The Alvarez Chamber Orchestra Free Style Composition Competition 2010
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Following the success of the the 2009 competition
Plucked from Nowhere, the Álvarez Chamber Orchestra (Á |
The Á Torsten
Philipp Herrmann for Pivot, the opening of which is heard
here.
Torsten was born in Jülich, Germany in 1981. He studied composition with composers of international stature such as York Höller and Frédérick Durieux and amongst his previous awards include scholarships to the International Summer Course in Darmstadt, and the first prize in Jugend Komponiert in NRW. Whilst continuing to pursue studies in composition, from 2005 he has been composing electronic music under the guidance of Wolfgang Heiniger at the Hans Eisler Conservatory as well as mathematics and philosophy at Humbolt University. |
A professional copy of Sibelius 6 donated by Avid was awarded to Stephen Yip for Ink. Color.
Jury member, Edwin Roxborough, formerly professor at the Royal College of Music, winner of many awards including the Cobbett medal for services to music, now teaching at Birmingham Conservatoire, wrote of the work:
A highly imaginative and well-crafted score, full of textural brilliance and intensity. Excellent presentation.
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Stephen Yip was born in Hong Kong and now lives in the U.S.A. Yip's music has been performed frequently on the international stage, including the United States, Canada, Costa Rica, Israel, Austria, Czech Republic, Luxembourg, Korea and China. Amongst his numerous awards include the Haifa International Composition Prize and the First International EPICMUSIC Composition Prize, Italy. |
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The adjudicators met |
The jury of the 2010 Freestyle composition competition panel (right to left): Edwin Roxborough and Giles Swayne (quoted above), Simon Campion, music publisher, associate advisor to the ACO, orchestra, Geoffrey Álvarez, prize winning finalist in the 2006 Tansman Composition Competition in Lodz Poland and Paul Patterson, recently awarded the highest Polish award, the Gold Medal, composer-in-residence with the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain and Manson Professor of Composition at the Royal Academy of Music. |
The competition was administered by Trevor Huntley, treasurer of
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Geoffrey Álvarez http://freespace.virgin.net/geoffrey.alvarez/alvarezorchestra.htm |