iSING! 2020 Composition Competition Results
The ten grand prize winning works for the first-ever iSING! Composition Competition, "Echoes from the Ancients - iSING! Offering Tang Poems to the World" are named after a week of deliberations by our distinguished panel of judges. We would like to thank the judges for their expertise and tireless dedication in adjudicating 46 well-crafted compositions by 23 finalists vying for the ten (10) $10,000 grand prizes:
Chair of the Jury:
XU Changjun, Chancellor of The Tianjin Juilliard School, President and Professor of Composition of the Tianjin Conservatory of Music
Judges (in alphabetical order):
Robert Blocker, Dean of the Yale School of Music
Katherine Chu, Collaborative Piano Faculty, The Tianjin Juilliard School
HAO Weiya, Professor and Chair of Composition, Beijing Central Conservatory of Music
Mauro Montalbetti, composer and Artistic Director of the Cantiere di Montepulciano Festival
Thomas Rösner, conductor and Music Director of the Beethoven Orchestra of Vienna
Hao Jiang Tian, iSING! Artistic Director and celebrated bass
Our hearty congratulations go to:
Drinking Song 凉州词
Conrad Asman
South Africa
Enlisting 从军行
Nicholas Bentz
USA
Singing of Goose + Song of Snow 咏鹅+咏雪
CHEN Tongyan 陈童言
China
Bamboo Shoots 竹枝词
Tomas Peire
Spain
Farewell on the Prairie 赋得古原草送別
SU Xiao 苏潇
China
Yellow Crane Tower 黄鹤楼
Roydon Hoi Chak Tse
Canada
Snow on the River 江雪
Cynthia Wong
USA
Quiet Thoughts By Night 静夜思
Sam Wu 吴承昊
Australia
Docking by Bridge at Night 枫桥夜泊
YE Leishuo 叶镭烁
China
To the Assistant Magistrate Han Chuo 寄扬州韩绰判官
ZHANG Jiao 张姣
China
*Listed in alphabetical order by last name
Each winning composition was set to a poem from the Tang Dynasty (618-907AD) chosen by the iSING! Festival. The world premiere of the compositions will take place in a specially conceived concert featuring iSING! International Young Artists Festival artists, to be announced at a later date.
Congratulations also go to the six (6) compositions earning the Honorable Mention Award, each receiving $2,000:
Singing of Goose + Song of Snow 咏鹅+咏雪
Jonathan Bell
France
Looking for Hermit 寻南溪常山道人隐居
Nicholas Bentz
USA
Sending Off Du Shaofu 送杜少府之任蜀州
Fernando Buide del Real
Spain
Up on the Crane Tower 登鹳雀楼
Evan Mack
USA
News of Victory 闻官军收河南河北
Evan Mack
USA
Farewell to Dong Da 别董大
WEI Cong 魏聪
China