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Entries for the Gaudeamus Music Week 2009 must be received by January 16, 2009. Composers born after September 6, 1978 may enter works by using the entry form.

Diana Rotaru (1981, Romania) received the Prize for Shakti" (or Sakti) concerto for saxophone and orchestra performed on October 27 by Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra.

The award was inaugurated in 2002 and will be presented each year to a selected composer under 35 whose work is featured in the annual ISCM World Music Days.

The 15th Young Composers Meeting will take place in Apeldoorn from 8-13 February 2009. The meeting is organized by the orchestra de ereprijs in collaboration with the MCN - International Gaudeamus Music Week (Composition Competition) and with Cultural Center Gigant and Markant.

The Netherlands component of SHIFT, a transatlantic festival for music, film, literature and fine arts will take place from 18-21 November 18 – 21, 2008 in Amsterdam's Muziekgebouw aan ‘t IJ and will continue in February 2009 in Toronto, Canada.

The 2008 Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, which will take place from 21-30 November in Yorkshire, England (U.K.), will feature a variety of contemporary Dutch music.

The 2008 Netherlands Music Days will take place from 7-9 November 2008 at the Muziekgebouw aan ’t IJ and the Bimhuis, Amsterdam.

Christina Viola Oorebeek, Daniel Schorno, and Joel Ryan will be part of a four day festival, New Sounds from Holland, between 28-31 October 2008 in Shanghai, China.

The International Gaudeamus Interpreters Competition for performers of contemporary music, hosted by MCN, will take place in Amsterdam from 18-26 April 2009. The competition provides an opportunity for contemporary music performers to meet other musicians from all over the world. During the festival workshops, master classes, and concerts will take place.

The International Gaudeamus Prize 2008, an award of 4,550 Euros, was awarded to the American composer Huck Hodge (b. 1977). The award is intended as a commission for a new work to be performed at the next edition of the International Gaudeamus Music Week (7-13 September 2009).

On Saturday, 6 September 2008, three new compact discs devoted to Dutch electroacoustic music were presented by MCN. At the presentation Kees Tazelaar gave a short reading on the history of electronic music in the Netherlands with images and sound samples.