2015 – ISCM Young Composer Award (supported by Music on Main) – Nuno Costa
On 2 October 2015, at the final concert on of the ISCM World Music Days in Ljubljana, Slovenia, the winner of the 2015 ISCM Young Composer Award (supported by Music on Main) was announced. It is the aim of the ISCM to promote exposure, research, and performance of contemporary music on an international scale, and…
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On April 1st 2016 at the final concert of the 2016 ISCM World Music Days in Tongyeong, Yejune Synn was announced to win the 2016 ISCM Young Composer Award with Zoetrope for orchestra. The jury expressed its appreciation in the following words:”Zoetrope combines fine orchestration, original musical development and a personal style that is convincing from beginning to end. The work…
Read More2017 – ISCM Young Composer Award (supported by Music on Main) – James O’Callaghan
Immediately following the end of the final concert of the 2017 ISCM World New Music Days at the Vancouver Playhouse on 8 November 2017, Music On Main Artistic Director David Pay and ISCM Executive Committee member Kjartan Ólafsson announced from the stage that Vancouver-born, Montréal-based composer James O’Callaghan (b. 1988) is the winner of the…
Read More2018 – ISCM Young Composer Award (supported by Music on Main) – Michael Seltenreich
ISCM Young Composers Award for his 2010 flute-clarinet-violin-‘cello-piano-percussion sextet Sparks & Flares which was performed by the Ensemble Tempus Loquendi under the direction of Jiao Yang at the Central Conservatory of Music’s Prince Mansion Concert Hall during the 2018 ISCM World New Music Days (WNMD) hosted by the Beijing Modern Music Festival in Beijing, China. This award, which was initiated…
Read More2005 – ISCM-CASH Young Composer Award – Sampo Haapamäki
At the ISCM World New Music Days, which took place in Zagreb, Croatia from 15 to 24 April 2005, the ISCM-CASH Young Composer Award 2005 was awarded to Sampo Haapamäki (Finland, 1979). He received the prize for Signature, a composition performed on April 20 by the Sewdish KammarensembleN, conducted by Ivo Nilsson. The ISCM-CASH Young Composer Award…
Read More2004 – ISCM-CASH Young Composer Award – Leilei Tian
At the end of the ISCM World New Music Days, which took place in several cities in Switzerland from 3 to 12 November 2004, the ISCM- CASH Young Composer Award 2004 was awarded to Leilei Tian (China) for her orchestra work Sâdhana. The ISCM – CASH Young Composer Award consists of a money prize of 10.000…
Read More2019 – ISCM Young Composer Award (supported by Music on Main) – Jug K. Marković
Serbian composer Jug K. Marković (b. December 25, 1987) has been selected as the recipient of the 2019 ISCM Young Composer Award for his 2017 Nirvana for mixed choir which was performed by the Latvian Radio Choir under the direction of Kaspars Ādamsons on May 6, 2019 at Jaani kirik (St. John’s Church) in Tartu, Estonia during…
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