COMMUNICATION REGARDING THE 11th INTERNATIONAL COMPOSITION PRIZE DEM 2026
Ensemble Serenissima APS, organiser of the 11th International Composition Prize SEM 2026, in agreement with the President of the Jury, Mยฐ Daniele Zanettovich, and having obtained the unanimous agreement of the Jury members, announces that, following the sudden passing of Maestro Gilberto Bosco, a member of the Jury of the 11th International Composition Prize SEM 2026, the competition procedure will proceed with the four remaining members.
The evaluation process will continue in accordance with the Competition regulations and the criteria already adopted by the Jury, in order to ensure continuity, fairness, and the full regularity of the procedure.
In light of these exceptional circumstances, the announcement of the final result, originally scheduled to be made by 16 June 2026, may be subject to a slight delay.
With deep sorrow, Ensemble Serenissima APS remembers Mยฐ Bosco for his valuable artistic and human contribution, and for the generous commitment he showed towards the Competition.
With deep sorrow, we have learned of the sudden passing of ๐๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐จ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐๐๐ซ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐๐จ, a member of the Jury of our International Composition Prize.
For eleven years, Maestro Bosco was part of the journey of our competition, bringing to it his expertise, rigor, sensitivity, and profound attention to contemporary music. His contribution and artistic vision played an important role in the growth of this initiative.
His passing leaves a deep void, not only for the loss of an esteemed musician and teacher, but also for the human qualities we had the privilege to know and appreciate over the years.
On behalf of the entire organization of the competition, the members of the Jury, and all those who shared this path with him, we express our heartfelt gratitude for the journey we travelled together, and we stand close to his family and loved ones in this time of grief.
๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐! What you gave us does not end with the final note: it remains, quietly and deeply, in the places you helped to shape and in the traces you leave behind. Some presences continue to walk beside us long after the moment in which we met them.
๐๐๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐จ๐ง๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐, ๐๐๐ฒ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐ฒ.
11th INTERNATIONAL COMPOSITION PRIZE SEM 2026
Call for works
The Ensemble Serenissima Association of Sacile (Pordenone, Italy), in collaboration with the Pizzicato Verlag Helvetia Publishing House, announces theย eleventh edition of the international symphonic composition competition "INTERNATIONAL COMPOSITION PRIZE โ SEM 2026". The winner of the competition will receive: a prize of โฌ2,500, the performance of the piece, an audio/video recording, and publication by the Pizzicato Verlag Helvetia Publishing House.
DEADLINE: APRIL 30, 2026.
Ensemble Serenissima
The Associazione Ensemble Serenissima was founded in 1983 with the aim of spreading musical culture and creating a new musical circuit based on the excellence and appreciation of young musicians, making them protagonists within the Italian and European scene, while also contributing to the dissemination of the musical heritage and the message it also represents from a social point of view.