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
edit| 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 | |
| 2016 | James O'Callaghan: Among Am A for flute, bass clarinet, violin, cello, piano, and electronics | Nicola Straffelini: Labyrinth Song for piccolo, bass clarinet, violin, cello, percussion, and piano | |
| 2017 | Oren Boneh: Winter Walks That Gravel My Voice for viola and chamber ensemble | Igor Santos: Two Two for chamber ensemble | David Bird: Drop for string octet and strobe lights with electronics |
| 2018 | David Clay Mettens: Without Air for flute, viola, cello, harp, and percussion | Charles Peck: Sunburst for piano quartet | |
| 2019 | Joshua Hey: I am in here for violin and cello | Katherine Balch: Prelude for piano and cello | Selim Goncu: Widerklang for bass clarinet, percussion, piano, violin, and cello |
| 2020 | Zhuosheng Jin: A Piece of Watermelon for soprano and six instrumentalists | Stylianos Dimou: les instances for large ensemble and diffused, synthesized soundso | |
| 2021 | Luis Quintana: Smudges over dripping ink for piano and ensemble | Utku Asuroglu: In Between for chamber ensemble and electronics | Paul Novak: as the light begins to drift for sinfonietta (Honorable Mention) |
References
edit- ^ 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
edit- Salvatore Martirano Memorial Composition Award page at University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
- Salvatore Martirano Memorial Composition Award page at Spineless Books
- Salvatore Martirano Memorial Composition Awardees at University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
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