The Azrieli Music, Arts and Culture Centre has opened the call for scores and proposals for the 2026 Azrieli Music Prizes (AMP).

The international call to composers for the 2026 AMP seeks scores and proposals for choir and orchestra with optional soloists. The organization accepts nominations for works from individuals and institutions of all ages, genders, nationalities, faiths, and backgrounds. Applications are open from Feb. 7 through May 2, 2025.

The prize was created in 2014 by Sharon Azrieli CQ for the Azrieli Foundation. She stated in a press release, “We are looking for composers who exhibit the most creativity, artistry, proficiency, and expertise to become the next cohort of AMP Laureates. Our commitment is to help advance their careers and extend the reach of their award-winning music. Our prize program gives Laureates the gift of time and support to compose the best new pieces possible. Then, we offer them maximum career-building exposure by presenting their prize-winning works in key music markets, supplemented by a professional recording and an extensive promotional campaign.”

Each AMP Laureate receives a prize package valued at over $200,000 CAD, which includes a cash award of $50,000 CAD. Also included in the prize package is a premiere of their prize-winning work in Montréal, live-streamed globally, at least two subsequent international performances, and a commercial recording release. Separate from the Prizes, the AMP Performance Fund supports ensembles in preparing and presenting performances of AMP-winning works for the public.

Applications are submitted to AMP’s three expert juries. The Canadian music jury members are Barbara Assiginaak, Kelly-Marie Murphy, David Pay, Colleen Renihan, and Ana Sokolović. The International Music jury members are Chaya Czernowin, Margareta Ferek-Petrić, Jonathan Goldman, and Samy Moussa. Jury members for the Jewish Music category are Ofer Ben-Amots, Avner Dorman, Neil W. Levin, Steven Mercurio, Gisèle Ben-Dor, and Na’ama Zisser.

Prize divisions are the Azrieli Music Prizes consisting of one discovery prize and three commissions, the Azrieli Commission for Canadian Music, the Azrieli Commission for International Music, and the Azrieli Commission for Jewish Music.

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