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.
The winner of the International Ibsen Award 2012 is Heiner Goebbel
The winner of the International Ibsen Award 2012 (330,000 Euro). is Heiner Goebbel. for bringing a new artistic dimension to the world of drama or theatre. His work Eraritjaritjaka will be the festival’s finale during the International Ibsen Festival at the National Theatre in Oslo 23/8 – 9/9. ….read more
Florent Motsch-Etienne wins Toru Takemitsu Composition Award 2011
Results of Toru Takemitsu Composition Award 2011; [Judge: Salvatore Sciarrino] 1st Prize Florent Motsch-Etienne (France) Flux et; 2nd Prize Bernd Richard Deutsch (Austria); 3rd Prize Jan Erik Mikalsen (Norway) Parts; 4th Prize Heera Kim (Korea) NAMOK ….read more
Ernst von Siemens Music Prize 2012
Ernst von Siemens Music Prize 2012 goes to Friedrich Cerha. Composers’ Prizes 2012 go to Luke Bedford, Zeynep Gedizlioglu and Ulrich Alexander Kreppein ….read more
The Dudok Quartet won the first prize at International String Quartet Concours at Radom (Poland)
The Dudok Quartet won the first prize at International String Quartet Concours at Radom (Poland) with a program of .G. Bacewicz – String Quartet No. 4 and any 20th or 21st century quartet ….read more
Violin Concerto, a piece by composer and conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen, has won the 2012 University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition
Violin Concerto, a piece by composer and conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen, has won the 2012 University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition ….read more
The overall winner of the 2011 IMC Musical Award is Music Play for Life
The overall winner of the 2011 IMC Musical Award is Music Play for Life. In the setting of the 4thIMC World Forum on Music, the International Music Council staged the award-giving ceremony of the IMC Musical Rights Awards on September 27th 2011 ….read more
Henriette Bosmansprijs 2011 went to Nikos Ioakeim for his composition A Road not Taken
Henriette Bosmansprijs 2011 went to Nikos Ioakeim for his composition A Road not Taken. Christian Richter received for his work Unable Tera de Marez Oyens Prize and is intended to write a new composition. Leo Smith Ensemble Ruud van Eeten performed the works. ….read more
Results of the 6th Jurgenson Composers Competition 2011
Results of the 6th Jurgenson Composers Competition 2011 by the jury committee consisting of: Vladimir Tarnopolsky (chairman), Alexander Wustin, Boris Getselev, Igor Dronov, Faraj Karaev, Mark Pekarsky awarded 8 prizes in 3 categories ….read more
Gaudeamus Prize 2011 went to Départ dansé by Yoshiaki Onishi
Gaudeamus Prize 2011 went to Départ dansé by Yoshiaki Onishi, who lives in North America and was performed Friday night 9/11 by the Nieuw Ensemble. Honorable mentions went to Voices and Echo I by Andrew McIntosh, performed on the Wednesday before by Elisabeth Smalt and Vincent Happ and Tracing the Shadows of Broken Time by Wei-Chieh…
Oboist Ivan PODYOMOV wins 2nd prize at ARD Music Competition Munich
Oboist Ivan PODYOMOV: 2nd prize at ARD Music Competition Munich After an exciting finale of highest musical quality the 25-year-old Russian shared the 2nd prize at the ARD Oboe Competition yesterday ? the 1st prize was not awarded ….read more