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1st Prize
Chiayu, a student at Duke University and graduate of the Yale University School of Music and the Curtis Institute of Music, is the recipient of the 1st Prize in this year's competition.
Her composition, Among Gardens, was selected for the top prize by our panel of adjudicators: Brian Hanke (pianist/composer; Founder, music+culture), Erik Nielsen (composer; recipient of the 2002 National Symphony Orchestra composition prize) and Dr. Kanae Matsumoto (pianist; UCLA and Chautauqua Institution).
To read more about Chiayu, click here.
Rufat Khalilov
2nd Prize and Founder's Prize
Azerbaijani composer Rufat Khalilov was awarded our 2nd Prize for his Sonatina for solo piano.
Mr. Khalilov studied composition, polyphony and orchestration with Ismail Hajibeyov, Arif Melikov and Faraj Karayev at the Baku Academy of Music. He has also studied composition with Dieter Mack at the Musikhochschule Lübeck, on a grant from the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst.
Markus Lehmann-Horn
3rd Prize
German composer Markus Lehmann-Horn is the recipient of our 3rd Prize for his piano work Toccata...
Mr. Lehmann-Horn is active as a composer, sound designer, commercial ad producer (radio, TV, cinema) and music producer for the recording industry. He studied composition for TV and cinema at the University of Music and Performing Arts, Munich, and has worked for Soundhouse and ProEmotion recording studios.