4. Mauricio Kagel Composition Competition 2019
The 4th Mauricio Kagel Composition Competition took place from 4 - 7 February 2019. The aim of the competition is the creation and dissemination of new piano works for children or young people.
From 151 pieces submitted from 38 countries, a distinguished jury nominated the pieces for the final, which were performed by students and discussed in public as part of the Vienna Days of Contemporary Piano Music.
Prize Winners
1. Prize: Ayaz Gambarli (Azerbaijan)
for his work Mirage"
3. Prize: Dimitris Maronidis (Greece)
for his work "4 (Hommage) Études"
Commendation: Ignacio Brasa Gutiérrez (Spain)
for his work "Tacto"
Commendation: Jens Klimek (Germany)
for his work "Die Planeten"
Commendation: Stephan Lewandowski (Germany)
for his work "Geheimnisvolle Kurzgeschichte in 4 Abschnitten (Mysterious short story in 4 sections)"
Another first prize was awarded to Pamela Viglione. However, she did not accept the prize as she did not agree to her piece being published by a publishing house.
Further informationen on the competition websites.
Here you can find a video recording of the competition in the mdwMediathek.
Ayaz Gambarli
Mirage
Anja Maurer
Dimitris Maronidis
4 (Hommage) Études
- I. Hommage à Helmut Lachenmann
- II. Hommage à György Ligeti
- III. Hommage à Steve Reich
- IV. Hommage à Gundega Šmite
Tobias Weiß
Ignacio Brasa Gutiérrez
Tacto
- I. A walk on dry leaves
- II. A walk on ice
- III. Passacaglia below stalactites
- IV. A barefoot walk on river stones
- V. A nightwalk below shooting stars
- VI. A walk on seashore
Daria Kovaleva
Jens Klimek
Die Planeten
- I. Merkur – der Rastlose (Mercury – the restless)
- II. Venus – die Schimmernde (Venus – the shimmering)
- III. Erde – die Verdammte (Earth – the damned)
- IV. Mars – der rote Militant (Mars – the red militant)
- V. Jupiter – der Stürmische (Jupiter – the stormy one)
- VI. Saturn – der Anmutige (Saturn – the graceful one)
- VII. Uranus – der Väterliche (Uranus – the paternal one)
- VIII. Neptun – der Eisige (Neptune – the icy one)
- IX. Pluto – der Ausgestoßene (Pluto – the outcast)
Christoph Dietler
Stephan Lewandowski
Geheimnisvolle Kurzgeschichte in 4 Abschnitten
- I. Allegro inquieto – Poco meno mosso
- II. Calmo, ma con moto
- III. Agitato
- IV. Lento
Ying Ying Zhou
