SIRIUS4all
Open Call for entries
#Sounding:EUROPE Award
How does Europe sound to you?
For a competition and award dealing with music and sound, we ask for audio-contributions, for your sonic impression(s).
The audio-contribution should represent your impression / expression of how "Europe" does sound, does feel to you:
Be it noise, sweet music, a song with lyrics or not, rhythmic or off-beat, be it Beethoven or Pauline Oliveros, be it techno or indie pop – something that feels united, separated, diverse, claustrophobic, Eastern, Western, full of questions, full of ideas?
A Bit More Info:
The #Sounding:EUROPE Award is part of the independent, artistic, collaborative SIRIUS4all-project (www.sirius4all.eu) dealing with a next narrative for Europe. Find out more on the website. The award will be handed over at the SIRIUS4all-event in Berlin,
9th of May 2025.
Why apply:
3 first prizes with 500€ each and 7 honorary mentions with 100€ each will be awarded in May 2025 in Berlin.
Providing: public exposure, awareness, international networking and exchange.
Deadline:
- Submission: January 31, 2025 - midnight CET
- Using the submission form via the website: https://www.sirius4all.eu/soundingeurope-award/
Regulations, Specifics:
- any originally composed, created audio artwork: be it a song, music without words, a sound piece, ... whatever
- duration: a maximum of five (5) minutes
- uploaded on our website (below) as audio file
- providing some information on the creator/composer/audio designer
- providing some information on what is behind your audio work, on how this came about to represent your Europe.
Eligibility:
- you live / are situated in Berlin being of whatever nationality
- you are younger than 30 years of age
- an individual, or a band, or a cooperation can take part.
The jury:
- Ruth McMahon – Songwriter & Musician; Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at SoundCloud Berlin
- Norman Nodge – Resident DJ Berghain, Independent Producer, Lawyer
- Melissa Perales – Concert Promoter, Curator, Music Consultant & Mentor (Music Pool Berlin), Music Supervisor, Activist for Equality in Music
- Marco Kuhn – Professor for Sound Synthesis and Computer Science for Musicians, SRH Berlin University of Applied Sciences
Interested?
Go to the submission form here.
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