Association pour le rayonnement des orgues Aristide Cavaillé-Coll de l’église Saint-Sulpice, Paris, France, announces winners of its 2021 international composition competition.
In the first category, works for organ, the winner is Andrea Damiano Cotti for his work, Marée, qui rassemblés les horizons; second prize is awarded to Jean-Emmanuel Filet for his composition, Taphos Nomos; the audience and internet participants’ prizes are presented to Gabriele Agrimonti for his work, 406 Years Later. The compositions in this category were performed on the gallery organ by Shin-Young Lee and Yoann Tardivel.
In the second category of works for small organ and voice, the winner is Pierre-Alain Braye-Weppe for his composition, Versa est in luctum, also awarded the internet users’ prize; second prize is awarded to Alessio Ferrante for his work, Lux; the public prize is awarded to Laurent Coulomb for his composition, O Gloriosa Domina. Compositions in this category were performed by vocal ensemble Sequenza 9.3 and organists Mélodie Michel, Alma Bettencourt, and Alexis Grizard.
For each category, first prize is €4,000, second prize is €2,000, and audience prize is €1,000.
For information: https://www.aross.fr/en/news/
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