Gaudeamus International Composers Award

The Gaudeamus International Composers Award is made by the Gaudeamus Foundation. The prize is awarded yearly, to a young composer at Dutch music concert, Gaudeamus Muziekweek.^[1]

The Gaudeamus Foundation had held an annual music week of Dutch compositions since 1947, alternating with an international competition until 1959, from which time they became fully international.^[2]

Winners[edit]

1957 Peter Schat (NL)
1958 Otto Ketting (NL)
1959 Louis Andriessen (NL)
1960 Lars Johan Werle (SE)
1961 Misha Mengelberg (NL), Per Nørgård (DK) and Enrique Raxach (ES/NL)
1962 Pauline Oliveros (US)
1963 Arne Mellnäs (SE)
1964 Ib Nørholm (DK)
1965 Joep Straesser (NL) and Mario Bertoncini (IT)
1966 Alfred Janson (NO) and Ton Bruynèl (NL)
1967 Hans-Joachim Hespos (DE), Costin Miereanu (RO/FR), Maurice Benhamou (FR), Jean-Yves Bosseur (FR) and Tona Scherchen (CH), Ralph Lundsten – Leo Nilson (SWE)
1968 Vinko Globokar (FR)
1969 Jos Kunst (NL)
1970 Jan Vriend (NL)
1971 John McGuire (US)
1972 Daniel Lentz (US)
1973 Maurice Weddington (US)
1974 Christian Dethleffsen (DE)
1975 Robert Saxton (UK)
1976 Fabio Vacchi (IT)
1977 Şerban Nichifor (RO)
1978 Stefan Dragostinov (BG)
1979–1983 no prizes awarded
1984 Mauro Cardi (IT)
1985 Unsuk Chin (KR)
1986 Uros Rojko (SI)
1987 Karen Tanaka (JP)
1988 Michael Jarrell (CH)
1989 Richard Barrett (UK)
1990 Claus-Steffen Mahnkopf (DE) and Paolo Aralla (IT)
1991 Asbjørn Schaathun (NO)
1992 Jörg Birkenkötter (DE)
1993 David del Puerto (ES)
1994 Richard Ayres (UK)
1995 Michael Oesterle (CA) and Jesus Torres (ES)
1996 Régis Campo (FR)
1997 Hang Zou (CN)
1998 Kumiko Omura (JP) and Geoff Hannan (UK)
1999 Michel van der Aa (NL)
2000 Yannis Kyriakides (CY/NL)
2001 Palle Dahlstedt (SE) and Takuya Imahori (JP)
2002 Valerio Murat (IT)
2003 Dmitri Kourliandski [de] (RU)
2004 Sampo Haapamäki (FI)
2005 Oscar Bianchi (IT/CH)
2006 Lefteris Papadimitriou (GR) and Gabriel Paiuk (AR)
2007 Christopher Trapani (US)
2008 Huck Hodge (US)
2009 Ted Hearne (US)
2010 Marko Nikodijevic (RS/DE)
2011 Yoshiaki Onishi (JP/US)
2012 Konstantin Heuer (DE)
2013 Tobias Klich (Germany)
2014 Anna Korsun (Ukraine)
2015 Alexander Khubeev [ru] (RU)
2016 Anthony Vine (US)
2017 Aart Strootman (NL)^[3]
2018 Sebastian Hilli (FI)
2019 Kelley Sheehan (US)
2021 Annika Socolofsky (US)^[4]
2022 Rohan Chander (US)
2023 Zara Ali (US)

References[edit]

^ "American Composer Kelley Sheehan Wins 2019 Gaudeamus Award". NewMusicBox. U.S.: New Music USA. 9 September 2019. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
^ Sadie, Stanley; Tyrrell, John, eds. (2001). The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (2nd ed.). London: Macmillan Publishers.
^ "Music pioneer Aart Strootman wins Gaudeamus Award 2017". gaudeamus.nl. Utrecht. 2017. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
^ "Winnaar Gaudeamus Awards 2021 Annika Socolofsky". gaudeamus.nl. Utrecht. 2021. Retrieved 15 September 2021.

External links[edit]

"Winners of the Gaudeamus Award". gaudeamus.nl. Utrecht. Retrieved 7 May 2019.

[1] "American Composer Kelley Sheehan Wins 2019 Gaudeamus Award". NewMusicBox. U.S.: New Music USA. 9 September 2019. Retrieved 7 January 2020.

[2] Sadie, Stanley; Tyrrell, John, eds. (2001). The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (2nd ed.). London: Macmillan Publishers.

[3] "Music pioneer Aart Strootman wins Gaudeamus Award 2017". gaudeamus.nl. Utrecht. 2017. Retrieved 13 October 2017.

[4] "Winnaar Gaudeamus Awards 2021 Annika Socolofsky". gaudeamus.nl. Utrecht. 2021. Retrieved 15 September 2021.

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v t e Gaudeamus International Composers Award
1957–69	Peter Schat (1957) Otto Ketting (1958) Louis Andriessen (1959) Lars Johan Werle (1960) Misha Mengelberg, Per Nørgård, and Enrique Raxach (1961) Pauline Oliveros (1962) Arne Mellnäs (1963) Ib Nørholm (1964) Joep Straesser and Mario Bertoncini (1965) Alfred Janson and Ton Bruynèl (1966) Hans-Joachim Hespos, Costin Miereanu, Maurice Benhamou, Jean-Yves Bosseur, Tona Scherchen, and Ralph Lundsten – Leo Nilson (1967) Vinko Globokar (1968) Jos Kunst (1969)
1970–89	Jan Vriend (1970) John McGuire (1971) Daniel Lentz (1972) Maurice Weddington (1973) Christian Dethleffsen (1974) Robert Saxton (1975) Fabio Vacchi (1976) Șerban Nichifor (1977) Stefan Dragostinov (1978) Mauro Cardi (1984) Unsuk Chin (1985) Uros Rojko (1986) Karen Tanaka (1987) Michael Jarrell (1988) Richard Barrett (1989)
1990s	Claus-Steffen Mahnkopf and Paolo Aralla (1990) Asbjørn Schaathun (1991) Jörg Birkenkötter (1992) David del Puerto (1993) Richard Ayres (1994) Michael Oesterle and Jesus Torres (1995) Régis Campo (1996) Hang Zou (1997) Kumiko Omura and Geoff Hannan (1998) Michel van der Aa (1999)
2000s	Yannis Kyriakides (2000) Palle Dahlstedt and Takuya Imahori (2001) Valerio Murat (2002) Dmitri Kourliandski (2003) Sampo Haapamäki (2004) Oscar Bianchi (2005) Lefteris Papadimitriou and Gabriel Paiuk (2006) Christopher Trapani (2007) Huck Hodge (2008) Ted Hearne (2009)
2010s	Marko Nikodijević (2010) Yoshiaki Onishi (2011) Konstantin Heuer (2012) Tobias Klich (2013) Anna Korsun (2014) Alexander Khubeev (2015) Anthony Vine (2016) Aart Strootman (2017) Sebastian Hilli (2018) Kelley Sheehan (2019)
2020s	Annika Socolofsky (2021) Rohan Chander (2022) Zara Ali (2023)