The jury of the Gaudeamus Muziekweek 2-9 September 2012 has nominated thirteen compositions for the Gaudeamus Prize 2012
The jury of the Gaudeamus Muziekweek 2-9 September 2012, consisting of Martijn Padding (The Netherlands), Annie Gosfield (USA), and Christopher Butterfield (Canada), has nominated thirteen compositions for the Gaudeamus Prize 2012. These compositions, selected from almost 300 entries, will be performed in the International Gaudeamus Muziekweek (Music Week) which will take place from Sunday, September…
Young Composers Meeting 2012: Gijs van der Heijden, Yu Oda and Lauri Supponen receive commissions
The Young Composers Meeting besides Gijs van der Heijden also Yu Oda received a commission for het Nationaal Jeugd Orkest and Lauri Supponen for a solo- piece foor the Int. Masterclass Apeldoorn ….read more
10th International Piano Competition of Orléans 2012
The 10th International Piano Competition of Orléans took place from February 23 to March 5, 2012 in Orléans and Paris where Christopher GUZMAN (USA) with four and Andrew ZHOU with three prizes were two of the winners ….read more
2012/04/01 – ECPNM fifth European competition
The ECPNM European Conference of Promoters of New Music hosts the fifth European competition for proposals of composition and interpretation of live-electronic music projects that demonstrate in an innovative way new possibilities for the combination of instruments and live-electronics as well as innovative use of live-electronics with the composer as a performer. 2nd Category is…
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
Sofia Gubaidulina elected as Honorary Member
In the General Assembly of the ISCM in Zagreb in April 2011, the Russian composer Sofia Gubaidulina was unanimously elected as Honorary Member.Sofia Gubaidulina was born in Chistopol in the Tatar Republic on 24 October 1931. She studied the piano (with Grigory Kogan) and composition, and graduated from the Kazan Conservatory in 1954. Until 1959…
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