2016 Finalists
Category 1 [ read about the competition categories ]
- Juan José Bárcenas Cardona (Mexico) | Crucifix In A Deathhand for 4 bassoons (Second Prize)
- Jessie Cox (Switzerland) | Earth for 2 bassoons
- Vasiliki Legaki (UK/Greece) | The Passage for 7 bassoons (First Prize and Second Audience Prize)
- Jonatan Sersam (Sweden) | Vindöga for 4 bassoons, contra bassoon, marimba, piano and double bass
Category 2 [ read about the competition categories ]
- Chris Hung (Hong Kong) | Sands of Time for solo bassoon (First Prize)
- Ana Krstajic (Serbia) | Troubadours for oboe and bassoon
- Josiah David Sprankle (USA) | Sonata for Bassoon and Piano (First Audience Prize)
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2015 Finalists
- Ioannis Angelakis (Greece) | Éternelle, Inassouvie…(I) - for clarinet and piano (First Prize)
- 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 (Second Prize)
- Min-Zuo Lu (China) | The Day is Declining - for 6 musicians (Audience Prize)
- Jasper Schmich Kinney (USA) | Lights Hear Sound, Vibrations See Color - for mixed quartet
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2012 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 (First Prize)
- Kim Ashton (UK) | BLACK ASTRIDE AND BLINDING - for large chamber ensemble
- Panagiotis Apostolou (Greece) | Breath - for mixed sextet
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2011 Finalists
- Ayaz Gambarli (Azerbaijan) Méthode de sens - for ensemble of nine players (First Prize)
- Juan José Bárcenas (Mexico) Stenographic Figure - for chamber orchestra
- Carlos de Castellarnau (Spain) Amnios - for ensemble of six players
- Stylianos Dimou (Greece) String Quartet No. 1
- Aaron Jay Myers (USA) Late Night Banter - for chamber orchestra
- Norbert Palej (Poland) Divertimento - for chamber orchestra
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2010 Finalists
- Victor Ibarra (Mexico) Light red over black (First Prize)
- Michael M. Lee (USA) The Sun that Breathes by the Riverside
- Juan Mariano Porta (Italy) Beatriz e suoi fantasmi
- Fabiàn Harbeith Roa Dueñez (Colombia) and hints and ripples and shafts
- Amir Safari (Iran) States
- Haralabos "Harry" Stafylakis (Canada) Kritikos Horos
- Yanpeng Zhang (China) Funeral March No. 2
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2009 Finalists
- Juan José Bárcenas Cardona (Mexico) who lights the hearth of dawn...
- Janet Jieru Chen (Taiwan) Beyond Distance (First Prize)
- Constantinos Chizaris (Greece) November Rain
- Young-Shin Choi (Korea) Lines of Hues
- Otto H. Muller (USA) Eyrydissos
- Simone Scazzocchio (Italy) Sensations from a Faded Dream
- Miguel Farías Vásquez (Chile) Convergencias
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2008 Finalists
- Giovanni Bertelli (Italy) Im Anfange ruhiges
- Josué Zamora (Mexico) Difracción (Honorable Mention)
- Jelle Tassyns (Belgium) Stax I (First Prize)
- Kazutomo Yamamoto (Japan) Open Cluster
- Marios Joannou Elia (Cyprus) Apophis
- Timothy Ernest Johnson (USA) Antyphony: Kasparov vs. Deep Blue
- José Minguillón (Spain) IneSplicable
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2007 Finalists
- Matthew Ricketts (Canada) Double Concerto (First Prize Shared)
- Voro García i Fernández (Spain) Territoris de la memòria
- Byron Weigel (U.S.A.) Lucid Dreams
- Dimitris Gogossis (Greece) Concerto for Eight
- Tom Rojo Poller (Germany) Gehen
- Stephen Yip (Hong Kong) Shadow of Golconda (First Prize Shared)
2006 Finalists
- Tim Sullivan (USA) Thoughts
- Tassos Stylianou (Cyprus) "Stoes" (Honorable Mention)
- Iluminada Perez Frutos (Spain) Callado lamento sin orilla
- Cheryl Frances-Hoad (England) The Dream Bearer
- Nicolas Tzortzis (Greece) Senza Memoria
- Sebastian Rapacki (Sweden) Rhapsodie (First Prize)
2005 Finalists
- Jorge Villavicencio Grossmann (Brazil) Siray
- Martha Callison Horst (USA) Threads (First Prize Shared)
- John Patrick Anderson (USA) Slippery Slopes
- Mario Carro (Spain) Glosas(First Prize Shared)
- Michael Pelzel (Switzerland) ". . . par la brume flottante.. ."
- Smaro C. Gregoriadou (Greece) 3 Fragments of Heraclitus
2004 Finalists
- Hee Yun Kim (Republic of Korea) "Reversion is the Movement of Tao"
- Jorge Sancho Cebollero (Spain) "Et Resurrexi"
- Joseph Sheehan (USA) Dance Dance Revelation
- ƒric Marty (Canada) Buoyancy (First Prize Shared)
- Karl Fiorini (Malta) Trio "Lamina" (First Prize Shared)
- Basil Athanasiades (Greece) this leaf is selected . . .
2003 Finalists
- Yumiko Morita (Japan) Braided Color
- Frank Zabel (Germany) Concertino for Piano and Ensemble
- Iossif Valette (Greece) Muses' Sacred Gift
- Tony K. T. Leung (Canada) Six Degrees of Separation
- Jimmy López (Peru) K'asa (First Prize)
- Bjorn Berkhout (USA) Zapstar
2002 Finalists
- Mei-Fang Lin (Taiwan) Time Tracks
- Timothy Melbinger (USA) Clarinet Quintet
- Panagiotis Liaropoulos (Greece) Orientations Beta (ALEA III Prize)
- Orie Sato (Japan) Last Words
- Sara Carvalho (Portugal) nothing can both be and not be
- Diego Vega (Colombia) Movement for Piano and Chamber Orchestra (20th Anniversary Prize)
2001 Finalists
- Sabang Cho (Korea) Reflection
- Moritz Eggert (Germany) Croatoan III: Perpetuum Mobile
- Lior Navok (Israel) Three Episodes (First Prize)
- Kurt Rohde (U.S.A.) Five Dickinson Settings
- Athanasia Tzanou (Greece) Triptique
- Tonino Tesei (Italy) Portrait of George Dyer Riding a Bicycle
2000 Finalists
- Efstathios Gyftakis (Greece) Interludes
- Marc Faris (USA) Facing
- Leontios Hadjileontiadis (Greece) Amphichrona
- Tonino Tesei (Italy) Five Portraits (Second Prize)
- Itamar Erez (Israel) Concerto for 13 Instruments
- Vladimir Beluntsov (Russia) Serenade 2000(First Prize)
1999 Finalists
- Jude Weirmeir (USA) Fragments of PrometheusUnbound(First Prize)
- Rene Mense (Germany) En Face d' en Face
- Nickos Panayiotakis (Greece) Peristrofes I & II
- Aureliano Cattaneo (Italy) Poisson Soluble
- Balázs Horváth (Hungary) Timesongs
1998 Finalists
- Jason Edward Brown (USA) String Quartet
- Joseph Diermaier (Austria) Harmonices et Cadenza
- Dimitri Sykias (Greece) Winter Night's Variations
- Ana Mihajlovic Van Leyden (Yugoslavia) Full Auto Shut-Off
- Luminita-Cristina Spinu (Romania) Songs and Poems without Words
- Michalis Economou (Greece) Ealo o Adis(First Prize)
1997 Finalists
- Caterina Calderoni (Italy) Here and Somewhere
- Jongwoo Yim (South Korea) Helix
- Roman Yacub (Ukraine) Castalian Dances
- Vincent Paulet (France) Musique pour Douze Instruments(First Prize)
- Athina Pavlaki (Greece) Thunderings
- Vicente Avella (Venezuela) En el Fondo Forestal del D'a
- James R. Kallembach (USA) Four Songs on Poems of e. e. Cummings
- Bruce Hamilton (USA) Verges
1996 Finalists
- Eliane Aberdam (France) Passages
- George Hatzimichelakis (Greece) Samandakas Dance
- Drew Hemenger (USA) The Unforgettable Hour (First Prize - shared)
- Hendrik Pienaar Hofmeyr (South Africa) Fragment from Prometheus Unbound
- Jorge Liderman (Argentina) B'reshit
- Jo‹o Pedro Oliveira (Portugal) Peregrination(First Prize - shared)
- Paolo Tortiglione (Italy) L'Attimo Rapito(First Prize - shared)
- Gregory C. Smith (USA) Fire Mountain
1995 Finalists
- James Boznos (USA) The Shamen bk. 1
- Ian J. Crutchley (Canada) Triptych
- Evangelia Kikou (Greece) Noneto
- Jing Jing Luo (China) The Spell
- David Charles Martin (England) The Dance of the Maenades
- Laura Elise Schwendinger (USA) Chamber Concerto(First Prize)
- Thomas Whitman (USA) The Deathwatch Beetle
- Jongwoo Yim (Korea) Reaction for 12 Instruments
1994 Finalists
- Anthony Cornicello (USA) Le cittˆ invisibili III: Zaira
- Kui Dong (China) The Blue Melody(First Prize)
- Carlos GrŠtzer (Argentina) Mouvements
- Paolo Minetti (Italy) Choreographik
- Apostolos Paraskevas (Greece) Invocation
- Thomas Reiner (Germany) Bali Suite
- Beth Wiemann (USA) Canopy
1993 Finalists
- Paul Barsom (USA) Second Prize Vesper
- Richard Nelson (USA) Illuminations
- Heather Anne Schmidt (Canada) Cinq Pices Brves
- Stamatis Athanasoulas (Greece) Elegia(First Prize)
- Giorgio Tedde (Italy) Vocello
- Tom Williams (England) Ironwork (Second Prize)
- Yong Yang (China) Twilight in a Cold Gorge
1992 Finalists
- Andreas Argyrou (Cyprus) Variations for Chamber Orchestra
- Cindy Cox (USA) Sonnets to Orpheus
- John Drumheller (USA) Ragged Tree at Olive Ridge
- Jun Fu (China) String Quartet No. 1
- David Lefkowitz (USA) Calder's Closet
- Luca Macchi (Italy) Concerto per Contrabasso e Ensemble
- Marin Michaylov (Austria/Bulgaria) String Quartet
- Nicolas Papadimitriou (Greece) PrŽlude et Danse
- Dmitry Yanov-Yanovsky (Uzbekistan) Presentiment (First Prize)
1991 Finalists
- Christophe Looten (France) Incoronato Poeta
- MG Hynes (Canada) L'ombre Du M. Haller
- Michalis Lapidakis (Greece) Vera Quartet
- Andrew List (USA) String Quartet Nr. 1 in Eight Movements
- Yong Yang (China) Octette(First Prize)
- Katharine Norman (England) Memory Places
- Michail Goleminov (Bulgaria) "KonzertstŸck" II
- Corrado Vitale (Italy) Rajas
- David Pickel (USA) Soft Voices in the Memory
1990 Finalists
- Christos Anastassiou (Greece) Anakyklisis
- Nag Bhushan (India) On the Edge of the Sea (First Prize)
- Kim Bowman (Netherlands) Phenomena in Spectra
- Jorge Horst (Argentina) Madrigale a Gesualdo
- Daniel Kastner (USA) Tracer (Igor's View)
- Thomas Allen LeVines (USA) Velocities
- Georgia Molfeta (Greece) Epikon
- Riccardo Nova (Italy) Carved Out
- Zhou Long (China) Shi Jing Cantata
1989 Finalists
- Luigi Abbate (Italy) Eremo
- Javier GimŽnez-Noble (Argentina) Tritimes
- Michail Goleminov (Bulgaria) Chamber Concerto
- Alexandros Kalogeras (Greece) Lokrion
- David Macbride (USA) String Quartet
- David Pickel (USA) On a Ray of Winter Light
- Andrew Vores (England) The World, the World, and the World
- Christos Samaras (Greece) Apologie II (First Prize)
- Cheng-Yong Wang (China) Four Preludes
1988 Finalists
- James W. Bennett III (USA) Array! Surrection!
- Konstantin Bokas (Greece) Painting
- Pietro Borradori (Italy) Dialogues Entre Mtopes(First Prize)
- Eleanor Cory (USA) String Quartet
- Dimitrios Minakakis (Greece) Trilogy Erotical
- Sydney Hodkinson (Canada) Das Lebewohl
- Kenneth Olson (USA) SŽrŽnade Magique
- William Susman (USA) Twisted Figures
- Hans Vogt (Germany) Serenade and Tarantella
- Cheng-Yong Wang (China) Sonchrivated
1987 Finalists
- Daniel Doura (Argentina) Quintet 1984
- Bernd Franke, (Germany) Die Zeit (First Prize)
- Thomas Oboe Lee (USA) String Quartet No. 5
- Joseph Papadatos (Greece) Braarmarapha
- Ilias Papadopoulos (Greece) Miroloi
- Paolo Ricci (Italy) Green Self -Portrait
- Uros Rojko (Yugoslavia) Music for Twelve
- Su Lian Tan (Malaysia) Translutions for Nine
- Bruce Taub (USA) Extremities II
1986 Finalists
- Minas Alexiadis (Greece) Dodekagon
- Philip Cashian (England) Gulliver
- William Coble (USA) Brass Mirrors
- Mark Gustavson (USA) Four Love Songs
- Aaron Jay Kernis (USA) Passacaglia-Variations
- Martin Matalon (Argentina) Five Monotypes for Piano
- Christopher Vassiliades (USA) Les Metamorphoses du Vampire
- Param Vir (India) Pragati (First Prize)
- Judith Lang Zaimont (USA) De Infiritate Caeleste
1985 Finalists
- Josefino Toledo (Phillipines) Tula-li
- Luis Jorge Gonzalez (Argentina) Luminescences
- Robert Bradford Carl (USA) Windriver
- Andrew Vores (England) Humming Harvest Gone Snow Motor (First Prize)
- Giuseppe Colardo (Italy) Novelletta
- James Harley (Canada) String Quartet
- Franco Balliana (Italy) Dove la Luce
- Federico Emirio (Italy) Musica Concertante per Viola e 15 Esecutori
- Max E. Keller (Switzerland) Zustand
1981 Finalists
- Rupert Bawden (England) Scena
- Ronald Lubetsky (USA) Sonnet Cycle
- Zack D. Browning (USA) Quintet for Winds
- Simon Kenneth Holt (England) Wyrd Changing
- Brian Fennelly (USA) Scintilla Prisca
1980 Finalists
- Elizabeth Vercoe (USA) Herstory II
- John Melby (USA) Concerto for Violin and Computer-synthesized Tape
- Jeffrey Wood (USA) Wounded Bird
- Joseph Pelphrey (Germany) Pianto
- Chinary Ung (Cambodia) Khse Buon
- Daniel A. Kessner (USA) Chamber Concerto no. 3 (Honorable Mention)
- Adrian David (USA) String Quartet
- Marc-Antonio Consoli(USA) Vuci Siculani(First Prize)
