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Masterprize
Tel: +44 (0)20 7233 0111 Masterprize site designed by Room101 Ltd |
| PRESS RELEASE | 6th February 2003 |
internationally acclaimed composers among top ten
Following a week of intensive judging at a venue outside London, an international panel of twelve jury members consisting of conductors, orchestral managers and record producers, chose the 10 semi-finalist pieces for Masterprize. The ten semi-finalist pieces were selected from over 1000 scores from 65 countries. Identities of the entrants were not disclosed and there was no discussion between jury members. The short-listed pieces were chosen by combining the marks awarded by each individual jury member. The ten pieces with the highest total of marks proceeded to the semi-finalist stage.
Americans, Robert Henderson (with Einstein's Violin, a commission from the Utah Arts Festival and recorded by Utah Symphony), Christopher Theofanidis (whose Rainbow Body, a commission by Meet the Composer and Houston Symphony, will be released by TELARC Records on May 27th 2003) and Michael Torke (whose Jasper, performed by the RSNO under Marin Alsop was recently released on NAXOS) made the shortlist stage.
Nicolas Bacri (whose Symphonie No. 6 opus 60 was performed by the Orchestre National de France under Leonard Slatkin), Richard Dubugnon (the youngest contender for this year's Masterprize at 35 years of age, with Five Symphonic Images, a commission from Radio France for their Alla Breve broadcasts), Bechara El Khoury (with Les Fleuves Engloutis, performed by the Orchestre National de France) and Philippe Schoeller (whose Totems, pour orchestre was also performed by the Orchestre National de France under Pascal Rophé) make up the French contingent of the semi-finalists. Swedish
Jörgen Dafgård (with Veils which was performed by the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra and broadcast by Swedish Radio), Arturs Maskats from Latvia (whose Tango was performed and recorded by Latvian National Symphony in October last year), and Anton Plate from Germany (with You Must Finish Your Journey Alone which appears on EMI Classics 'Who is Afraid of 20th Century Music?' - a recording by Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg under Ingo Metzmacher) complete the list of ten.
The next stage...
The six remaining semi-finalist pieces can be heard on Classic FM's 'Tonight at Eleven' with Natalie Wheen from 3rd March and all ten works will be broadcast again in April and May 2003. Soundbites of the pieces can also be heard on www.masterprize.com
Masterprize - The Facts:
Our mission:
is to encourage classical music lovers to listen more to new music, and to help living composers find a large international audience.
Schedule:
- June 2003: Five finalists will be chosen.
- mid-September 2003: Finalist works will be distributed as a covermount CD with the October issue of Gramophone and Classic FM Magazine accompanied by further international broadcasts. Five finalists streamed in full on www.masterprize.com
- September 2003: Worldwide public voting via the magazines, internet and phone commences.
- 30th October 2003: Culmination of Masterprize 2003 with a Gala Final at London's Barbican Centre, London. Here the London Symphony Orchestra, under Daniel Harding will perform the five finalist pieces. The world-wide public vote plus a vote from the audience in the Hall on the night will be combined with that of a prestigious international jury to determine the overall winner. The winner will receive a cash prize of £25,000.
Specifications:
- Competition for the composition of works for symphony orchestra
- No age or geographical limit
- For works with a duration of 6 - 15 minutes
- Submitted works are ineligible if they have been entered into a previous Masterprize or if the premiere has taken place before 31st December 1997
- Please click here to view rules and regulations
Voting:
- 5 finalist pieces will be chosen by an international panel of jurors to include the initial stage jury, nominees from the participating international radio stations and a number of internationally acclaimed musicians (for the first and second Masterprize competitions these included Mstislav Rostropovich, Riccardo Muti, Kent Nagano, Andrew Davis, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Thomas Hampson and Vladimir Fedoseyev).
- On the night of gala final the winner is chosen and the votes will be weighted as follows:
- Worldwide public vote 45% - Gala audience: 5% - Final Jury: 40% - Members of the London Symphony Orchestra: 10%
Our partners:
The partners for Masterprize 2003 are Classic FM, EMI Classics, Gramophone, the London Symphony Orchestra and National Public Radio.
Mariss Jansons is the Artistic Adviser of Masterprize and takes primary responsibility for overseeing the judging procedure and jury selection.
Madeleine Milne
Tel: +44 (0)20 8727 2370 Fax: +44 (0)20 8727 2372
email:info@masterprize.com
www.masterprize.com