3.1. SELECTION OF THE NOMINATED WORKS
The scores submitted will be anonymised for their initial evaluation by the jury. The jury will nominate ten works that will be recorded by the Musikkollegium Winterthur in an initial round (without any public performance). These recordings will be placed online for the public to vote on them. From these ten works, the jury will choose those to be performed in the Prize Winners’ Concert in June 2020. One work will be determined by the votes of the public. This may be identical to one of the works chosen by the jury. The nominated works (at least four, at most five) will be performed in public at the Prize Winners’ Concert. The jury will determine the order of prizes at the Prize Winners’ Concert.
3.2. INVITATION TO THE COMPOSERS SELECTED
The composers whose works are nominated for the Prize Winners’ Concert will be invited to Winterthur. They may attend the final rehearsals and the Concert and participate in the associated events. The Competition will pay the travel costs (economy flight or second-class train ticket) and the hotel accommodation for the composer and one accompanying person, along with a daily allowance of CHF 200 per day.
3.3. PERFORMANCE OF THE WORKS
The works nominated for the Prize Winners’ Concert will be performed by the Musikkollegium Winterthur at a public general rehearsal and in the Concert. The prize winners are invited to explain their works in an introduction or in conversation.
3.4 PRIZE MONEY
The ten composers whose works are selected for the first round of the Competition (the recording) will be given a recognition prize of CHF 1,000.
The composers whose works are chosen to be performed at the Prize Winners’ Concert will be awarded the following prizes:
First place: CHF 40,000
Second place: CHF 25,000
Third place: CHF 15,000
Jury’s special prize: CHF 5,000
Audience prize: CHF 10,000
The abovementioned prizes include the recognition prize money of CHF 1,000.
The prize money is awarded without any deduction of taxes.