Deadline: 30 October 2024
The Klarafestival’s SUPERNOVA Prize Competition is an initiative from various partners in the music industry aimed at offering support to young, professional chamber music ensembles.
Every year, experienced programmers from the classical music world crown two Belgian chamber music ensembles as Supernovas. This is an incentive prize that gives young artists recognition and the opportunities to perform: a calling card at the start of a promising career.
Supernovas win a Belgian concert tour. The first concert of this tour takes place at BOZAR as part of Klarafestival 2025. That concert will air on Klara and Musiq’3.
Benefits
- The four finalists:
- receive media attention on Klara and Musiq’3
- One of the four finalists can win the audience prize of € 1,000
- The two Supernovas:
- win a Belgian concert tour starting at Klarafestival
- the concert at Klarafestival will be recorded and broadcast by Klara and Musiq’3. Ensembles may use these recordings for promotional purposes).
Eligibility Criteria
- Chamber music ensembles:
- Of at least 2 and no more than 6 members;
- Whose members’ average age is no more than 30 on October 31, 2024;
- The majority of musicians reside in Belgium;
- Whose members have had professional music training;
- With a repertoire that takes western classical music or contemporary classical music as its starting point;
- Who are available on the dates of the semi-final (11/12/2024), the final (02/02/2025) and the laureates’ concert during Klarafestival (23/03/2025).
For more information, visit Klarafestival.
