Women's and men's choral works evaluated
The results of the first part (women's and men's choirs) of the International Composition Competition for New Choral Music of the ISCM (International Society for Contemporary Music) are known.
The 1st prize goes ex aequo to Luc Goedert (*1994) from Luxembourg for La rivière for women's choir and to the Swiss Cyrill Schürch (*1974) for Roses for male choir. A 3rd prize goes to the French composer Thomas Kientz (*1991, titular organist of the Abbey of Saint-Maurice in Valais) for the composition O virgo splendens for women's choir.
The following composers were also awarded a Special Mention (in alphabetical order): Paul Ayres, Mathieu Constantin, Olivier Costa, Claudio Ferrara, Hans-Eugen Frischknecht, Florian Gougne, Gaetano Lorandi, Fabio Luppi, Luca Martin, Grégoire May, Manuel Rigamonti, Christoph Schiller, Sabina Schmuki, Branko Stark and Bernardino Zanetti.
The two winning works will be premiered by the Männerstimmen Basel under the direction of Eric Whitacre on February 12, 2022 at the Stadtcasino Basel and by the Jugendchor Zürich under the direction of Marco Amherd on February 20, 2022 in Andelfingen. There are also plans to publish an edition of all the works selected in all competition categories in print form.
The ISCM International New Choral Music Composition Contest takes place on the occasion of the centenary of the International Society for New Music ISCM and is organized in four categories: Women's Choirs, Men's Choirs, Children's Choirs and Mixed Choirs separately for amateurs and professionals.
