6th Mauricio Kagel Compostition Competition
February 4th-7th 2025
The Jury Members of the 6th Mauricio Kagel Composition Competition, Annesley Black, Michael Jarrell, Isabel Mundry, Miroslav Srnka and Marco Stroppa came to the following decision in publicly held deliberations:
The 1st prize was awarded to:
Damian Scholl (Germany) for his piece "Love Songs" für Klavier zu acht Händen
Two 2nd prizes were awarded to:
João Ricardo (Portugal) for his piece "What does the wall say?" for piano 4-hands
Raphael Vilani (Brasil) for his piece "like…"
The 3rd prize was awarded to:
Sean Cedric Schumann (Germany) for his piece "six short pieces"
In addition the Jury made a recommendation for:
Sang hyun Hong (South-Korea) for his piece "Sechs Erinnerungen"
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5th Mauricio Kagel Composition Competition
February 1st-4th, 2022
The Jury Members of the 5th Mauricio Kagel Composition Competition, Michael Jarrell, Elena Mendoza, Isabel Mundry, Miroslav Srnka and Marco Stroppa came to the following decision in publicly held deliberations:
The 1st prize was awarded to:
Patrick Thomas Schäfer (Germany) for his piece "Creatures"
The 2nd prize was awarded to:
Adrian Mocanu (Ukraine) for his piece "La piccola fiammiferaia"
Two 3rd prizes were awarded to:
Biin Jin (South Korea) für her piece "Pendule"
Óscar Prados (Spain) for his piece "Interludes"
In addition the Jury made a recommendation for:
In-Gi Kim (South Korea) for his piece "Qualia"
Karlo Margetić (New Zealand) for his piece "In all directions"
Luis Alberto Tenaglia (Argentina) for his piece "Los días antes del Tiempo II"
Marc Vogler (Germany) for his piece "Organum"
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4th Mauricio Kagel Composition Competition
February 4th-7th, 2019
The Jury Members of the 4th Mauricio Kagel Composition Competition, Michael Jarrell, Clay McMillan, Isabel Mundry, Robert HP Platz and Marco Stroppa came to the following decision in publicly held deliberations:
Two 1st prizes were awarded to:
Ayaz Gambarli (Azerbaijan) for his piece "Mirage"
and
Pamela Viglione (Italy) for her piece "States of mind"
Pamela Viglione did not accept the prize, because she did not agree to having her piece published by a publishing company.
The 3rd prize was awarded to:
Dimitris Maronidis (Greece) for his piece "4 (Hommage) Études"
In addition the Jury awarded "honorable mention" to:
Ignacio Brasa Gutiérrez (Spain) for his piece "Tacto"
Jens Klimek (Germany) for his piece "Die Planeten"
Stephan Lewandowski (Germany) for his piece "Geheimnisvolle Kurzgeschichte in 4 Abschnitten"
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3rd Mauricio Kagel Composition Competition
February 9th-12th, 2016
The Jury Members Michael Jarrell, Isabel Mundry, Robert HP Platz, Rebecca Saunders and Marco Stroppa came to the following decision in publicly held deliberations:
The 1st prize was awarded to:
Matius Shan-Boone (Indonesia)
for his piece "6 views from my window"
The 2nd prize was awarded to:
Peter Yarde Martin (UK)
for his piece "The Five Elements"
The 3rd prize was awarded to:
Daniel Serrano Garcia (Spain)
for his piece "Sonetos"
In addition the Jury awarded "honorable mention" to
Davide Coppola (Italy): "4 vierhändige Insekten"
Emre Sihan Kaleli (Turkey): "Six Short Pieces for Emerging Pianist"
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2nd Mauricio Kagel Composition Competition
February 12th-15th, 2013
The Jury Members Michael Jarrell, Isabel Mundry, Robert HP Platz, and Marco Stroppa came to the following decision in publicly held deliberations:
The 1st prize was awarded to:
Victor Ibarra
for his piece "Cuatro observaciones sobre lo imaginario".
The 2nd prize was awarded to:
Gaël Tissot
for his piece "Cahier d’explorations".
The 3rd prize was awarded to:
Morris Wolf
for his piece "[ohne Titel]. Fünf kleine Stücke für Klavier".
In addition the Jury awarded "honorable mention" to
Kala Pierson: "Radiate"
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1st Mauricio Kagel Composition Competition
February 15th-19th, 2010
The Jury Members Helmut Lachenmann, Isabel Mundry, Robert HP Platz and Rebecca Saunders Came to the following decision in publicly held deliberations:
The 1st prize was awarded to:
Clay McMillan
for his piece "Reflections".
Two second prizes were awarded to:
Jason Freeman for the piece "Reading a Poem"
Juan de Dios Magdaleno for the piece "SF_oia".
In addition the jury awarded "honorable mention" to
Jona Kümper: "6 Stücke für Klavier vierohrig"
Abel Paúl: "Finger scenes"
Andrea Vigani: "Le Grand carillon"