History of Jurgenson Competition
The first International Jurgenson Competition of Young Composers took place in Moscow, April–June, 2001. There were 102 scores from 22 countries sent.
The winners of the I International Jurgenson Competition of Young Composers:
Category “Soloist ensemble”
- I prize and Special prize of “Russian arts help”—Tatiana Serdiukova (Russia) “L’etoile et la pierre”
- I prize—Anton Safronov (Russia) “Blatter von gestern–blatter von morgen”
- II prize and Special prize of “British American Tobacco–Russia”—Alexey Sioumak (Russia) “Rhimes”
- Diploma—Beatrice Barazzoni (Italy) “Streben”
- Diploma—Moiya L. Callahan (USA) “Four-Way Sextet”
Category “String quartet”
- I prize—John Croft (Greate Britain)
- II prize—Alia Tariel kyzy Mamedova (Azerbaijan)
- III prize—Antonio Lai (Italy)
- Diploma—Manuel M. Burgos (Spain)
The second Jurgenson Competition of Young Composers took place in Moscow, April–June, 2003. In the program of competition, the nomination “the work for percussion ensemble” has been added. There were 99 scores from 25 countries sent.
The winners of the II International Jurgenson Competition of Young Composers:
Category “Soloist ensemble”
- II prize—Gabriel Pareyon (Mexico) “Kha Pijpichtli Kuikatl”
- II prize—Alexey Sioumak (Russia) “Aria”
- III prize—Alla Kesselman (Russia) “Die installationen aus Stille”
- III prize—Eduardo Moguillansky (Italy) “Anatema IV”
- Diploma and Special prize of “Russian arts help”—Olga Aliushina (Russia) “Steps”
Category “Percussion ensemble”
- II prize—Agata Zubel (Poland) “Re-Cycle”
- II prize—Nicholas J. Casswell (Greate Britain) “Temporal Trajectories”
Category “String quartet”
- I prize—Panayiotis Kokoras (Greece) “Holophony”
- I prize—Alexey Sioumak (Russia) “Cadenza”
- Diploma—Eduardo Moguillansky (Italy) “…la libelula vaga de una vaga illusion”
The third International Jurgenson Competition of Young Composers took place in Moscow, April–June, 2005. There were 100 scores from 26 countries sent.
The winners of the III International Jurgenson Competition of Young Composers:
Category “Soloist ensemble”
- I prize—Andris Dzenitis (Latvia) “Seven Madrigals by E.E.Cummings”
- I prize and Special prize of “Russian arts help”—Olga Bochikhina (Russia) “Tactile instruments”
- II prize—Olga Alyushina (Russia) “Through…”
- II prize—Nicolay Khrust (Russia) “Sliding Time”
- III prize—Gabriele Vanoni (Italy) “Downtime”
Category “Percussion ensemble”
- II prize—Mohammad Ansari (Iran/Azerbaijan) “Stress without control” for marimba solo
- III prize—Jose Minguillon (Spain) “A Modo de Pretexto” for marimba solo
- III prize—Marina Khorkova (Russia) “440 Hz”
Category “String quartet”
- I ïðåìèÿ — íå ïðèñóæäåíà
- II prize—Kentaro Noda (Japan) “Freedom without hope”
- III prize—Sangwan Lee (South Korea) “Take one”