ABOUT THE COMPETITION
The St. Christopher Chamber Orchestra proudly presented the third International Composer Competition. This competition aimed to discover talented musicians, establish creative relations with them, contribute to the successful career of young composers in their music’s professional performance, and initiate the creation of new works for the chamber orchestra and their dissemination.
The works of the competition’s finalists, The St. Christopher Chamber Orchestra perform in 2023. October 13th, at the solemn concert of the laureates of the International Composer Competition at Vilnius City Hall. The concert was filmed and uploaded to YouTube. The orchestra will also perform the laureates’ works in the 2023–2024 season concerts.
Contest finalists:
I premium – Keane Southard for the composition “Lamentation.”
II premium – Nikodem Kluczyński for the composition „Swallowing acid/Flesh of moth“
III premium – Dawid Grendat for the composition „Akathisia“
Special prize of the Vilnius city municipality St. Christopher Chamber Orchestra – Kateřina Horka for the composition „Winter Melancholy“
Special prize of the Lithuanian Music Information Center – Grzegorz Jurczyk for the composition “Shining“
Special prize of the Lithuanian Music Information Center- Mizuki Aita for the composition Fantasia on the theme of the Lithuanian folk song “Kalėdų rytu rožė inžydo”.
Congratulations to all the winners of the competition!
