The Black Pencil Prize 2023 is awarded to a new composition written for Black Pencil: recorder, panflute, viola, accordion, percussion (all five instruments of the ensemble). The piece may also contain harpsichord, (live) electronics, video and/or theatrical elements.

There is no age limit and no application fee. The competition is open to composers of all nationalities. The duration of the composition is a minimum of four and a maximum of eight minutes.

The jury will choose three to five works that will be performed during the Prix Annelie de Man, from November 29th to December 3rd, 2023 in the Orgelpark Amsterdam, from which the winning composition will be selected.

The winner’s prize includes a professional studio recording of the winning composition, performance of the piece during a selection of Black Pencil concerts and prizemoney of EUR. 2,000

Black Pencil includes Artistic Director, Jorge Isaac – recorder (blockflute), Marko Kassl (accordion), Matthijs Koene (panflute), Esra Pehlivanli (viola) and Enric Monfort (percussion).

Entry deadline is: October 15th, 2023. For details email: info@blackpencil.org