Salvatore Martirano Memorial Composition Award

The Salvatore Martirano Memorial Composition Award is an international composers' competition held annually in memory of Salvatore Martirano (1927–1995),[1] who was an internationally acclaimed American composer and served as professor of composition at the University of Illinois from 1963 to 1995.[2] The first place prize consists of US$1,000 and a performance by the Illinois Modern Ensemble at the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts.

## Awards[edit]

Year  | First prize  | Second prize  | Other honors

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1997  | Jason Eckardt: Echoes' White Veil |  |
1998  | Karim Al-Zand: String Quartet |  |
1999  | Keith Moore: A Vagrant on Every Floor
Craig Walsh: 0 to 33 in 1045.5 |  |
2000  | Sophia Serghi: Sizzle |  |
2001  | Orlando Jacinto Garcia: Paisaje del Sonido II |  |
2002  | Yumiko Juvigny: Out of Dark Lair |  |
2003  | Edward Top: String Quartet |  |
2004  | Robert Yamasato: Scherzo |  |
2005  | Steven Rice: Murmurs from Limbo |  |
2006  | Douglas Boyce: 102nd & Amsterdam | Jorge García del Valle Méndez: Seok Yang Jong[3] | Calogero Panvino: Sonata 101 (Honorable mention)
Nicholas Paul Vines: Dolmen for a New Albion (Honorable mention)
2007  | Takeo Hoshiya: Instability Principle | So Jeong Ahn: Ssa-reng, ui... | Christopher Arrell: Argot (Honorable mention)
2008  | Abel Paúl: fragmentos del vértigo | Sungji Hong: Shades of Raindrops | Carl Bettendorf: Inner Life (Third prize)
2009  | Michael Klingbeil: Tear of the Clouds | Vladimir Rannev: Variations on an Impulse | Christopher Bailey: Walking down the Hillside... (Honorable mention)
Geoff Knorr: Of Consonance and Contention (Honorable mention)
2011  | Louis Aguirre: Ochosi for string quartet  | Marcin Stanczyk: Nibiru | Julien-Robert Legault Salvail: Chute libre (Third prize)
2012  | Michael Seltenreich: Sparks and Flares | Stephen Yip: Dark Side of the Shadow |
2013  | Luís Antunes Pena: Im Rauschen Rot for double bass,
percussion quartet, and electronics  | Daniel Moreira: The King from Papatua | Alexander Khubeev: Sounds from the Dark Time (Third prize)
2014  | Nina C. Young: Traced Upon Cinders for 13 musicians  | Aurélio Edler-Copes: Encore Seule | David Coll: Act (Third prize)
2015  | Matthew Ricketts: Flat Line for 15 players  | Anthony Vine: For Agnes Martin |
2016  | James O'Callaghan: Among Am A for flute, bass clarinet, violin, cello, piano, and electronics  | Nicola Straffelini: Labyrinth Song for piccolo, bass clarinet, violin, cello, percussion, and piano  |
2017  | Oren Boneh: Winter Walks That Gravel My Voice for viola and chamber ensemble  | Igor Santos: Two Two for chamber ensemble  | David Bird: Drop for string octet and strobe lights with electronics
2018  | David Clay Mettens: Without Air for flute, viola, cello, harp, and percussion  | Charles Peck: Sunburst for piano quartet  |
2019  | Joshua Hey: I am in here for violin and cello  | Katherine Balch: Prelude for piano and cello  | Selim Goncu: Widerklang for bass clarinet, percussion, piano, violin, and cello
2020  | Zhuosheng Jin: A Piece of Watermelon for soprano and six instrumentalists  | Stylianos Dimou: les instances for large ensemble and diffused, synthesized soundso
2021  | Luis Quintana: Smudges over dripping ink for piano and ensemble  | Utku Asuroglu: In Between for chamber ensemble and electronics  | Paul Novak: as the light begins to drift for sinfonietta (Honorable Mention)

## References[edit]

1. ^ Musical America. East Windsor, New Jersey: Commonwealth Business Media, 2006
2. ^ Chase G: America's Music, from the Pilgrims to the Present. McGraw-Hill, page 620, 1966
3. ^ Gasco JI: "Con la música a otra parte", La Rioja, November 16, 2006

## External links[edit]

* Salvatore Martirano Memorial Composition Award page at University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
* Salvatore Martirano Memorial Composition Award page at Spineless Books
* Salvatore Martirano Memorial Composition Awardees at University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign

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