String Quartet Composition Competition
for Irish citizens/residents under 35
The winning works are premiered at
The West Cork Chamber Music Festival that year
Our annual competition is for the composition of a new string quartet by young Irish and Irish-resident composers. Our Call for Scores goes out in November every year. The four winners are announced by May. Their winning works are rehearsed and premiered at that year’s West Cork Chamber Music Festival in June/July.
Past judges of this competition include Donnacha Dennehy, Lera Auerbach, Brett Dean and Deirdre Gribbin.
The 14th West Cork Chamber Music Young Composers’ Competition is now open for entries. We welcome submissions from all Irish and Irish-resident composers under 35.
We are delighted to announce the winners of our 13th West Cork Chamber Music Young Composers’ Competition.
We send our congratulations again to our 2020 winners: Ultan O’Brien, Niall Tormey, Liam Dougherty and Luke Smyth.
And many thanks to Deirdre Gribbin for judging the competition.
Earlier winners of the Competition include:
To view a full list of previous winners from 2008 to date, see our Winners pages.
