On October 30, 2010 at the Forum Music in Taipei, the final of the 2010 Sizhu Music Composition Contest was held. The selected 6 compositions from international applications and 5 compositions from Taiwanese applications were premiered before a live audience and before an authoritative jury by the musicians of the Chai Found Music Workshop (CFMW).

The jury consists of:

1. Professor Hwang-Long Pan
2. Professor Tsung Hsien Yang, the College of Music, Taipei National University of the Arts
3. Associate Professor, Ya-Min Hu, the Department of Music, Chinese Culture University
4. Associate Professor, Tzyy-Sheng Lee

CFMW is very pleased with the jury's decision confirming the winners of YIN & YANG the 2010 Sizhu Music Composition Contest.

The International Part:
FIRST PRIZE
There was no first prize awarded this year
SECOND PRIZE
There was no second prize awarded this year
THIRD PRIZE
Marie-Hélène Bernard
“One Second Is a Whole World”
FORTH PRIZE (shared by three)
Hartmut Wohlleber
“On the Threshold”
Lan Tung
“Beijing Opera Rock”
Michalis Keffalas
“Three Taiwanese Echoes”
FIFTH PRIZE
There was no fifth prize awarded this year
AUDIENCE PRIZE
Hartmut Wohlleber
“On the Threshold”

The Taiwanese Part:
FIRST PRIZE
There was no first prize awarded this year
SECOND PRIZE
There was no second prize awarded this year
THIRD PRIZE (shared by three)
Yu-Hong Lin
“Momentum Interact with Inertia”
Ying-Chieh Sun
“Kalavinca”
Ai-wei Lin
“Yi-Fu-Jin-Yun”
FORTH PRIZE
There was no first prize awarded this year
FIFTH PRIZE
There was no fifth prize awarded this year
AUDIENCE PRIZE
Aiwei Lin
“Yi-Fu-Jin-Yun”

CFMW congratulates the Winners!
All the works have been recorded and will be published as a CD

The Chai Found Music Workshop is pleased to announce the result of the first round for the 2010 Sizhu Music Composition Contest. After the first screening the Jury panel, the following six compositions, in alphabetical order, have been selected out and will be re-analyzed for the final decision:

Fabio Frezzato (Italy) / ‘Taiyang-Yueliang’
Hartmut Wohlleber (Germany) /‘On the Threshold’
Lan Tung (Canada) / ‘Beijing Opera Rock’
Luiz Henrique Yudo (Brazil) / ‘Yin-Yang’
Marie-Hélène Bernard (France) /‘One Second Is a Whole World’
Michalis Keffalas (Greece) / ‘Three Taiwanese Echoes’

The CFMW will present a concert of the selected 6 compositions from international applications and 5 compositions from Taiwanese applications on October 30, 2010 at the Forum Music in Taipei. Simultaneously, the jury will decide the rank of the prize-winners in the end of the concert and the audience will be voting on the audience prize. The final result will be published on the CFMW's website on the next working day.

Thank you to all the composers who shared their work with us. Your submission made the Yin&Yang – Chai Found Music Workshop 2010 Sizhu Music Composition Contest a competitive and exciting competition.

Chai Found Music Workshop is holding a composition contest for Sizhu instrumentation for composers from Taiwan and composers from the countries of the European Union.

The theme of this cross-cultural musical production is Wu Xing, the five elements / phases in traditional Chinese philosophy.

The concert of Wu Xing will take place on November 28, 2009 at Forum Music in Taipei and will present the selected compositions from 4 Taiwanese and 4 European composers. The music will be recorded and published as a CD.

The deadline for handing in the compositions is October 1st, 2009

Read more here and download the materials here

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