Projects
Philosophize in Ancient Greek Choirs, orchestras, creative groups
Projects
Philosophize in Ancient Greek Choirs, orchestras, creative groups
Philosophize in Ancient Greek Choirs, orchestras, creative groups
2003 2005 2010 2011 2016 2017 2018 2019
↓International Composition Competition
↓Jury
↓First Prize
↓Second Prize [Ken Ito]
↓Second Prize [Shigeru Kan-no]
↓Special prize
↓Special prize for young composers
↓Other compositions recommended for performance
↓Interview with Werner Schulze
International Composition Competition
Twenty-one compositions from eleven countries - Brazil, Canada, USA, Australia, Japan, Germany, Finland, Greece, the UK, Austria and Spain - were submitted. The jury met on Saturday, the 12th July 2003 under the chairmanship of competition initiator Andreas Drekis in Hellenikon Idyllion. The jury consisted of people from Germany, Austria and Greece.
The jury was impressed by the generally high level of the submitted compositions. Overall, the translated works of the competition task, to make present the ancient Olympic Games to the present, were excellent.
Initiator of the competition Andreas Drekis,
Head of the artistic- cultural meeting Hellenikon Idyllion Selianitika, Greece
Jury
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Alois Springer Chief conductor, music director, Frankfurt am Main |
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Werner Schulze Professor at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, Composer, Vienna |
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Rafaïl Pylarinos Conductor, Compser, Athens |
Rafaïl Pylarinos, Werner Schulze and Alois Springer
First prize
Andrew Michael March, London (UK)
Five Songs of Pindar for Sopran-Solo, choir and orchestra
Instrumentation of the orchestra
- One or two Piano(s)
- Two flutes
- Two oboes
- Two Clarinets in Bb
- Two bassoons
- Four french horns
- Two trumpets in Bb
- Two trumpets
- Bass-trompet
- Tuba
- Timpanis
- Bass-drums
- Four Low Tom-Toms
- Crash cymbals
- Medium stand-mounted suspended cymbal
- Triangle
- Large tam-tam
- Large thunder sheet
- Fine grade sandpaper blocks
- Fine bead maracas
- Crotales
- Chimes
- Glockenspiel
- Xylophone
- Harp
- Violins
- Violas
- Violoncellos
- Contrabasses
Biography
Born in 1973, studied from 1992 - 1996 composition and orchestration with Jeremy Dale Roberts at the Royal College of Music with the conclusion BMus (Hons) RCM.
Performances (inter alia)
Marine - à travers les arbres (1997)
Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra, European Union Youth Orchestra , conductor Vladimir Ashkenazy - A Stirring in the Heaven Lies (2000)
London Symphony Orchestra (world premiere)
Nympheas for 2 Pianos (2002)
Premiered at the Royal Palace, Stockholm
5 more performances in and around Scandinavia
Awards (inter alia)
1996 Winner in The Royal Philharmonic Society Composition Prize
1998 Winner of the Master International Composition Competition Prize
An excerpt from the score Five Songs Of Pindar
Images from the awards ceremony
The Wrestling Match - a piece from the composition of Andrew March :
This competitive discipline has been to Malta choir (without Orchestra), conducted by John Galea, listed in ancient Greek with piano. The concert was held on September 20th at the Archaeological Museum in Egion 2003. Andrew March, the composer, Hernandis Henrique Martinez, the young winners, Alois Springer, one of the three judges and the mayor of Egion were present.
It was a foretaste of the upcoming performances of all compositions honored worldwide with chorus and orchestra.
English translation, Rings (Isthm. 5, 56-63)
Not in vain was the great effort of the men,
and what they have spent, the god confirmed expectation not disappointed. I praise Pytheas also that he trained slamming the Phylakidas by loosen the limbs. Himself is good with his arms and a forward-thinking opponents. Take the ring for him and bring him the woolen headband. And send it at the same time a new, far-flying hymn.
Second prize
Ken Ito, Tokyo (Japan)
Choreia Pteroessa (flying choir) for Tenor-Solo, choir and orchestra
Instrumentation of the orchestra
- Flute
- Piccolo
- Oboe
- Corno Inglais
- Two Clarinets in Bb
- Bass
- Contrabass
- Four horns in F
- Two trumpets in C
- Two tenor-trumpets
- Bass-trumpet
- Bass-tuba
- Timpanis
- Two suspended cymbales
- One anvil
- One sistre
- One triangle
- Chromatic cymbales antiques in a water bath
- Glockenspiel
- Xylophone
- Vibraphone without Motor, but with double-bass bow
- Marimba
- One pair of small crush cymbales
- One small tam-tam
- Two tom-toms
- Two cow-bells
- Chromatic tubular bells
- One pair of large crush cymbales
- One gran cassa
- One tam-tam grave
- Snare drums
- One pair of bongos
- One pair of congas
- Celesta
- Pianoforte
- Harp
- Woodwinds
- Brass
- Strings
Biography
Born in 1965 in Tokyo, studied composition, piano, cello and Physics in Tokyo
Positions (inter alia)
Professor of Composition and Conducting, University of Tokyo
Musical technological cooperation with major Japanese companies
Collaboration with visual media
Performances (inter alia)
1998 Conductor together with the performance of the posthumous work of John Cage Ocean Canningham with Merce and his dance group
2001 Recording of Beethoven's Violin Concerto and Tchaikovsky's Symphony No.5
2002 Conduct of Japan Yomiuri Symphony Orchestra
Awards (inter alia)
1993 First price of the Tokyo Metropolitan Orchestra Composition Competition of
1999 Awarded for Toru Takemistu Award , judged by Luciano Berio
Second prize
Shigeru Kan-no, Fukushima (Japan) & Hilgenroth (Germany)
Millenium Soldier III Hymnen Pindars for choir and orchestra
Instrumentation of the orchestra
- Two flutes
- Two oboes
- Two clarinets
- Two bassoons
- Four horns in F
- Two trumpets in C
- Two tenor-trumpets
- Bass-trumpets
- Tuba
- Timpanis
- Metall percussion
- Violins
- Violas
- Violoncellos
- Contrabasses
Biography
Born 1959 in Fukushima/Japan, 1980-1997 studied music and musicology in Tokyo, conducting at the college of music Vienna, composition at the college of music Stuttgart and conducting and composition at the college of music Frankfurt
Performances (inter alia)
1986-1992 Conducting for example with the Tokyo Symphonie Orchestra and the Radio Symphony Orchestra Stuttgart particularly within the range of New Music
1992 Assistent for Professor Karlheinz Stockhausen with Ensemble Modern Frankfurt
Since 1998 Conduction for example at the Lisboa Philharmonic Orchestra and National Symphony Orchestra Uzbekistan
Awards (inter alia)
2000 Second prize at Quebec/Canada French Chorus Composition Concour
2001 Third prize at 2 Agosto in Bologna/Italia
2001 First prize at Cantus Ensemble in Croatia
Special prize
Aaron David Miller, Bowling Green (Ohio, USA)
Five Hymns of Pindar for Sopran-Solo, Tenor-Solo, choir and orchestra
Instrumentation of the orchestra
- Two flutes
- Two oboes
- Two clarinets in Bb
- Two bassoons
- Four horns in F
- Two trumpets in Bb
- Three trumpets
- Tuba
- Four timpanis
- Glockenspiel
- Chimes
- Suspended cymbal
- Tam-Tam
- Bass drums
- Tom-Toms
- Sleigh bells
- Triangle
- Bell tree
- Crotales
- Snare Drums
- Violins
- Violas
- Violoncellos
- Contrabasses
Biography
Born 1972, studied Composition and Organ Performance at the Manhattan School of Music, New York, NY, graduated D.M.A. in 1999
Positions (inter alia)
1998-2002 Several larger compositions and public recording, especially for organ
2001-2002 Several professional engagements for festivals in the USA
Since 1997 Assistant Musicologist, Scarsdale, NY
Music transcriptions and analysis for copyright infringement disputes
Awards (inter alia)
1998 Improvisation and Bach Prizes, Calgary International Organ Festival and Competition, Calgary, Canada
1999 Helen Cohn Award for Research in Medieval and Renaissance Music, Manhattan School of Music, New York, NY
Special prize for young composers
Enrique Hernandis Martínez, (25 Jahre, Cárcer/Valencia, Spanien)25 Jahre, Cárcer (Valencia, Spain)
The Musical Games 2004 for choir and orchestra
Instrumentation of the orchestra
- Flutes
- Oboe
- Clarinet
- Bassoon
- Trumpets
- Tuba
- Timpanis
- Violin
- Viola
- Violoncello
- Contrabass
Biography
Born 1977 in Spain, studied music in Valencia and graduated profesor de percusión, composición e instrumentación (2000).
Positions (inter alia)
Director de la Unión Artística Musical de Navajas, Castellón
Professor de Armonía, Análisis y Fundamentos de Composición en los Conservatorios Profesionales de Chella y Amussafes, Valencia
Mehrere Aufnahmen for Brassband and Sinfonieorchestra
Mehrere Übertragungen in spanischen Radiosendern
Awards (inter alia)
2001 First Price in Concurso Nacional de Composición Musical Ciudad de Alicante
2002 First Price in Concurso de Composición de Tolosa (Guipúzcoa)
Other compositions recommended for performance
Gerold Amann, Schlins (Austria)
Olympias Agona, humanistisches Stück for Sprecher, choir, vier Mimen and orchestra
Instrumentation of the orchestra
- Two flutes
- Oboe
- Clarinet
- Bassoon
- Three horns
- Two trumpets
- Two trombones
- Tuba
- Timpanis
- Violins
- Viola
- Violoncello
- Contrabasses
- Percussion
Born 1937 in Voralberg/Austria, studied (i.a.) sience of music, Professor for Middleschool and Composition
Dinos Constantinides, Athen (Greece) & Baton Rouge, L.A. (USA)
Hellenikon Idyllion for Sprecher and orchestra
Studied first in Athens and later Composition und Violin in USA: Boyd Professor und Coordinator of Composition at the School of Music at Louisiana State University
Claude Lachapelle Gatineau, Québec (Canada)
Olympic Music for speaker and orchestra
Besetzung des Orchesters
- Piccolo
- Flute
- Two oboes
- Two Clarinets in Bb
- Four Horns in F
- Trumpet in D
- Trumpet in C
- Three trumpets
- Tuba
- Four timpanis
Born 1951 in Drummondville (Québec, Kanada), Music teacher
Spiros Mazis, Athen (Greece)
Pindar's Hymns for lyric soprano, mixed choir and orchestra
Instrumentation of the orchestra
- Two flutes
- Two oboes
- Two clarinets
- Two horns
- Two trumpets in Bb
- Two trumpets
- Percussion
- Violins
- Violas
- Violoncellos
- Contrabass
1957 auf Korfu geboren, studierte u.a. Komposition, Direktor des Athener Konservatoriums for klassische, zeitgenössische and elektronische Musik.
Tina Ternes, Ludwigshafen (Germany)
Five Rings for solo singer, choir and orchestra
Instrumentation of the orchestra
- Two flutes
- Two oboes
- Two clarinets
- Two trumpets
- Two french horns
- Two trumpets
- Tuba
- Four timpanis
- Percussion
Born 1969 in Kaiserslautern/Germany, studied (i.a.) School- and Filmmusic, Collegeteacher
John White, Denver (Colorado, USA)
Hymns of Pindar for soprano, alto, tenor, bass, choir and orchestra
Instrumentation of the orchestra
- Piano
- Two flutes
- Two oboes
- Two french horns
- Two trumpets in C
- Two tenor-trumpets
- Bass-trumpet
- Tuba
- Timpanis
- Percussion
Studied Cello and Composition, Ph.D., Professor for Music
Interview mit Univ.-Prof. Dr. Werner Schulze
12. Juli 2003
Hellenikon Idyllion spoke with the jury member Werner Schulze, Professor at the University of Music and Art Vienna, about the results of the international composition competition.
Hellenikon Idyllion:
Did you expect that so many composers from all over the world would develop such an enthusiasm for this competition?
Werner Schulze:
To be honest: No! The task was not that simple to solve, because there were ancient Greek texts and sports of the ancient games supposed to be converted into music. As you know ancient Greek is not spoken any longer nowadays as well as it is taught less and less. We were very happy about such a worldwide interest. However without Hellenikon Idyllion and the initiator of this competition, Andreas Drekis, it wouldn’t be possible to make it that known. Indefatigable he sent electronic post to every kind of musical institution around the world and answered a multiplicity of questions. A big “Thank You” to him.
Hellenikon Idyllion:
Classical music and the athletic games, how does this fit together?
Werner Schulze:
For us it was important to express the ancient athletic idea with the means of the art of music. Moreover sports training and artistic activity were both an equivalent part of an extensive education in the antiquity. Sports and art were regarded as absolutely equal and important.
Hellenikon Idyllion:
How did the jury judged the received compositions?
Werner Schulze:
We paid attention on certain characteristics, for example whether the five ancient disciplines run, long jump, discus, javelin, wrestling became effective, whether the metrical measure of Pindar’s text was converted, how the orchestra and the choir or speakers were used or how the quality of a composition is jugged in general. We did not prefer any specific style; It was important to try to go towards a new direction. We examined whether the composer -by dealing with the topic- was able to develop his own view, with the courage to find and express his own personal language. Further it was important, that people who are interested in music are able to find an access to the musical representation of the topic. The piece of work, which had a too popular style or on the other hand a too avant-garde style one was less in demand.
Hellenikon Idyllion:
Could you tell more details about the participants?
Werner Schulze:
We received twenty-one compositions from four continents; among them there were two female composers. We were glad to see that also younger musicians took part in the competition.
Hellenikon Idyllion:
Is it known already, when and where the compositions are going to be presented for the first time?
Werner Schulze:
For a first impression, an orchestra is planning to play a concert on the island Kefalonia, in Olympia, in Corinth, in Galaxithi near Delphi and at Hellenikon Idyllion in the end of July End of July. Where honored pieces will be presented. Furthermore two recommended compositions for representation will be presented for the first time this July and September in concerts, in Athens, Olympia and Corinth.
Hellenikon Idyllion:
So far a successful competition?
Werner Schulze:
Absolutely! Noticeable was the generally good dealing with the verse measure of the Pindar text. And it was marvelous to hold works in our hands from all over the world-from Brazil to Australia- that represents exactly the ancient Greek athletic Idea!
Here can find more information about the announcement of the competition in German.