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OVERVIEW FINAL JURIES FINALISTS SEMI-FINALISTS American composer, Christopher Theofanidis won the first prize of £25,000 for Masterprize 2003 with his piece, Rainbow Body. Christopher Theofanidis was born in Dallas, Texas in 1967 and currently lives in New York. 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. He 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. Rainbow Body was commissioned by Meet the Composer and the Houston Symphony Orchestra. It is released on Telarc on a CD of the same name, recorded by the Atlanta Symphony under Robert Spano (CD- 8059). Since winning Masterprize 2003, Christopher Theofanidis's piece, Rainbow Body, has become the world's most performed piece for symphony orchestra written by a living composer, with over 30 performances scheduled for 2004 and 5. Click here for full details. Other finalists Highlights of Masterprize 2003 Over 1,000 entries were received from 65 countries. An unprecedented level of support from the musical world (as demonstrated by the partners and level of judges). Mariss Jansons became Artistic Director of Masterprize Over 81,297 music lovers around the globe voted for their preferred piece by post, telephone, text messaging and via the internet. The six finalists heard their works in a performance given by the London Symphony Orchestra at London's Barbican Centre on 30 October 2003 under Daniel Harding. Following the concert they received awards from Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, Tessa Jowell, MP Jurors included Marin Alsop, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Christoph von Dohnanyi, Gidon Kremer, Jon Lord, Emmanuel Pahud, Barry Tuckwell, The Education Programme was expanded country-wide to involve 13 youth orchestras and over 1,000 young musicians performing the Masterprize finalist pieces. OVERVIEW OF MASTERPRIZE 2003 April 2002 Composers of any age and nationality were invited to submit short works for symphony orchestra of between 6 and 15 minutes long. December 2002 Close of registration and submission of scores. Over 1,000 scores from 65 countries were received. January 2003: stage one of judging procedure A panel of international musicians gathered at the Vineyard Hotel in Berkshire to choose the ten semi-finalist pieces. For this the identities of the composers of the submitted pieces were replaced with entry numbers. Each piece was examined by at least four jury members. All the judging was done on an individual basis with no discussion between members of the jury. All ten pieces were then broadcast a number of times on Classic FM. May 2003: stage two of judging procedure A prestigious international panel of 25 jurors including Vladimir Ashkenazy, Marin Alsop, Jerry Goldsmith and Jon Lord chose the six finalist pieces. Again selection was made on a one person, one vote basis. September 2003: Stage three of judging procedure The recordings of the six finalists' pieces were then released as covermount CDs with the October issue of Classic FM Magazine and the November issue of Gramophone - 100,000 copies worldwide. From mid-September to the end of the gala final concert music-lovers all over the world had the chance to vote for their preferred piece. The public was able to vote by post (the CD covermounts carried voting forms), via the Masterprize website (please see voting form for more details), by phone and text messaging. 30 October 2003: Gala Final The Masterprize 2003 competition culminated on the evening of 30th October 2003 at London's Barbican Centre. The London Symphony Orchestra performed the six finalists' pieces under Daniel Harding (click through to biog). At the end of the concert the Final Jury (click through to list of jurors) cast their vote. The audience in the hall and members of the LSO also cast their vote for their preferred work. These votes were combined with that of the global public to come to the overall winner. The winner of Masterprize 2003 received £25,000. BACK TO TOP THE FINAL OF MASTERPRIZE 2003 The Masterprize 2001 Gala Final was broadcast live from London's Barbican Hall from 7.30pm on Classic FM, NPR stations in the US and Radio Latvia on Thursday 30th October 2003. The London Symphony Orchestra under Daniel Harding performed the six exciting finalist pieces in the presence of a celebrity jury and a worldwide audience. At the end of the concert the winner was chosen by combining the vote of the celebrity jury (40% of the overall vote), that of the London Symphony Orchestra (10% of the overall vote), the worldwide public prior to the Gala Concert (45%) and the audience present in the hall on the night (5%). The winner of Masterprize 2003, Christopher Theofanidis, received a cash prize of £25,000. Programme for the evening Thursday 30 October 2003 Conductor: Daniel Harding Leader: Carmine Lauri Presenter: Natalie Wheen The Jury: Peter Alward Christoph von Dohnányi Michael Haefliger Gidon Kremer Emmanuel Pahud Martijn Sanders Barry Tuckwell Programme: Bechara El Khoury (France) Les Fleuves Engloutis (Eternal Rivers) - in five movements Arturs Maskats (Latvia) Tango Anton Plate (Germany) You Must Finish Your Journey Alone Interval (20 minutes) Christopher Theofanidis (USA) Rainbow Body Nicolas Bacri (France) Symphonie No 6 (Opus 60) Robert Henderson (USA) Einstein's Violin Results and Awards Awards ceremony introduced by Sir Clement Freud and presented by Katie Derham The Masterprize was presented by RT Hon Tessa Jowell MP, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport. BACK TO TOP JURIES OF MASTERPRIZE 2003 FIRST STAGE JURY | SECOND STAGE JURY | FINAL JURY FIRST STAGE JURY This jury chose the ten works for the Shortlist. The jury members saw only the scores and recordings as marked with entry numbers; the entrants were not otherwise identified. Each work was examined by four members of the first stage jury. Any work which received a commendation from any one member proceeded to be examined by all members of this jury, and were awarded a number of points by each one. The ten works which received the highest aggregate number of points formed the Shortlist. The ten entrants whose works were selected for the Shortlist were notified by 1 March 2003. Masterprize has not announced the names of entrants who were not selected for the Shortlist. Members of the first stage jury included: B. Tommy Andersson (Sweden): Conductor Prof. Mikhail Bialik (Russia): Musicologist and Critic René Bosc Director of Music, Radio France, Director of New Music and Artistic Director of "Presences" Festival Andrew Cornall (UK):Senior Executive Producer, Decca Mischa Damev (Switzerland): conductor JoAnn Falletta (USA): Music Director Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra and Virginia Symphony Orchestra John Fraser (UK): Executive Producer, EMI Classics Paul Mann (UK): Winner of Donatella Flick competition in 1998 and former Assistant Conductor of the LSO. Mark Mobley (USA): Senior Producer, National Public Radio Robert Moir (USA): Artistic Administrator, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Ryusuke Numajiri (Japan): Principal Conductor, Tokyo Philharmonic Natalie Wheen (UK): Broadcaster BACK TO TOP SECOND STAGE JURY At this stage the selection panel included: the first stage jury Marin Alsop - principal conductor of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Vladimir Ashkenazy - Chief Conductor of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra Rainer Bischof - Secretary General, Wiener Symphoniker Clive Gillinson - Managing Director, London Symphony Orchestra Jerry Goldsmith - Conductor, Composer James Jolly - Editor, Gramophone Magazine Roger Lewis - Managing Director & Programme Controller, Classic FM Jon Lord - Founder Member and Keyboard player from Deep Purple Trygve Nordwall - Executive Director, Tonhalle Orchestra, Zürich Antonio Pappano - Music Director of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Benjamin Roe - Head of Music, NPR Keith Stubbs - CBSO Martyn Westerman - Executive Director, National Symphony of Ireland This Panel examined the Shortlisted works; again, each member awarded points individually. The six works which received the highest aggregate number of points went forward to the Final.   BACK TO TOP FINAL JURY The six finalist works were performed by the London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Daniel Harding, at the Barbican Centre, London on Thursday 30 October 2003, in the presence of a live audience and the Final Jury. Final Jury for Masterprize 2003: Peter Alward Christoph von Dohnányi Michael Haefliger Gidon Kremer Emmanuel Pahud Martijn Sanders Barry Tuckwell BACK TO TOP FINALISTS OF MASTERPRIZE 2003 NICOLAS BACRI BECHARA EL KHOURY ROBERT HENDERSON ARTURS MASKATS ANTON PLATE CHRISTOPHER THEOFANIDIS BACK TO TOP SEMI-FINALISTS OF MASTERPRIZE 2003 NICOLAS BACRI JÖRGEN DAFGÅRD RICHARD DUBUGNON BECHARA EL KHOURY ROBERT HENDERSON ARTURS MASKATS ANTON PLATE PHILIPPE SCHOELLER CHRISTOPHER THEOFANIDIS MICHAEL TORKE BACK TO TOP