Nieuw Geneco composers judge international competition ‘Opera: Past Present Perfect!’
What is the future of opera? MOTO, an independent Serbian organisation, tries to find the answer in Opera: Past, Present, Perfect! A competition for young opera composers from Georgia, Montenegro and Serbia is part of this international project. The jury consists of three members of Nieuw Geneco: Martijn Padding, Aspasia Nasopoulou and Jasna Veličković. Karin Netten (the director of KASKO) is also a member of the jury.
Opera composers from Serbia, Georgia and Montenegro born after January 1st 1990, can enter the competition with the score of a new opera between 9 and 20 minutes long. The winning composer can see his opera on stage at the Duško Radović Theatre in Belgrade during the 2022/2023 season. Donemus is offering to publish the score.
Opera: Past, Present, Perfect! is a cooperation project of MOTO (Music, Opera and Theater Organisation) with the Young Musician International Association of Georgia from Tbilisi (Georgia), the University Donja Gorica from Podgorica (Montenegro) and the Duško Radović Theater from Belgrade (Serbia). Nieuw Geneco organizes the panel discussions and masterclasses and provides the jury for the competition.
Composers who would like to join the competition can mail their scores until August 1st to info@nieuwgeneco.nl. The winner will be announced around September 12th.
Opera: Past, Present, Perfect! is supported by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union.