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15 – 23 April 2009, Vienna/Austria
Applications until: 21. November 2008 extended to 12 December 2008
Organized by
the "Joseph Haydn" Institute for Chamber Music and Special Ensembles of the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna in cooperation with the Haydn-Festival Eisenstadt.
Preface
Joseph Haydn died in the year of 1809. To mark the 200th anniversary of the death of this genius the 4th International Joseph Haydn Competition will be held in 2009, one year earlier than it would have been held following the usual triennial cycle.
Joseph Haydn was a citizen of the world, his music belongs to the world - and from his hometowns of Vienna and Eisenstadt he enriched the world with his music. Today people from all continents marvel at the still modern and universally understood sound world of the ‘First Viennese School’. Haydn’s compositions written in the new spirit of the enlightenment emancipate musicians as well as listeners through the universal cosmos of his music. This emancipation was due to Haydn’s genius. He also owed much to the generous and liberal family of the Esterhazys. Europe in Haydn’s time was in turmoil; liberty was the vision of the people. In Joseph Haydn’s works, liberty is manifested in a peaceful and artistic way!
The ‘Second Viennese School’ which besides Haydn’s work forms the other main focus of the competition was also born at a time of total upheaval in Europe. It too belongs to the world - a world outside Europe which eventually had to give shelter from persecution and annihilation to many composers. Could it perhaps be called the justice of history that the horrors of the 20th century led to the rapid globalisation of the Second Viennese School?
In the year of 2009, still very much at the beginning of the 21st century, all musicians of the world who are eligible to enter the competition are invited to Vienna to make music together and to compete peacefully as ensembles. So far, our competitions have been musical events marked by a high degree of artistic quality and open-mindedness. In this anniversary year, the compositions classes at our university will again present newly composed works by their prize-winners. The competition will maintain the high standards set in previous years and will thereby try to make a small step towards a more humane future enriched by art.
We genuinely welcome you and look forward to your music-making.
o. Univ. Prof. Avedis KOUYOUMDJIAN
Director of the Joseph Haydn Institute
President of the Jury
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