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Russian, American, Argentinean and other performers became winners of the New Classics competition, TASS reports. This is the second time it has been held by the Moscow Conservatory for young composers.
The names of the winners were announced the day before, November 29. Unfortunately, the unfavorable epidemiological situation prevented them from coming to Russia. The chairman of the jury, Vladimir Tarnopolsky, professor of the composition department of the Moscow Conservatory, expressed the hope that the laureates would gather next year, after the end of the pandemic. According to him, the competition is held every two years. And the next year, after the announcement of the winners, the Moscow Conservatory organizes a concert where the best works of the competition are performed.
The creative tournament combines two nominations: contemporary academic and contemporary popular music. Each of them names the laureates of three degrees. The winners share one million rubles.
In the academic category, the first place was taken by the Serb Yug Markovic and the Puerto Rican Luis Quintana. The second place went to Dariya Maminova from Russia and Argentinian Demian Rudel Rey. John Haven from the United States became the third.
American Matt Brown won the victory among the authors of popular music. The second prize went to Gregory Simon. The third place was taken by the Irishman Kian McCarthy and another American Kevin Day. Russian composer Ivan Kolovanov received a special prize.
The current competition entered the Russian Book of Records as the most representative in terms of the number of participating countries. Almost two thousand works from a thousand authors were submitted to the competition. Composers between the ages of 14 and 35 sent their works from 84 countries. Among them were such exotic ones as Nepal, Trinidad and Tobago.
Russkiy Mir
