THE FOLLOWING COMPOSERS RESIDING IN THE UK, FRANCE, THE NETHERLANDS AND BELGIUM HAVE BEEN SELECTED.

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL.

OFFICIAL LETTERS WILL BE SENT TO ALL APPLICANTS.

Stephen Mark Barchan (UK), Phil Dawson (England), Clara Iannotta (Italy) , Ryan Latimer (UK), Mateu Malondra Flaquer (Spain), Elo Masing (Estonia), Florent Motsch (France), Benjamin Oliver (UK), Hugo Ribeiro (Portugal), Daniel Saleeb (UK), Mike Solomon (America), Nicolas Tzortzis (Greece)

SOUNDS NEW Contemporary Music Festival, UK together with Coups de Vents, France are offer- ing selected composers a unique opportunity to write for the ICP Ensemble and have their works performed in both England and France.

In 2010, composers from France, Belgium, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom are invited to submit works for selection to participate.The winners will create new works for the ICP Ensemble and will be guided throughout the process by leading and influential composition professors and tutors. The final works will be performed in public concerts and winners will be chosen by an international jury.

In 2011, this competition extends its boundary to Europe, where composers can apply to take part in a rigorous advanced composi- tion course. In 2012, the year
of the Olympics, an International Composers Competition will be held in Canterbury.

This project is being funded by INTERREG IVA 2 Mers Seas Zeeën – European Union.