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
Foundation Destellos announce the results of the Fourth International Competition of Electroacoustic Composition and Visual-music
The Foundation Destellos announce the results of the Fourth International Competition of Electroacoustic Composition and Visual-music The First Prize was given in ex-æquo to : “Magic” by Panayiotis Kokoras (Greece) and “Golden bowls” by David Hindmarch (United Kingdom) ….read more
American string quartet Kronos Quartet and American poet and musician Patti Smith receive Polar Music Prize
The Polar Music Prize was presented today for the 20th year and this year’s Laureates, the American string quartet Kronos Quartet and American poet and musician Patti Smith received prize money to the amount of one million Swedish kronor by his Majesty the King of Sweden at the Stockholm Concert Hall. ….read more
Vittorio Fellegara died
On July, 7 the Italian composer Vittorio Fellegara died. He was born in Milan in 1927. He studied with Luciano Chailly and graduated in composition in 1951 at the Music Conservatory “Giuseppe Verdi” in Milan after completing university courses in mathematics and physics. 1955 to 1956 he attended the “Ferienkurse für neue Musik” in Darmstadt. Secretary of…
Julian Scordato winner of the first edition of the composition competition “Disklavier Plus”
Julian Scordato winner of the first edition of the composition competition “Disklavier Plus” with his work “Axon” (for disklavier and live-electronics, 2011) is selected by by a jury of Christina Viola Oorebeek, Wim de Ruiter, Robert van Heumen, Wouter Snoei en Henk Heuvelmans and will be performed on September 8th in the Museum Speelklok in…
Prize winners CHENGDU CHINA 6th SUN RIVER PRIZE Students New Composition Competition
Prize winners CHENGDU CHINA 6th SUN RIVER PRIZE Students New Composition Competition, Chengdu, PR China, 2010 ….read more
Final Prizes Announced at the conclusion of the 6th Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition! Monash University
Final Prizes Announced at the conclusion of the 6th Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition! Monash University Grand Prize: Amaryllis Quartett, Musica Viva Australia Prize: Kelemen Kvartett ….read more
Musical Life in Germany
Musical Life in Germany, the MIZ has succeeded in presenting a clear and concise compendium of information covering every area of music with 133 publicly funded symphony and chamber orchestras, 83 music theatres, nearly 500 music festivals held on a regular basis, thousands of amateur and semi-professional choruses, orchestras and ensembles and a tight-knit web…