Ⅰ、 The Theme

Shanghai Spring International Music Festival is the oldest music festival in China. For over five decades, it has been dedicating to bringing in new works made by newcomers, carrying forward Chinese national music, introducing excellent music worldwide as to arouse cultural exchanges, enriching people’s spiritual and cultural life as to promote cultural development and prosperity. A large number of classical music works goes nationwide and even global. As one of the important performing forms of folk instruments contemporary, Chinese national chamber music enables a large amount of outstanding works to spread and hand down, and pushes forward the well development of national music. Meanwhile, taking roots in the folk and the public, Chinese national instruments always need to find the particular music for expression during the history

Taking place in the 34th Shanghai Spring International Music Festival, “Seeking for the Music of China” – the 6thLiu Tianhua Awards for Chinese Chamber Music is now calling for fine national chamber music works worldwide. It provides all the aspiring composers who are devoted to the development of folk music arts with a great stage where they can show their talents. It also aims to recognize more high-standard Chinese chamber music works featuring melodious, fine and popular.

Activities related to the event mentioned above will be held during the 35thShanghai Spring International Music Festival in 2018, including final competitions, award ceremonies, creation summits, rehearsal performances and exchange symposiums, etc.

Ⅱ、Organization Structure

Guiding Departments:

CPC Shanghai Municipal Propaganda Department

Shanghai Grand Theatre Arts Center

Host Departments:

Shanghai Chinese Orchestra

Shanghai United Media Group, Tang Sifu Studio

Supporting Departments:

Chinese Musicians Association

Chinese Theater Music Society

Shanghai Musician Association

Ⅲ、Evaluation Procedure

（1）The competition is divided into two rounds including preliminary contests and finals.

（2）The organizing committee intends to invite expert composers, conductors, musicians, critics, scholars, etc. who have made remarkable achievements in the field of Chinese national music as judges at the preliminary contests. 10 pieces of work will be selected for the finals.

（3）In the finals, the organizing committee will invite people of different social classes, professions and ages to be the spot judges. As for voting, each one of the judges could vote for 6 favorites. The first prize will only be given to the one with the highest votes that cover over 60% of the total. Otherwise, the first prize will be vacant.

（4）A live performance of ten shortlisted pieces of work will be given by the performers from Shanghai Chinese Orchestra. And enough opportunities of discussion and rehearsal will be provided for both the composers and the performers.

Ⅳ、Awards

First Prize * 1, RMB 100,000 (Gross)

Second Prize * 2, RMB 50,000 (Gross)

Third Prize * 3, RMB 20,000 (Gross)

Finalist Award * 4, RMB 10,000 (Gross)

All rights go to the committees, including any vacancy of the prize.

In addition to the certificate and bonus, the first prize winner will own a chance to become a contracted composer in residence of Shanghai Chinese Orchestra.

Ⅴ、Participants

All the people who are good at Chinese chamber music composition, regardless of their ages, nationalities or regions, including but not limited to composers, professionals and teachers or students from related organizations or colleges, amateurs, etc.

Ⅵ、Requirements

（1）All entries should be melodious, fine and popular with an emphasis on innovativeness and contemporariness. Composition could be combined with various elements from Chinese myths, Chinese folks and ethnic music, Chinese operas, etc.

（2）All entries should be composed after 2015 and haven’t won any other prizes.

（3）All entries should be within 10 minutes.

（4）Performers for each piece of work should be within 10 people. All instruments are allowed, except that the main performing instrument should be Chinese ethnic one. Instruments used could refer to the index made by Shanghai Chinese Orchestra.

（5）All works, related to re-composition of existing music, film interludes and any music clips, should abide by the Copyright Law of the People’s Republic of China. All participants are required to have the intellectual property ownership rights and to promise that all entries wouldn’t encroach any other third party’s intellectual property ownership rights and any other related interests. The work-owner should be responsible for any relevant copyright infringement activities and any individual or collective economic and mental loss. Our event and all the organizations involved will not claim responsibility for any of the above issues.

（6）The organizing committee possesses the rights to use the awarded music works free of charge in any related performance, including (but not limited to) the Award Ceremony, etc. Agreements of publishing the entries will be separately signed by the committee and composers according to the Copyright Law.

Ⅶ、Entry Submission

All entries should be submitted via post, and each submission should contain:

（1）An entire score (musical notation), including orchestration, printed in B4 with 7 copies.  (Except for the title, composing date and the other necessary illustrations, no composer names or any other irrelevant marks are allowed. Otherwise the qualifications will be cancelled.)

A PDF-format disk of the whole score is also needed.

（2）A CD of submitted music or entry demo

（3）Hardcopy and softcopy of the entry introduction

（4）Find and fill in the entry form in the attached of the brochure or download from the official website of the event: http://www.ssimf.org，http://www.sh-co.com.cn，http://newmusic.tmsk.com

（5）Apart from the post, please email the softcopy of the entry intro and participant’s personal info to sandswoo@163.com or 37639103@ qq.com.

（6）All entry copies are non-refundable.

Please post all the materials mentioned above before February 28th, 2018 (referring to the postmark on the stamp).

Add： No.488, Huazhong Road, Qibao Town, Minhang District, Shanghai

Postcode: 201101

Contacts：Wu Sha  Tel: 86-21-64790238*1516

Wen Tingting   Tel: 86-21-62827615

Email: sandswoo@163.com; 37639103@qq.com

Official Website:

 http://www.ssimf.org

http://www.sh-co.com.cn

http://newmusic.tmsk.com

* All rights reserved by the organizing committee.

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