Front row: Ketty Nez, Andy Vores. Back row, left to right: Yehudi Wyner, David Kopp, Gregory Fritze, Martin Boykan, Benjamín Juárez, Todd Tarantino, Laurent Borras, Yuri Mazurkevich, Samuel Headrick, Anthony di Bonaventura, Theodore Antoniou.
Competition 2012 - 30th Edition
Competition Guidelines - About the prize
Finalists
- Fernando Riederer (Brazil/Austria) | vernichtende Poesie - for chamber orchestra
- Turkar Gasim-zada (Azerbaijan) | Qurama - for large chamber ensemble
- Todd Tarantino (USA) | Cap Malheureux - for soprano and large chamber ensemble
- Laurent Borras (France) Chimères - for contralto and chamber ensemble
- Kim Ashton (UK) | BLACK ASTRIDE AND BLINDING - for large chamber ensemble
- Panagiotis Apostolou (Greece) | Breath - for mixed sextet
On October 7, 2012 the above works were premiered under the direction of Theodore Antoniou at Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston. The concert started at 7:00 pm. Admission was free.
- ALEA III Prize 2012 (sponsored by Boston University) was awarded to Laurent Borras.
Panel of Judges
- Anthony di Bonaventura | Pianist, Boston University
- Martin Boykan | Composer, Pianist, Brandeis University
- Gregory Fritze | Composer, Tuba, Chair, Composition Department, Berklee College of Music
- Samuel Headrick | Composer, Boston University
- Benjamin Juárez | ConductorDean, College of Fine Arts, Boston University
- David Kopp | Theorist, Pianist, Boston University
- Yuri Mazurkevich | Violinist, Boston University
- Ketty Nez | Composer, Pianist, Conductor, Boston University
- Adny Vores | Composer, Chair of Composition, The Boston Conservatory
- Yehudi Wyner | Composer, Pianist, Brandeis University
