Rast Music Awards
Rast Music Awards is dedicated to promoting music researchers, performers, and artists on the rise and established high-quality music standards while supporting charitable causes through the Rast Muzikoloji Dergisi Academic Board. This award was established by the Genc Bilge (Young Wise) Publishing Ltd music publishers, and is given for the publication of a work by gifted scientists, artists, performers, and composers.
Rast Muzikoloji Dergisi Academic Board is as an honor board of the academic world-leading scientists, artists, composers, and writers. The Board’s 10 members are determined for one year and pay no dues. In addition to electing new members as vacancies occur, the Board seeks to foster and sustain an interest in Music by administering over 27 awards and prizes.
Rast Music Awards are announced once a year. Candidates submit their applications, awards are distributed as a result of the evaluation by the award committee.
Candidates apply to the Rast Music Awards in two main categories: art and science. Rast Music Awards’ main and sub-categories are as follows.
Conditions of the Art Awards Category
Candidate works must be published between 1 January and 31 October 2025 of this year, in a printed album or in social media.
Recordings are expected to be of high quality and intelligible.
The classical style and attitude characteristics of each category should be reflected in the composition/performing.
For vocal and instrumental performances, it is expected to be one of the works in the repertoire of the relevant category or composed in that style, which requires technically high performance skills.
Distortion of the words or pitches of the works other than the truth will not be accepted.
Conditions of the Science Awards Category
Scientific publication applications should be in the right research design, have a high impact factor in the field, and should be from musicology subjects.
Note: The Rast Music Awards are announced on the last day of the annual IRMC Congress and published in the IRMC Abstract Proceedings e-Book. Certificates are sent to the award winners. Musicians and music researchers who are eligible for these awards should submit a written statement explaining their nominations, their reasons for nomination, and a list of their works to info@rastmusiccongress.org
Main Category: Art Awards Main Category
Turkish Art Music
Turkish Art Music – Vocal
Turkish Art Music – Plectrum Instruments
Turkish Art Music – Wind Instruments
Turkish Art Music – Percussion Instruments
Turkish Art Music – String Instruments
Sub-categories: Turkish Folk Music
Turkish Folk Music – Vocal
Turkish Folk Music – Plectrum Instruments
Turkish Folk Music – Wind Instruments
Turkish Folk Music – Percussion Instruments
Turkish Folk Music – String Instruments
Sub-categories: Turkish Religious Music
Turkish Religious Music -Vocal
Sub-categories: Western Music
Western Music – Vocal
Western Music – Plectrum Instruments
Western Music – Wind Instruments
Western Music – Percussion Instruments
Western Music – String Instruments
Western Music – Piano
Western Music – Guitar
Sub-category: Turkish Music Composer
Turkish Music Composer: Turkish Art Music Composition
Turkish Music Composer: Turkish Folk Music Composition
Turkish Music Composer: Turkish Religious Music Composition
Science Awards Sub-categories:
Sub-category: Thesis
Thesis– Turkish Music Research
Thesis– Eastern and Islamic Civilization Music Research
Thesis– Western Music Research
Sub-category: Article
Article – Most cited Article
Article – Jury Special Awards
Article – Interdisciplinary Music Research
Sub-category: Book
Book- Turkish Music Research
Book- Eastern and Islamic Civilization Music Research
Book- Western Music Research
Book- Musicology
Sub-category: Research Project
Book- Turkish Music Research
Book- Eastern and Islamic Civilization Music Research
Book- Western Music Research
Book- Musicology
Sub-category: Proceedings
Proceedings – Turkish Music Research
Proceedings – Eastern and Islamic Civilization Music Research
Proceedings – Western Music Research
Proceedings – Musicology
Sub-category: Novelty
Novelty- Instrument Design
Novelty-Patent
Novelty-Invention
Sub-Category: Rast Musicology Journal Publication Awards
The most cited article award (Annualy)
Rast Music Awards Committee Chair
