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 Pices Brves
• 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

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1988 Finalists

• James W. Bennett III (USA) Array! Surrection!
• Konstantin Bokas (Greece) Painting
• Pietro Borradori (Italy) Dialogues Entre Mtopes(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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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)

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