Awards

Every year at New Music Conference we present various awards. These awards are for composers who work in the field of contemporary classical music and we distinguish three different awards: the Buma Classical Award, the Classical Lifetime Achievement Award and the New Music Incentive.

Buma Classical Award

The Buma Classical Award is an award for a contemporary classical composer who stands out through artistic innovation and active participation in concerts, festivals, and projects over the past two years.

Winners Buma Classical Award

Classical Lifetime Achievement Award

The Classical Lifetime Achievement Award is presented to a composer who has reached exceptional and sustained achievement in the field of contemporary classical music. This award was presented for the first time at New Music Conference 2024.

Winners Buma Classical Lifetime Achievement Award

New Music Incentive

New Music Conference traditionally concludes every year with the New Composers Pitch, where young composers from various Dutch conservatories, present themselves and their work to a professional jury. The composer who makes a lasting impression will be rewarded with the New Music Incentive

Winners New Music Incentive

* Due to the COVID pandemic there was in 2020 only a digital edition of New Music Conference and no New Composers Pitch.