalists and watch the live recorded concert where the winner is announced here.

Composition Award 2016

Read about the winner and finalists here. Listen to the 2016 album on Spotify here.