IAS Program - Intimacy of Creativity 2025 - The Bright Sheng Partnership: Composers Meet Performers in Hong Kong - Call for Scores (Application Deadline: 8 March 2025)

Hailed by the Financial Times as a festival with a “finely hewn sense of craft,” Intimacy of Creativity (IC) – The Bright Sheng Partnership: Composers Meet Performers in Hong Kong returns for another innovative season from 2 June to 9 June 2025, presented in partnership with the Momenta Quartet and the Momenta Festival! (The Momenta Festival will present the work of the audience-vote winner among the Composer Fellows in October 2025 in New York.)

We are now accepting applications from emerging composers for the innovative 2025 season. Up to three selected Composer Fellows will join Prof. Bright Sheng, IAS Helmut and Anna Pao Sohmen Professor-at-Large, and distinguished guest artists to present and revise their music through in-depth open discussions at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), and at the concerts at HKUST Shaw Auditorium and Tea House of the Xiqu Centre at West Kowloon Cultural District of Hong Kong.

Don't miss your chance to take part in this internationally acclaimed festival. For details of eligibility, submission and timeline, please visit IC2025 website at https://ic.hkust.edu.hk/2025/call-scores.