The 2014 Canadian International Organ Competition announces results. David Baskeyfield, age 30 (U.K.), won first prize, following his third round performance of Mozart, Willan, Isoir, Alain, and Widor on the Casavant Frères organ at Notre-Dame Basilica in Montreal. Baskeyfield’s first-place finish comes with a cash award of $25,000, the $5,000 Polly Bales Memorial Prize, a recording contract with ATMA Classique, and management and career development support over the next three years. Baskeyfield also won the $5,000 Royal Canadian College of Organists Prize for best interpretation of a Canadian composition (for his performance of Healey Willan’s Introduction, Passacaglia and Fugue in Round 3), and the $5,000 Richard Bradshaw Audience Prize.
Andrew Dewar, age 32, also from the United Kingdom, was awarded the $15,000 second prize, and the $5,000 Bach Prize (which includes an invitation to perform at the Montreal Bach Festival in 2015) after his first round performance. The $10,000 third prize was awarded to Daria Burlak, 27, of Russia. The jury members were John Grew (Canada), Jacques Boucher (Canada), James David Christie (United States), Stefan Engels (Germany), Janette Fishell (United States), Marnie Giesbrecht (Canada), Olivier Latry (France), Pier Damiano Peretti (Italy/Austria), and Gillian Weir (United Kingdom).
The next edition of the Canadian International Organ Competition will take place in 2017.
For information: www.ciocm.org.
