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Masterprize
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Nationality French D.O.B. 23 November 1961 Title of piece Symphonie no. 6 Opus 60
Publisher Salabert Symphonie No. 6 was performed by Orchestre National de France under Leonard
Slatkin in Nov 1998.
NICOLAS BACRI
After studying music analysis and composition with Françoise Gangloff-Levéchin, Christian Manen and Louis Saguer (from 1979), Nicolas Bacri entered the Paris Conservatoire (graduated 1983, first prize for composition), where his teachers were Claude Ballif, Marius Constant, Serge Nigg and Michel Philippot.
During a two-year residency at the Académie de France in Rome (1983-85) he met Scelsi, who had a great spiritual influence on him.
From 1987 he was at the head of the chamber music department of Radio-France, a position he relinquished in 1991 to devote himself entirely to composition. He had also held residencies at the Casa de Velasquez (Spain) and with a number of French orchestras (from 1993).
His early works, which culminate with the First Symphony (1983-4, dedicated to Elliott Carter), are rooted in a constructivist post-Webernian aesthetic. Later compositions, beginning with the Cello Concerto (1985/87, dedicated to Henri Dutilleux), draw on the melodic continuity displaced by the predominant aesthetic of the postwar period. This change of style has placed Bacri in the musical aesthetic of his time, where a spirit of reconciliation prevails.
His honours include the grand prize of l'Académie du disque 1993, and several awards from SACEM the French society of performing rights and the Académie des Beaux-Arts.
Nicolas Bacri's works have been performed by the best French soloists, orchestras and ensembles such as the Orchestre National de France, the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio-France, the Ensemble Orchestral de Paris, the Maîtrise de Radio-France, Pages et les Chantres de la Chapelle Royale de Versailles and the Ensemble Accentus.
His works have also been performed by leading internationally acclaimed foreign performers such as Pierre Bartholomée, Martyn Brabbins, Peter Bruns, Semyon Byshkov, Akiko Ebi, Richard Hickox, Vassili Lobanov, John Poole, Diemut Poppen, Leonard Slatkin, Pieter Wispelwey, the Lindsay Quartet, Vilnius Quartet, Asko Ensemble (Amsterdam), Liège Philharmonic Orchestra, W.D.R. Köln Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra (London), Riverside Symphony Orchestra (New-York), Tapiola Sinfonietta (Helsinki) and BBC Singers (London).
Nationality French D.O.B. 18 March 1957 Title of piece Les Fleuves Engloutis (Eternal Rivers) Publisher Editions Max Eschig, Paris Les Fleuves Engloutis was commissioned by Radio France in 2001 and recorded for broadcast by the Orchestre National de France.
BECHARA EL KHOURY
In five movements
Brouillard (Fog)
Chant du Silence (Song of Silence)
Alerte (Alert)
Lutte (Struggle)
Chant des Fleuves (Song of the Rivers)
A French-Lebanese composer and poet, Bechara El-Khoury was born on 18 March 1957 in Beirut.
His artistic debut occurred very early on but it was not until 1969 that he started serious music studies in Beirut under the direction of Agop Arslanian while continuing advanced general studies. Since that time, he has devoted himself to composing for piano, choir and orchestra. Between 1973 and 1976, he was Kapellmeister at the Church of Saint Elias in Antelias near Beirut.
Since 1979 Bechara El-Khoury has been based in Paris where he first took advanced lessons in composition with Pierre-Petit and since 1980 has been a jury member for exams at the Ecole Normale Supérieure de Musique de Paris. In 2000 Bechara El-Khoury received the Prix Rossini of the Académie des Beaux-Arts (Institut de France) and in 2002 was appointed Knight of the National Order of the Cedar of Lebanon.
His catalogue includes some seventy works that have been performed in various venues such as the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Salle Pleyel, Théâtre du Châtelet, Radio France, Salle Cortot, Kiev Philharmonia, Cairo Opera House, Noga Theatre of Tel-Aviv, Israeli Radio-Television and many more by orchestras such as the Orchestre National de France, the Moscow Philharmonic, the Ukraine National Symphony, the Orchestre Symphonique Français, and the Orchestre Colonne (Paris).
Some of El-Khoury's works have been commissioned by Radio France, Musique Nouvelle en Liberté, the Orchestre Symphonique Français, the Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris, Francophonie, and Shlomo Mintz Masterclasses to name just a few.
Forthcoming concerts include his violin and piano concertos, symphonies and symphonic poems, mainly in New York, Paris, Tel-Aviv, Kiev and Moscow.
His symphonic music has first been recorded by Erato in 1983 and by Forlane in 1996.
In 2002, Naxos released a CD entirely devoted to his symphonic music with the Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra conducted by Vladimir Sirenko.
"A powerfully committed new voice, this is a composer to be reckoned with" Gramophone (February 2003) Ivan March
http://www.durand-salabert-eschig.com
Nationality USA D.O.B. 13 May 1948 Title of piece Einstein's Violin Einstein's Violin was commissioned by the Utah Arts Festival and performed by the Utah Symphony in June 1998.
ROBERT HENDERSON
Robert Henderson has built a career that encompasses a diverse range of musical pursuits as a conductor, composer and instrumentalist in a variety of venues including symphony, opera, ballet, film, television and popular music.
Born in Los Angeles in 1948, Mr. Henderson began violin studies at age three with his father. As a teenager he studied piano and horn, as well as conducting. He began his studies in composition and music theory at age 14 with Donal Michalsky. While attending the University of Southern California, Henderson continued private studies in both composition and conducting with Ingolf Dahl. He served as Associate Conductor of both the Idyllwild Music Festival Orchestra and the Young Musicians Foundation Debut Orchestra.
Mr. Henderson wrote numerous solo, chamber and symphonic works during his teens. At the age of 15 he received the Young Musician's Foundation Composer's Award for his Orchestral Variations. which was subsequently premiered by Michael Tilson Thomas and the YMF Debut Orchestra. Two years later, Henderson received the BMI Student Composer Award for three works including Variation Movements for Solo Trumpet. Recognised as a modern day trumpet classic, Variation Movements was featured at the 1976 International Brass Convention in Zurich and the 1986 Munich Instrumental Competition. Frequently performed by the world's top trumpet soloists, it is currently in it's fourth recording.
Einstein's Violin, commissioned by the Utah Arts Festival, was premiered in 1998 by the Utah Symphony and has enjoyed performances by the Utah Symphony and the Orquesta Sinfonica de Chile. Other pieces of note include Fanfare for Eight Horns written for the Los Angeles Horn Club, Fanfare (1967), recorded by the brass section of Los Angeles Philharmonic, and Capriccio, a chamber work performed at the International Contemporary Music Festival in Los Angeles as well as numerous times in the United States, Europe and, most recently, at the 5th International Contemporary Music Festival of South America. Invention, composed for the Los Angeles Percussion Quartet, was performed for over 70 elementary school- aged audiences during 1980's to demonstrate the variety of musical sounds produced by a symphony percussion section. Another work for full orchestra, Momentum, was premiered by the Utah Symphony in 1982 . A Tangoed Web, for small ensemble, was premiered in 2001 at the Nova Chamber Series in Salt Lake City.
In 1979 Mr. Henderson left Los Angeles to become the associate conductor of the Utah Symphony. In 1981 he was appointed Music Director of the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra. He has conducted the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Houston Symphony, the Orquesta Sinfonica de Chile, the Iceland Symphony as well as over 35 orchestras throughout the US.
Henderson's career as a professional horn player began as a teenager, recording with Igor Stravinsky on Columbia Records. He was much in demand by the Hollywood recording studios performing the sound tracks to over 3000 motion pictures and television episodes. He also performed with the Los Angeles and London Philharmonics, San Francisco Opera, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra and Pasadena Symphony. During this same time, Mr. Henderson conducted several ensembles in Los Angeles, recording 14 albums for the Ford Foundation as well as serving as the Conductor of Orchestras at Pomona College.
Nationality Latvian D.O.B. 20 December 1957 Title of piece Tango Publisher Musica Baltica Tango was premiered by the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra in September 2002.
ARTURS MASKATS
Arturs Maskats was born in 1957 in Valmiera, Latvia. He started his music studies at the age of six and studied piano at the children's music school in Valmiera. In 1977 he enrolled at the Jazeps Vitols Latvian State Conservatoire where he studied composition with Professor Utkins.
In 1982 Maskats started work at the Riga's Dailes Theatre as Musical Director and composer in residence where he remained until 1997. From 1993 - 1996 he was appointed as Chairman of the Latvian Composers' Union and since 1996 has held the position of Artistic Director to the Latvian National Opera. In 2002 he was appointed professor of composition at the Jazeps Vitols Academy of Music.
He has been awarded the Latvian Grand Music Award three times, in 1996, 2001 and 2002. His work to date includes over 30 chorus works, 10 orchestral works, music for cinema as well as music for over 90 theatre productions.
Arturs Maskats' works have been performed by ensembles such as Kremerata Baltica and the Riga Chamber Players at numerous prestigious international venues and festivals including St John's Smith Square in London and the Lockenhaus Festival in Austria as well as Italy and the USA.
A CD of Arturs Maskats' music was released by the Swedish label BIS in 2002.
Nationality German D.O.B. 4 January 1950 Title of piece You Must Finish Your Journey Alone Publisher Eichen Musikverlag You Must Finish Your Journey Alone was released on EMI Classic's 'Who is Afraid of 20th Century Music' having been recorded by Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg under Ingo Metzmacher
ANTON PLATE
Anton Plate was born 1950 in Hildesheim, Germany. He received his teaching credentials in music pedagogy and studied music theory and composition. In 1976 he was given a scholarship to work at the Villa Massimo, Italy. Since 1982 Anton Plate teaches as Professor for music theory at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Hannover, Germany.
http://www.eichen-musikverlag.de
Nationality American D.O.B. 18 December 1967 Title of piece Rainbow Body
Rainbow Body was commissioned by Meet the Composer and the Houston Symphony. It was recorded and performed by the Atlanta Symphony. Rainbow Body is released on Telarc Records CD-80596
CHRISTOPHER THEOFANIDIS
Christopher Theofanidis was born in Dallas, Texas in 1967. His studies have included a DMA and MMA from Yale University, an MM from the Eastman School of Music and a BM from the University of Houston.
Mr. Theofanidis has held the positions of composer-in-residence for the California Symphony and the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival. He is also on the faculties of the Peabody Conservatory at Johns Hopkins' University and the Juilliard School in New York City.
His compositions have won numerous awards, including the Prix de Rome, a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Barlow Prize, a Charles Ives Fellowship from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the Columbia-Bearns Prize, a Fulbright Fellowship to France, and six ASCAP Morton Gould Prizes.
His music has been performed by several orchestras, including the Atlanta, Houston, National, Brooklyn, Monte-Carlo, Oregon, Madison, Fort Worth Symphony Orchestras and the Oslo Philharmonic. He has also been performed by chamber music ensembles including the Moscow Soloists, Speculum Musicae, the Absolute Ensemble, and SONYC as well as the Cassatt, Alexander, Muir, Henschel and Cuartetto Latinoamericano String Quartets.
Current projects include a viola concerto for Kim Kashkashian and the Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra, a ballet for the American Ballet Theatre, and an opera for the Moores School of Music.
Since winning Masterprize, Rainbow Body has become the world's most performed work for symphony orchestra written by a living composer with over 30 performances in 2004/5. For details click here.