Tera de Marez Oyens Award 2026 – Call for Scores
Nominees concert and award ceremony Tera de Marez Oyens Award during the Gaudeamus Festival 2026 in Utrecht
The Tera de Marez Oyens Award 2026
The Tera de Marez Oyens Award is dedicated to stimulating recently graduated composition talent in the Netherlands and bridging the gap between education and professional practice. The reward of €2,500 enables the composer to write a new short composition for a professional ensemble, to be performed during the next Gaudeamus Festival.
The Tera de Marez Oyens Award is an encouragement award, reaching a relatively large audience due to its collaboration with the Gaudeaumus Festival.
Criteria
We are looking for a work (a graduation project or other composition project realised during or shortly after the conservatory studies) that distinguishes itself by the quality of its composition and score, originality, and feasibility of performance, and engages the audience in its story, in its commitment, or in its atmosphere. There are no restrictions as to musical genre; pieces with electronics or performance elements may also compete for the award.
Who can compete?
All students who completed a BA or MA program at one of the Dutch conservatories in the academic year 2023/24, 2024/25, or 2025/26 and are residents of the Netherlands can compete for the award.
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Tera de Marez Oyens: "Expressing my adventures and feelings in music and print came naturally to me. [...] To me, playing the piano and violin, and writing music notes, has always been my real life."
Read more in Tera's biography.