Nothing better than creating your own music and performing it with top musicians! All young composers who want to do more with their music and are maximum 18 years old can apply for the annual NBE Young Composers Competition. Whether you sing, rap, make beats or compose on your instrument – anything goes, as long as you make it up yourself.
During the Young Composers Competition, participants receive guidance from experienced composers and arrangers, meet other young musicians, gain stage experience and have their work performed by top musicians. The competition is a springboard for many serious composing talents in the Netherlands and produces beautiful new compositions every year. You can apply for the Young Composers Competition until 12 October 2025.
COMPOSERS WEEKEND
In the Composers Weekend, all selected young composers, who participate in the Young Composers Competition, and NBE musicians meet each other. Since the Showcases, the young composers have been guided by an arranger to adapt their composition for the NBE and this weekend they will hear for the first time how their piece sounds when played by the NBE. It is a weekend full of rehearsals, games and workshops. Each day will end with a concert where the composers will perform their own composition together with the NBE in front of an audience! After each concert, young composers are chosen who are guaranteed a place in the Finale.
