Udine, July 2012

 

TEM - Taukay Edizioni Musicali and Delta Produzioni Associazione Culturale announce the results of the International Composition Competition "Città di Udine" – Ninth Edition (2012).

The International Jury is thus composed:

Michele Biasutti (Italia) President
Bernardino Beggio (Italia)
Javier Torres Maldonado (Mexico)
Özkan Manav (Turkey)
Daniel Kessner (USA)

402 scores and recordings are arrived at our office from 49 countries (126 for “electro-acoustic music” section and 276 for “chamber instrumental group” section).

The Jury made a first selection.

The Finalists for the “electro-acoustic music” section were:

Kaja	Bjorntvedt	Norway
Daniel	Blinkhorn	Australia
Chien-Wen	Cheng	Taiwan
Maxime	Corbeil-Perron	Canada
Orestis	Karamanlis	Greece
Robert	Normandeau	Canada
Joao Pedro	Oliveira	Portugal
Timothy	Roy	USA
Benjamin	Thigpen	France

 

The Finalists for the “chamber instrumental group” section were:

Germán	Alonso Rodríguez	Spain
Helga	Arias Parra	Spain
Christopher	Best	Great Britain
Gregory	Caffrey	Ireland
Gianluca	Deserti	Italy
Gabriel	Dharmoo	Canada
Leonardo	Duerto	Venezuela
Kelvin King Fung	Ng	Hong Kong
Gianni	Giacomazzo	Italy
Burton	Goldstein	USA
Massimo	Lauricella	Italy
Javier Maria	López Rodríguez	Spain
Joan	Magrané Figuera	Spain
Andrea	Mattevi	Italy
Matthew	Tommasini	USA
Thomas	Wally	Austria

 

Between the Finalists the Jury chose:

 

• First Prize for the “instrumental chamber group” section (1000 euros, public performance and realization of a CD of the concert) - Germán Alonso Rodriguez (Spain) with the composition Badass octet.

• First Prize for the “electro-acoustic music” section (1000 euros, public performance and realization of a CD of the concert) - Daniel Blinkhorn (Australia)with the composition frostbYte cHatTer.

 

• Special Prize Piero Pezzé for the “instrumental chamber group” section (500 euros, public performance and realization of a CD of the concert) - Andrea Mattevi (Italy) with the composition Punto-linea e nature morte.

• Special Mention and medal of the Presidente della Repubblica Italiana for the “instrumental chamber group” (public performance and realization of a CD of the concert) - Massimo Lauricella (Italy) with the composition Fiabe, miti e magie.

• Award patronaged by the Ministro della Gioventù della Repubblica Italiana to the best composer less than 30 years of agefor the “instrumental chamber group” (public performance and realization of a CD of the concert) - Joan Magrané Figuera (Spain) with the composition Madrigal (Musik mit Gesualdo).

• Award of the FIDAPA to the best female composer for the “instrumental chamber group” (public performance and realization of a CD of the concert) - Helga Arias Parra (Spain) with the composition Confluencias

• Special Mention and medal of the Senato della Repubblica Italiana for the “electro-acoustic music” section (public performance and realization of a CD of the concert) - Maxime Corbeil-Perron (Canada)with the composition Fragments.

• Special mention and medal of the Camera dei Deputati della Repubblica Italiana for the “electro-acoustic music” section (public performance of the composition) - Orestis Karamanlis (Greece)with the composition Toys.

The eight compositions selected will be performed during the New Music festival “Contemporanea 2012” in October in Udine (Italy).

 

Vittorio Vella
Manager of TEM – Taukay Edizioni Musicali

 

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