As part of the concert, held in the personal presence of the composers, the 51st edition of the Generace International Composition Competition will reach its culmination. An expert jury chaired by composer Ondřej Adámek will select the best composition of this year’s edition. The Audience Award and the Orchestra Award will also be presented. Each listener will receive a voting ballot, and the results will be announced immediately after the concert.

Hajrudin Džudža
Mélasse Noire (12´)

Matiére sombre et dense
Vision sucrée
Transfiguration de la lumière

Zsolt András
Seven Variationsfrom Parallel Timelines (9´)

Francisco Pulpillo Chiclana
Rock Me Off (10´)

Jan Kotyk
Světlosmutnění (výběr) (15´)

Preludium
Žalozpěv pro babičku Martu
Záhada
Interludium
Sonatina
Postludium

Jaakko Kilpeläinen
Vers la clarté (11´)

Janáček Philharmonic Ostrava
Marián Lejava – conductor

In this year’s edition, 51 young composers from 20 countries applied across two competition categories. The finalists in the under-30 category are Zsolt András (Seven Variations from Parallel Timelines), Francisco Pulpillo Chiclana (Rock Me Off), Hajrudin Džudža (Mélasse Noire), Jaakko Kilpeläinen (Vers la clarté), and Jan Kotyk (Světlosmutnění).

The competition is organized by the Janáček Philharmonic Ostrava as part of the Leoš Janáček International Music Festival, in cooperation with the Ostrava Creative Centre. Financial support has been provided by the City of Ostrava and the Association of Music Artists and Scientists.

The concert is co-organized by the Faculty of Fine Arts and Music of the University of Ostrava.