Meitar Ensemble is happy to announce the winning pieces of the 10th Matan Givol Composers Competition:
First prize: Zihan Wu (China) - ‘After Infinity’
Honorable mentions:
Thanakarn Schofield (Thailand) - ‘Recantation’
Yikeshan Abudushalamu (China) - ‘Divine Light II’
We would like to thank all the competitors who participated in this edition of the Competition. We were glad to receive over 90 submissions from all over the world:
Austria, Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Mexico, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia, Scotland, Serbia, Slovakia, South Korea, Spain, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey and the United States.
The performance of the winning piece will take place in Tel Aviv as part of the CEME Festival concluding concert on December 28th 2024 under the baton of Meitar’s conductor in residence, Pierre-André Valade.
Further information about the 11th Matan Givol Composers Competition will be published in our website and via social media later on.
winners of previous competitions
1st prize - 2024: Sungkuk Son - RE:divergence
2nd prize - 2024: Anibal Vidal - One of Many Circles
1st prize - 2023: Jug Marković - SOVA
2nd prize - 2023: Demian Rudel Rey - IBN NIXIE
1st prize - 2022: Vincent Portes - Le Papier peint jaune
2nd prize - 2022: Andrea Portera - Τελετουργία
1st prize - 2021: Hibiki Mukai (Japan) - ‘Mechanische Huid 3’
1st prize - 2020: Zhuosheng Jin - Into the fall
2nd prize - 2020: Alexandre David - Ne reviendra, reviendra, plus jamais
1st prize - 2019: Piyawat Louilarpprasert - Silhouette
2nd prize - 2019: Mikel Urquiza - Cinq pièges brefs
3rd prize - 2019: Siho Kim - Sussurro
1st prize - 2018: Michele Sanna - In Carne ed Ossa
1st prize - 2017: Lin-Ni Liao - Look back on time with kindly eyes…
1st prize - 2016: Francesco Ciurlo - Collisions