Toru Takemitsu Composition Award

Born in Norfolk, UK in 1991. He is a graduate from Trinity College, Cambridge whose music has been performed across the UK and internationally by amateur and professional groups alike. Success in competitions has led to a variety of performance of his music by ensembles such as the Orchestra of Opera North, St Paul's Cathedral Choir, the Berkeley Ensemble, the Psappha ensemble and the Ligeti Quartet. In 2017, his 45-minute cantata, The Temptations of Christ, was premiered by Illuminare choir and soloists conducted by Christopher Stark. This particular piece has been nominated in the choral category of the 2017 BASCA British Composer Awards.
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Born in Kassel, Germany in 1989. He has been an active musician since his 16 years of age and a autodidact composer since 2013. He won many prizes, most recently the international "Indonesia Orchestra and Ensemble Prize" for his first orchestral piece "Aku Mau Hidup Seibu Tahun Lagi". He received piano lessons from Uwe Volkmer, guitar and composition lessons with Jürgen Fromm. He also participated in various composing courses, held by composer Prof. Brice Pauset, Prof. Diego Feinstein and Cornelius Schwehr.In February 2017 the musical theater "Hans im Glück", based on the fragment of Bertolt Brecht, was premiered at the Klosterbühne Wennigsen. In March 2017, he received a composition commission for a double wind quintet from the NAFA (Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts) in Singapore, which will be premiered in the summer 2018. In April 2017, he was selected for the internationally renowned "Swatch Art Peace Hotel" artist residency, which includes a six-month stay in Shanghai.
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Born in Jilin, China in 1988. He is an accomplished composer who has gained extensive recognition for his work through success in several international competitions and music festivals. He is currently pursuing his D.M.A. in the University of Missouri-Kansas City in the U.S.A. In 2017 he was appointed a member of the Executive Board of the China Traditional Instrumental Orchestra Music Society in Beijing. ‘Wen Hua' Gold prize 2011 by ministry of culture of the people's republic of China; Prizes include: the Paul Hindemith Prize 2012; First prize at the ‘Con Tempo' international composition competition 2012; First prize at the 2017 Dr. Gerald Kemner Orchestra Composition Competition; Excellent Composition Award of 2017 Music From China International Composition Prize. His score "Mondlicht-Stadtmaur-Prosadichtung" chamber music for eleven instruments was published by Sikorski Music Publishers, Germany.

Born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 1987. He is composer and pianist. He grew up in the United States, and has also lived in France and Ukraine. His musical training and liberal arts education have taken him to Kiev, Paris, New York, Chicago, and Toronto. Holding a B.A. in Classics from Columbia University and M.A. in Comparative Literature from the University of Chicago, he is currently pursuing a D.M.A. in Composition at the University of Toronto. His path has always been interdisciplinary, and, as a composer, he is drawn to opera as the most intricately cross-disciplinary art-form. In his own projects, he unites different artistic disciplines as well as different cultural traditions, informed by his interest in Chinese music and theater.