The International Uuno Klami Composition Competition has won itself an established position as one of the world’s foremost composition competitions. Held at intervals of five years, the aim of the International Uuno Klami Composition Competition is to discover and promote contemporary European music and composition under the name of composer Uuno Klami (1900–1961) and to produce good new repertoire for a small orchestra of sinfonietta type. The competition was last held in 2018-2019. IV International Uuno Klami Composition Competition received a record number of entries – 283 from 38 countries. The works shortlisted for the finals were performed by the Kymi Sinfonietta at two finals concerts that were held in the cities of Kouvola and Kotka (Finland) in November 2019.
The IV International Uuno Klami Composition Competition (2018-2019) received a record number of entries – 283 from 38 countries.