The Azrieli Prize for Jewish Music of $50,000 CAD is awarded biennially through a competitive process to a composer who has written the best undiscovered work of Jewish music*.
*Please see below the Foundation’s statement on what constitutes Jewish music to ensure that the nominated work complies with its definitions.
Focus: Works for Choir, Symphony Orchestra and optional soloist(s)
Open to the international music community, works can be nominated by individuals and institutions from all nationalities, faiths, backgrounds and communities and submitted through this open call for scores. Nominated works may have been premiered within seventy-five (75) years of the award date, but must not have a significant performance history, and must not have been commercially recorded.
The musical work will be:
- premiered at the AMP Gala Concert during the 2026/2027 season;
- given two subsequent international premieres; and
- professionally recorded for a future commercial release.
The winning composer is expected to attend the rehearsals, performances and recordings of their prize-winning work, and will be publicly honoured at the AMP Gala Concert in Montreal.
Altogether, the total prize package for the Azrieli Prize for Jewish Music is valued at over $200,000 CAD.