Left to right: Stratis Minakakis, Samuel Headrick, Eduardo Caballero, Jasper G. R. Schmich Kinney, Richard Cornell, Theodore Antoniou, Ioannis Angelakis, Min-Zuo Lu, James Russell-Smith, Ketty Nez, Yuri Mazurkevich, David Kopp
Competition 2015 - 31st Edition
Competition Guidelines - About the 2015 prize
Finalists
- Ioannis Angelakis (Greece) | Éternelle, Inassouvie…(I) - for clarinet and piano
- Tena Ivana Borić (Croatia) | A-D-H-D - for solo clarinet
- Eduardo Caballero (Mexico) | Whose Name was Writ in the Water - for ensemble of six players
- Wei-Chih Liu (Taiwan - R.O.C.) The Flames of Zhu-Que - for 8 musicians
- Min-Zuo Lu (China) | The Day is Declining - for 6 musicians
- Jasper Schmich Kinney (USA) | Lights Hear Sound, Vibrations See Color - for mixed quartet
On April 19, 2015 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.
- 2015 ALEA III First Prize was awarded to Ioannis Angelakis
The 2015 ALEA III Second Prize was awarded to Wei-Chih Liu.
In addition these were two audience prizes awarded:
- 2015 Audience First Prize was awarded to Min-Zuo Lu
The 2015 Audience Second Prize was awarded to Ioannis Angelakis
Panel of Judges
- Richard Cornell | Composer, Conductor, Boston University
- Samuel Headrick | Composer, Boston University
- David Kopp | Theorist, Pianist, Boston University
- Yuri Mazurkevich | Violinist, Boston University
- Stratis Minakakis | Composer, Conductor, Pianist, New England Conservatory
- Ketty Nez | Composer, Pianist, Conductor, Boston University
- James Russell Smith | Composer, Percussionist, Berklee College of Music