V INTERNATIONAL UUNO KLAMI COMPOSITION COMPETITION (2023-2024)

The International Uuno Klami Composition Competition has won itself an established position as one of the world’s foremost composition competitions. Held at intervals of five years, the aim of the International Uuno Klami Composition Competition is to discover and promote contemporary European music and composition under the name of composer Uuno Klami (1900–1961) and to produce good new repertoire for a small orchestra of sinfonietta type. Citizens of any Nordic, EU or closely associated country may take part in the competition. Works entered for the competition should have been submitted to the Competition Office by 4 December 2023 (postmarked December 4, 2023 at the latest). The works shortlisted for the finals will be performed by the Kymi Sinfonietta at two finals concerts, to be held in the cities of Kouvola and Kotka (Finland) in November 2024.

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21.02.2024

The V International Uuno Klami Composition Competition has once again attracted a vast number of entries, the Competition Office having received a total of

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The IV International Uuno Klami Composition Competition (2018-2019) received a record number of entries – 283 from 38 countries.