A new work for piano duet: The Clements Prize for Composers 2025

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Conway Hall Sunday Concerts is inviting young composers to submit a work for piano duet to The Clements Prize 2025.  Up to eight submissions will be selected to be performed by Clíodna Shanahan and Simon Callaghan at the final round in Conway Hall’s Main Hall on 2 November 2025.  A workshop involving all the final round composers and the performers will take place at 2pm on the same date. The winner of the first prize will be awarded £1,500.

Alfred J. Clements (1858-1938) was the organiser and secretary of the South Place Sunday Concerts (predecessor of Conway Hall Sunday Concerts) from their inception in 1887 until his death.  In the first half of the twentieth century the competition bearing his name encouraged the composition of new chamber works, establishing a tradition which set Conway Hall right at the centre of British contemporary music.

Re-inaugurated in 2021, the present competition aims to continue this work, encouraging the composition of innovative, exciting chamber music and presenting it to a wide audience.  Through workshops, social media activity and through enabling interaction with professional performers, the competition furthermore seeks to establish and nurture a community of diverse, young composers and to enhance the chamber repertoire.

Before the final round performance, scores submitted for previous competitions from the Conway Hall Archive will be available via the Conway Hall website and a selection exhibited before the final round performance.

Full details from the Conway Hall website.