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Masterprize
Tel: +44 (0)20 7233 0111 Masterprize site designed by Room101 Ltd |
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Andrew March won Masterprize 1998 with Marine - à travers les arbres
Masterprize was successfully presented for the first time in 1998. A truly global initiative, Masterprize was acclaimed by the music community, media and general public for its contribution to the debate about the future of new music.
Highlights:
- Over 1,300 entries from 60 countries
- Far-reaching international media coverage - the subject went beyond the arts pages - "acres of newsprint" (Sunday Times)
- Participation of around 40 independent radio networks across Europe, the US, the Far East, Asia and Russia - approximately 250 separate broadcasts reaching 150 million people worldwide (almost certainly the largest audience for new classical music in history)
- A very wide audience of music lovers were attracted, without alienating the establishment: over 35,000 music lovers worldwide chose to vote for their favourite composition
- Fifteen semi-finalist works were recorded by BBC Orchestras and broadcast by the BBC and a network of international broadcasters
- All six finalists had their works recorded by the London Symphony Orchestra (conducted by Daniel Harding) and distributed worldwide as a covermount with BBC Music Magazine; EMI re-released this LSO recording in September 1998 as part of their Debut Series
- The six finalists, from all corners of the globe, heard their works in a world premiere performance given by the London Symphony Orchestra at the Barbican on 7 April 1998; awards were presented by Cherie Blair
- Jurors included Mstislav Rostropovich, Kent Nagano, Andrew Davis, Riccardo Muti, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Michael Berkeley, Thomas Hampson, Michael Kamen and Sir George Martin.
Masterprize has shown that it is possible to get repeat performances of new works: since the final, the winning work, Marine - à travers les arbres by Andrew March, has been performed 11 times, including a televised performance at the BBC Proms. The other finalists, Victoria Borisova-Ollas, Daniele Gasparini, Stephen Hartke, Carl Vine and Zhou Long have also received additional performances and in some cases additional new commissions (for details click on the Semi-finalists and Finalists links above).
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OVERVIEW of masterprize 1998
1300 entries were received from over 60 countries. These were stored in the vaults of Coutts Bank.
The Reading
August 1997: an international panel faced the task of reading over one thousand scores in four days.
The Judging
A shortlist of fifteen works were recorded by the BBC Orchestras, and broadcast during the Autumn of 1997 on BBC Radio 3 and throughout the world.
A prestigious international panel chose six finalists from the fifteen shortlisted works.
Recording
The six finalist works were recorded by the LSO under Daniel Harding at Abbey Road Studios.
The Voting
The LSO recording was released as a covermount CD in the March 1998 issue of BBC Music Magazine (200,000 copies worldwide), which included a voting form. Shortly before the Final, a worldwide public vote was conducted by a combination of post, internet and telephone. The result was kept secret.
The Final
The six finalist works were performed at the Barbican by the London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Daniel Harding, in the presence of the Final Jury. The results of the worldwide public vote were combined with the vote of the Final Jury on the night, to decide the overall winner, Andrew March.
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JURIES for masterprize 1998
First stage jury:
An international jury gathered in London to examine all the entries and select 15 works for the shortlist:
Stefan Asbury (UK): Conductor; Fellowship at Tanglewood
Richard Bernas (US): Conductor
Mischa Damev (Switzerland): Conductor; 1st Guest Conductor for Moscow Radio Orchestra; Artistic Director, Orpheum Festival; former Assistant Conductor to Mariss Jansons
Anthony Girard (France): Composer; Director of Conservatoire Nationale de Region, Rouen
Andrei Golovine (Russia): Composer
Colin Matthews (UK): Composer; Associate Composer, LSO
Steen Pade (Denmark): Composer; Director, Royal Danish Academy of Music
Joel Sachs (USA): Pianist; Conductor of Continuum and New Juilliard Ensemble; Artistic Director of Focus Festival (Juilliard School) and Summergarden Festival (Museum of Modern Art, New York)
Phillip Tagney (UK): BBC Producer, New Music
Professor Wu (China): Composer; former chair of composition at Central Conservatoire, Beijing
Jean Francois Zygel (France): Composer; pianist; Professor of Harmony at the Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique de Lyon; Artistic Director of the Phoenix Ensemble
Second stage jury:
Based on BBC recordings, this extended panel of some 40 members comprised three groups, each with 33% voting power:
- members of the first stage jury
- appropriately qualified nominees of participating classical radio stations
- A group of internationally celebrated musicians: Kent Nagano, Andrew Davis, Riccardo Muti and Mstislav Rostropovich
Each panellist was sent a BBC recording and copies of the score. As a result of this ballot, a shortlist of six works was selected.
Final Jury:
The finalist works were recorded by the London Symphony Orchestra and a CD was released with the March 1998 issue of BBC Music Magazine. Shortly before the Final, a worldwide public vote was conducted, by a combination of post, internet and telephone. The result was kept secret.
The celebrity jury convened at the Final concert in April 1998 where the six finalist works were performed by the LSO, conducted by Daniel Harding. The results of the worldwide public vote were combined with the vote of the Jury on the night, to decide the overall winner.
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FINALISTS of masterprize 1998
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Andrew
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Victoria
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SEMI-FINALISTS of masterprize 1998
The following composers were also shortlisted for Masterprize 1998, making a total of fifteen works:
John Luther Adams (USA)
Stephen Gibson (UK)
Naji Hakim (France)
Gerald Levinson (USA)
John Peterson (Australia)
Gennady Saveljiev (Russia)
James Russell Smith (USA)
Mark Stambaugh (USA)
Oliver Troetschel (Germany)
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