Lutosławski Award 2007
The jury of the Lutosławski Award 2007 International Composers Competition Yuki Morimoto, Bernard Rands, Vladimir Tarnopolski, Edward Pałłasz and Zygmunt Krauze (chairman) decided to award the following prizes:
1st Prize ex aequo
- Maki Nakajima (Japan) for 34712 days after (for two pianos)
- Carlo Alessandro Landini (Italy) for Le retour d'Astré for violin and piano
2nd Prize
David Philip Hefti (Switzerland) for Ph(r)asen- string quartet #1
3rd Prize
Seung-Ah Oh (Republic of Korea) for Crossing (for string quartet)
In addition, the jury decided to award three honorary mentions:
- Eduardo Soutullo García (Spain) for Hyss Reloaded (for two pianos)
- Andrea Portera (Italy) for (trans)FORM (for string quartet)
- David Dzubay (USA) for All in Green for soprano and piano
Warsaw, 16.12.2007
The Lutosławski Award International Composers Competition was supported by funds granted by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage and the City of Warsaw.
Lutosławski Award 2006
109 entries were submitted, four of which did not meet the competition's criteria. The jury Zygmunt Krauze (Poland, chairman), Sukhi Kang (South Korea), Magnus Linberg (Finland), Marta Ptaszyńska (USA/Poland), Karmella Tsepkolenko (Ukraine) met in the Society's office between 15 and 17 December.
The winners were:
1st Prize funded by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage:
Thomas GARRIDO (Spain) for the Sonata Et lux perpetua…
2nd Prize funded by the Chester Edition:
CHONG Kee Yong (Malaysia) for "Monodrama II" for oboe and piano
3rd Prize III funded by the Witold Lutosławski Society
awarded ex aequo to:
- Philip NEIL MARTIN (England) for "An Outburst of Time" for string quartet
- Georgio COLOMBO TACCANI (Italy) for "Five Heavy Dances"
Honorary mentions were awarded to:
- Kimmo Petteri KUITUNEN (Finland) for "Three Songs for Soprano and Piano"
- Frank ZABEL (Germany) for "Entrückte Gesänge für Klaviere im Vierteltonsystem"