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
ISCM WMD 2014 Call for Works
Deadline for the ISCM World Music Days 2014 was June 30, 2012. ISCM Polish Section is organizing The ISCM World Music Days in Wroclaw from 3rd to 12th of October, 2014. The Call for Scores had 22 categories in which multimedia and electronics are possible. ….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
José Javier Torres Maldonado wins 5th Brandenburg Biennial Composition Award
The jury of the 5th Brandenburg Biennial on Tuesday 19th of June at 7 p.m. assigned the Komponistenpreis award to Ms Ying Wang (Shanghai/Cologne) and the “da capo” prize to Mr José Javier Torres Maldonado (Mexico/Italy). ….read more
Toru Takemitsu Award 2012 won by Federico Gardella and Ioannis Angelakis
Toru Takemitsu Composition Award 2012 1st Prize Federico Gardella (Italy) Mano d’erba, per orchestra and Ioannis Angelakis (Greece) une œuvre pour l’écho des rêves (II), pour orchestre and 2 3rd Prizes Masato Kimura (Japan) I do hope to sleep in the silent universe and Shiori Usui (Japan) WARAI ….read more
RESULTS of the 2012 International Rostrum of Composers
RESULTS of the 2012 International Rostrum of Composers: Tierra Viva (2009) for piano and tape by Argentinean composer Pedro OCHOA (born 1968) and Attempt at Screaming (2011), for ensemble by young Bulgarian composer Peter KERKELOV (born 1984) are the works selected by radio music producers participating in the 59th International Rostrum of Composers (IRC) held…
Japanese composer Sakai Kenji has won the the Queen Elisabeth International Grand Prize for Composition 2011
Japanese composer Sakai Kenji has won the the Queen Elisabeth International Grand Prize for Composition 2011. His Concerto pour violon et orchestre will be performed at the Brussels Centre for Fine Arts (Palais des Beaux-Arts) by the 12 finalists of the 2012 violin competition and the National Orchestra of Belgium, dir. Gilbert Varga, from 21…
New Forum Jeune Création competition winners announced
The New Forum Jeune Création competition organised by Grame and Champ d’Action and mosaik ensembles, partnered with the Ensemble Orchestral Contemporain and Gmem announce the winners are: Aurelio Edler-Copes – Brazil/Italy (mosaik), Eduardo Moguillansky – Argentina/ (mosaik), Hikari Kiyama – Japan/Belgium (Champ d’Action), Johannes Kreidler – Germany (Champ d’Action), Aurélien Dumont – France (Ensemble Orchestral…
7th Concours Dutilleux (France) won by Samuel Andreyev (Canada)
7th Concours Dutilleux (France) won by Samuel Andreyev (Canada) with “Night Divisionfor piano, flûte alto, cor anglais, clarinette (clarinette basse), trombone, percussions, contrebasse….read more
Thomas Ama wins Christoph Delz Foundations’ 5th Competition for Composers 2012
Finalists: Thomas Amann (Austria), David Brynjar Franzson (Iceland / USA) and Martin Iddon (Great Britain) The prizewinning work, Les jeux / Les Poupées, will be premiered within the program of the LUCERNE FESTIVAL on 9 September 2012 by the basel sinfonietta under the baton of Peter Eötvös. ….read more