Jul 14, 2012

Rain Reflection among the finalists of Città di Udine Composition (7/14)

My new electroacoustic work Rain Reflection was among the finalists of Città di Udine International Composition Competition 2012. There are 126 entries from 45 countries for the category of electroacoustic music. Only 9 composers are selected as finalists.



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) PresidentBernardino 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:
KajaBjorntvedtNorway
DanielBlinkhornAustralia
Chien-WenChengTaiwan
MaximeCorbeil-PerronCanada
OrestisKaramanlisGreece
RobertNormandeauCanada
Joao PedroOliveiraPortugal
TimothyRoyUSA
BenjaminThigpenFrance

The Finalists for the “chamber instrumental group” section were:
GermánAlonso RodríguezSpain
HelgaArias ParraSpain
ChristopherBestGreat Britain
GregoryCaffreyIreland
GianlucaDesertiItaly
GabrielDharmooCanada
LeonardoDuertoVenezuela
Kelvin King FungNgHong Kong
GianniGiacomazzoItaly
BurtonGoldsteinUSA
MassimoLauricellaItaly
Javier MariaLópez RodríguezSpain
JoanMagrané FigueraSpain
AndreaMatteviItaly
MatthewTommasiniUSA
ThomasWallyAustria

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 age for 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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