Every year, a system involving local juries from member sections of the ISCM selects the works to be performed at the WNMD Festival. There are of course also a wide variety of other competitions for composers and musicians, and some of the most relevant ones are listed here.
Naomi Pinnock awarded first prize in the Günter Bialas Composition Competition 2013
The British composer Naomi Pinnock has been awarded first prize in the Günter Bialas Composition Competition 2013 for her work ‘A Dream within a Dream’ for Mezzosoprano and Piano on April 17, 2013. The second prize went to Alexander Muno for Two Songs on Texts by John Donne for Bariton and Piano. Julian Lembke was…
Michel van der Aa wins 2013 Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition
Dutch composer Michel van der Aa has won the 2013 Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition for his multimedia work Up-Close, premiered in 2011, which offers a unique blend of cello concerto with film. In the Holland Festival 2013 Michel van der Aa will present his latest music theatre work Sunken Garden, a multimedia opera utilising…
David Berezan wins 13th Electroacoustic Composition Competition Mùsica Viva 2012
“Buoy” by David Berezan (1967, Canada) has won the 13th Electroacoustic Composition Competition Mùsica Viva 2012 organized by Miso Music Portugal received 180 works from composers from 32 different countries juged by Gilles Gobeil, Antònio Ferreira and Miguel Azguime ….read more
Konstantin Heuer wins Gaudeamus Prize 2012
Konstantin Heuer (1989) from Germany is the winner of the Gaudeamus Prize 2012 unanimously chosen by the international jury consisting of Martijn Padding (NL), Annie Gosfield (USA) and Christopher Butterfield (CAN) Alaska – for two speakers, soprano, tenor, bass, six violins, viola, cello and electronics – by Heuer was performed on Tuesday by VocaalLAB and…
Thirteen compositions have been shortlisted for the Gaudeamus Prize 2013
Thirteen compositions have been shortlisted for the Gaudeamus Prize 2013. Over 200 composers under the age of 30, hailing from 29 different countries, entered a composition in hopes of winning this much sought-after award. Now the jury, consisting of Peter Adriaansz (NL), Annelies van Parys (BE), and Dmitri Kourliandski (RU) has made its selection. At the…
Wen Liu winner of Ö1 talents Market Composition Prize 2012
Winner of Ö1 talents Market Composition Prize 2012, Wen Liu of the Vienna Conservatory. The young musician from China, born 1988, studied composition with Wolfgang Liebhart. The junior-promotion is worth 10,000 euros and is supported by the Austrian National Bank (OeNB)….read more
Julia Hanadi Al Abed (France), Alejandro Montes De Oca (Mexique), Sam Salem (Royaume Uni) winners of the 10th Luc Ferrari COmpetition
Julia Hanadi Al Abed (France), Alejandro Montes De Oca (Mexique), Sam Salem (Royaume Uni) The 10th anniversary of the Luc Ferrari Competition proposes the candidates to compose a ” Hörspiel ” around the word ” Correspondance ” with maximum freedom. This inventive form of composition allows narration as much as abstraction, and the most minimalistic…
Manuella Blackburn wins 7th Métamorphoses Acousmatic Composition Competition
The 7th Métamorphoses Acousmatic Composition Competition, organized by Musiques et Recherches and held in occasion of the 19th International Acousmatic Festival Espace du Son has attributed the following prizes: First prize: Manuella Blackburn – Switched on Prize of the Public: Orestis Karamanlis – Toys ….read more
Finalists of Forme Uniche 2012
Finalists of Forme Uniche 2012: Ewan Campbell (United Kingdom) Matteo Casula (Italy), Kazue Kaku (Korea) , Giulia Lorusso (Italy), Samuel Messer (United Kingdom), Sandro Mungianu (Italy), Mari Ohno (Japan), Sebastian Phlox (Australia) , Iran Sanazadeh (Iran / Australia), Tania Sikelianou (Greece), ….read more
Friedrich Cerha awarded the Ernst von Siemens Music Prize
The Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation honours Friedrich Cerha with the Ernst von Siemens Music Prize, often called the “Nobel Prize for Music”. Cerha will receive the prestigious award at a musical ceremony in Munich at the Cuvilliés Theatre on 22 June 2012 ….read more