Toru Takemitsu Composition Award

Born in Guangdong, China in 1994. She is a composer based in the UK. Holding a bachelor's degree from the Royal Northern College of Music and a master's degree from the Royal College of Music and the University of Cambridge, she is currently studying for a Ph.D. at the University of Cambridge. She has worked with ensembles and artists including members of the BBC Singers, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, RCM orchestra, RNCM Brand New Orchestra, The Manchester Contemporary Youth Opera, and Amatis Trio. Her music has been performed at festivals including the New Music North West Festival, Manchester Science Festival, and 8³ New Music & Science. She is the recipient of awards including the III International Competition of Composers “New Music Generation” (2021), the Homerton Composing Competition (2022), and the UK International Music Competition (2023).
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Born in Granada, Spain in 1994. He is 2023 Tanglewood Music Center Composition Fellow and Resident Composer of the Music Youth of Spain 2023/2024. European Capital of Culture 2022 Commissioned, Ink Still Wet Scheme participant 2022, First price at the XXXIII SGAE-CNDM Young Composer Spanish Awards 2022, Second Prize at 3rd International Composers Competition for orchestra “New Music Generation” of Kazakh National University of Arts. His music has been performed by United Instruments of Lucilin (Luxembourg), Tonkünstler Orchestra (Austria), Doelen Ensemble (Netherlands).
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Born in Campobasso, Italy in 1995. He began his studies at the Conservatory of Music of Campobasso at the age of 14 graduated in classical percussion in 2018 and composition in 2023. In the recent years he has been awarded: the first prize in the ‘Ninth International Online Jean Sibelius Fest Composition Competition’ (Turku, Finland - Student Category); the fourth prize in the ‘Maestros Vision Awards International Composition Competition’ (Beijing, China - Young Artist Category); the third prize in the ‘International Composition Competition Carlo Sanvitale’ (Ortona, Italy – no age limits). Since 2020 to date, he has been commissioned to write compositions for chamber ensembles and solo instruments by associations Amici della Musica of Campobasso (Italy), Amici della Musica of Padova (Italy) and as part of the ‘Evan Erickson Music 2023 Call for Scores’(Memphis, USA).

Born in Cava de’ Tirreni, Italy in 1989. He graduated in Clarinet, Wind Orchestra Instrumentation, and Composition with top grades at the Conservatory of Salerno. He studied and attended courses with Giancarlo Turaccio, Tristan Murail, and Helmut Lachenmann. His works are regularly featured in the artistic seasons of the Italian Lyric Ensemble, the Soloists of Salerno Sinfonietta, and the Drexel Concert Band of Philadelphia, which recorded his piece "Iberian Rhapsody." He is also the author of the CD "Metamorfosi in Fuga," published by Ad est dell’equatore, and a musician with various orchestral and chamber formations in Italy and the United States. He teaches Chamber Music at the Conservatory of Vibo Valentia.