Nominees for the Gaudeamus Prize 2009

The jury of the International Gaudeamus Music Week 2009, consisting of Huba de Graaff (The Netherlands), Akira Nishimura (Japan), and Julia Wolfe (USA), has nominated fifteen compositions for the Gaudeamus Prize 2009.

These compositions, selected from 366 entries, will be performed in the International Gaudeamus Music Week, in Amsterdam from September 7 to 13, 2009.
At the conclusion of the Gaudeamus Music Week this same jury will announce the winner of the Gaudeamus Prize.

The nominated compositions for the Gaudeamus Prize 2009 are:

Symphony Orchestra
Toru Nakatani (Japan, 1979) – 54_1/128_1 (2009)
Evis Sammoutis (Cyprus, 1979) – Krouseis (2007)

Chamber Music
Drasko Adzic (Serbia, 1979) – Igra sudaja (The Dance of the Moirae) (2007)
Enda Bates (Ireland, 1979) – String Quartet no. 1 (2008)
Giuliano Bracci (Italy, 1980) – Con il disincanto, l’incanto e la frenesia (2008)
Ryan Brown (USA, 1979) – Bansky (2006)
Ted Hearne (USA, 1982) – selection from Katrina ballads (2007)
Peter McNamara (Australia, 1980) – Distorted waters (2007)
Toru Nakatani (Japan, 1979) – 16_1/64_1 (2007)
Robert Phillips (USA, 1981) – Mapuana mai kekahi (scent of another) (2005)
Andrea Sarto (Italy, 1979) – Hèvel (2008)

Electronic music
Thomas Bensdorp (The Netherlands, 1981) – Jeux d’Enfants (2008)
Thanasis Kaproulias (Greece, 1980) – Silence, aircraft noises and harmonies in pain (2007)
Michal Prynda (Poland, 1984) – Untitled 3 for improvised piano and electronics (2008)
Yu Tao (China, 1981) – Ciel Demandé (2006)