Basel Com­po­si­ti­on Com­pe­ti­ti­on (BCC) is an inter­na­tio­nal com­po­si­ti­on com­pe­ti­ti­on that takes place every two years in col­la­bo­ra­ti­on with Paul Sacher Foun­da­ti­on in Basel, awar­ding works for cham­ber and sym­pho­ny orches­tra. From Janu­ary 30 to Febru­ary 2, 2025, fifth edi­ti­on was held, as in pre­vious years, under the direc­tion of jury pre­si­dent Micha­el Jar­rell.

Few musi­ci­ans have shaped Basel’s music sce­ne as pro­found­ly as Paul Sacher (1906–1999). As a con­duc­tor, patron of new com­po­si­ti­ons, and sup­port­er and mem­ber of num­e­rous com­mit­tees and insti­tu­ti­ons, he was deep­ly com­mit­ted to the con­tem­po­ra­ry music of his time. In 1973, he foun­ded Paul Sacher Foun­da­ti­on and later estab­lished it as a rese­arch insti­tu­ti­on of inter­na­tio­nal renown with the lega­cy of Igor Stra­vin­sky, as well as coll­ec­tions from Anton Webern and Bru­no Mader­na. In the spi­rit of Basel con­duc­tor who pas­sed away in 1999, BCC aims to bring the most exci­ting com­po­sers of the 21^st cen­tu­ry to Basel.

In a sel­ec­tion pro­cess, ten to twel­ve new, unpu­blished com­po­si­ti­ons (also not in excerp­ts) that have not yet recei­ved an award will be nomi­na­ted. The­se works will be per­for­med in a public com­pe­ti­ti­on by Kam­mer­or­ches­ter Basel, Sin­fo­nie­or­ches­ter Basel, and Basel Sin­fo­ni­et­ta. The three best com­po­si­ti­ons will be award­ed pri­zes, with a total pri­ze fund of CHF 100,000.

For BCC, Ophe­lia’s Cul­tu­re PR mana­ges exten­si­ve inter­na­tio­nal press work to bring the com­pe­ti­ti­on into the glo­bal spot­light. We secu­re inter­views with key figu­res and orga­ni­ze exclu­si­ve press invi­ta­ti­ons to ensu­re qua­li­fied media covera­ge. Addi­tio­nal­ly, we advi­se the cli­ent in mar­ke­ting to streng­then the competition’s brand and visi­bi­li­ty in the long term.