ABOUT THE COMPETITION
The St. Christopher Chamber Orchestra proudly presented the fourth 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 performed in 2024. October 13th, at the solemn concert of the laureates of the International Composer Competition at Vilnius City Hall. The concert was filmed and will be uploaded to YouTube. The orchestra will also perform the laureates’ works in the 2024–2025 season concerts.
Contest finalists:
I premia – “Periodic fractions, fading into memories” – Olgierd Juzala-Deprati (Poland)
II premia And Special prize of Vilniaus city municipality St. Christopher Chamber Orchestra – “Vilnius bells” – Kateřina Horká (Czech Republic)
III premia – “Sinfonietta für streichorchester” – Jakob Gruchman (Austria)
Diploma– “Environments” – Natas Kunas (Lithuania)
Diploma and Special prize of the Lithuanian Music Information Center– “A Nightingale in the Darkness” –Wayne Gao (New Zealand)
Diploma – „Prayer“ – Aleksej Kalinin (Lithuania)
We thank the sponsors and partners of the competition – Vilnius City Municipality, Vilnius Club, Lithuanian Cultural Council, Lithuanian Music Information Center, and Vilnius City City Hall.
We also thank the enthusiastic audience, who support the young composers for the fourth year with hot ovations and shouting of admiration!
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