Call for scores: Glissotar project in Hungary

Selected pieces will be recorded by Hungarian musician Daniel Vaczi and published on the Sonus Foundation official website.

The best pieces will also be performed at a concert at the Hold Street Church in Budapest, Hungary, in April 2021.

The score should be a minimum of 30 seconds and a maximum of 1 minute 30 seconds long.

Eligibility and application process

Composers of any age, nationality, and at any stage of their career are eligible to apply. Interested composers should fill in the application form here. There is no submission fee for this call.

The submission deadline is 15 January.

Selection

The pieces to be recorded and to be performed will be selected by a jury. The composers of the selected pieces will be informed on 31 January 2021.

Any questions regarding the programme or submission process should be emailed to [email protected] at least two working days before the application deadline.

About the instrument

Dániel Váczi has been working since 2016 with Tóbiás Terebessy on the development of woodwind instruments making continuous pitch (glissando). The first model is the glissotar, which is a hybrid tarogato-soprano saxophone. József Tóth, one of the most important tarogato builders, gave assistance to the development.

For a detailed description of the instrument, see here.

Some of the instrument’s recordings are available here and here.

View the original call here.