Salvatore Martirano Memorial Composition Award
The Salvatore Martirano Memorial Composition Award is an international composers' competition held annually in memory of Salvatore Martirano (1927-1995),[1] who was an internationally acclaimed American composer and served as professor of composition at the University of Illinois from 1963 to 1995.[2] The first place prize consists of US$1,000 and a performance by the Illinois Modern Ensemble at the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts.
Awards
| Year | First Prize | Second Prize | Other Honors |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Jason Eckardt: Echoes' White Veil | ||
| 1998 | Karim Al-Zand: String Quartet | ||
| 1999 | Keith Moore: A Vagrant on Every Floor Craig Walsh: 0 to 33 in 1045.5 |
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| 2000 | Sophia Serghi: Sizzle | ||
| 2001 | Orlando Jacinto Garcia: Paisaje del Sonido II | ||
| 2002 | Yumiko Juvigny: Out of Dark Lair | ||
| 2003 | Edward Top: String Quartet | ||
| 2004 | Robert Yamasato: Scherzo | ||
| 2005 | Steven Rice: Murmurs from Limbo | ||
| 2006 | Douglas Boyce: 102nd & Amsterdam | Jorge García del Valle Méndez: Seok Yang Jong[3] | Calogero Panvino: Sonata 101 (Honorable Mention) Nicholas Paul Vines: Dolmen for a New Albion (Honorable Mention) |
| 2007 | Takeo Hoshiya: Instability Principle | So Jeong Ahn: Ssa-reng, ui... | Christopher Arrell: Argot (Honorable Mention) |
| 2008 | Abel Paúl: fragmentos del vértigo | Sungji Hong: Shades of Raindrops | Carl Bettendorf: Inner Life (Third Prize) |
| 2009 | Michael Klingbeil: Tear of the Clouds | Vladimir Rannev: Variations on an Impulse | Christopher Bailey: Walking down the Hillside... (Honorable Mention) Geoff Knorr: Of Consonance and Contention (Honorable Mention) |
| 2011 | Louis Aguirre: Ochosi for string quartet | Marcin Stanczyk: Nibiru | Julien-Robert Legault Salvail: Chute libre (Third Prize) |
| 2012 | Michael Seltenreich: Sparks and Flares | Stephen Yip: Dark Side of the Shadow | |
| 2013 | Luís Antunes Pena: Im Rauschen Rot for double bass, percussion quartet, and electronics |
Daniel Moreira: The King from Papatua | Alexander Khubeev: Sounds from the Dark Time (Third Prize) |
| 2014 | Nina C. Young: Traced Upon Cinders for 13 musicians | Aurélio Edler-Copes: Encore Seule | David Coll: Act (Third Prize) |
| 2015 | Matthew Ricketts: Flat Line for 15 players | Anthony Vine: For Agnes Martin |
References
- ↑ Musical America. East Windsor, New Jersey: Commonwealth Business Media, 2006
- ↑ Chase G: America's Music, from the Pilgrims to the Present. McGraw-Hill, page 620, 1966
- ↑ Gasco JI: "Con la música a otra parte", La Rioja, November 16, 2006
External links
- Salvatore Martirano Memorial Composition Award page at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Salvatore Martirano Memorial Composition Award page at Spineless Books
- Salvatore Martirano page
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