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This following call for scores “BANI ADAM” on the theme of Humanity and Peace is the first step to the Bani Adam Project.
Open Call for Scores (Piano & Vocal) – BANI ADAM
We received submissions from 62 composers around the world (Feb 2026). The artistic level was very high, but we could only select a limited number of works.
List of selected works and composers:
–Selections from Five Songs from Carl Sandburg’s „Prairie“ by Robert Fleisher
-Selections from 4 LIEDER nach Texten aus der „Kriegsfibel“ von Berthold Brecht (Cycle) by Richard Heller
–Gentle (Cycle) by David Lancaster
–Stille by Moritz Lassmann
-Selections from Sudden Music (Cycle) by Lansing Mcloskey
–Im Gespinst by Giordano Bruno do Nascimento
_Centro by Rosita Piritore
–Collage by Daniel Quigley
Congratulations to all the selected composers!
Contemporary Composition Vocal Project (Submissions closed, currently at the funding phase)
Theme: Peace, Humanity, Human Connection & Freedom
We invite composers to submit existing works for:
- Soprano and piano
- (High) Baritone/Tenor Voice (A2-A4) and Piano
- Duet for Soprano & Baritone/Tenor and Piano
The project aims to create a coherent contemporary vocal programme on the themes of peace, humanity & freedom that will be presented in concert format and documented through a professional digital release.
Selected works will be performed and digitally released, composers may also receive an honorarium.
The works should engage in some way with the themes of peace, humanity, human connection and freedom, or be related to the following poem by the great Persian poet Saadi:
بنیآدم اعضای یکدیگرند که در آفرینش ز یک گوهرند
چو عضوی به درد آورد روزگار دگر عضوها را نماند قرار
(Human Beings are members of a whole In creation of one essence and soul)
(If one member is inflicted with pain Other members uneasy will remain)
Project context
Subject to funding: Selected works will receive at least one performance in Belgium during the 2026–2027 season, alongside few other pieces dedicated to the same theme. The entire project would be recorded and digitally released as an album.
Performers
The selected works will be performed by:
Aïsha Tümmler, soprano
Farshad Abbasabadi
Joseph Beasley, pianist
farshad_abbasabadi@yahoo.com
Farshad Abbasabadi 