Einojuhani Rautavaara		String Quartet No 1
Béla Bartok		String Quartet No 2
Einojuhani Rautavaara		String Quintet

Jeannot Heinen	Quartet No 2
Marcel Wengler	String Trio
Camille Kerger	Zeitspannen
Alexander Mullenbach	Constructions in Metal
Laurent Menager	Quartet in A

Lithuanian Première of all works
Chamber Music of the Countries of the European Union
Series of fifteen Sunday

Programme:

Milko Kelemen	Delicate Clusters for orchestra
Kaija Saariaho	Nymphea Reflection for strings
Strecko Bradic	Concerto for piano and orchestra
Marcel Wengler	Violin Concerto
James MacMillan	Confessions of Isobel Gowdie

Final Concert
International Composition Prize Luxemburg 2003

Luxemburg Sinfonietta
Conductor: Marcel Wengler

Programme:

Marco Carnevalini	Riflessioni sul giallo e sul blu
Patrick Harrex	Hauptweg und Nebenwege
Francisco Lara	Zarza
Kyung-Jin Han	Dancing on a Bamboo
Paul Robinson	Chamber Concerto
Cristian Marina	Density-Intensity

Marco CARNEVALINI, Italy	Paul ROBINSON, England
Kyung-jin HAN, South Korea	Cristian MARINA, Sweden
Patrick HARREX, England	Francisco LARA, Spain

Six finalists nominated

The Luxembourg Society for Contemporary Music has invited composers from all over the world to compose new works for its second International Composition Prize. 127 composers applicants from 26 countries participated in the competition, the countries being Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Mexico, the Netherlands, Philippines, Spain, Sweden, USA, Yugoslavia.

The international jury consisting of Theo Brandmüller (Germany), André Laporte (Belgium), Claude Lefebvre (France), Karen Tanaka (Japan) and Marcel Wengler (Luxembourg) has chosen six works to be played in the final concert of the International Composition Prize Luxembourg 2003.

The selected compositions will be performed on Saturday, the 17th May 2003 in a public concert at the Centre des Arts Pluriels in Ettelbrück, Luxembourg. The Luxembourg Sinfonietta, under the direction of Marcel Wengler will appear in the following composition: clarinet, clarinet bass, soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, horn, tuba,
2 violins, viola, violoncello, piano, mandolin, accordion and percussion.


International Composition Prize Luxemburg 2003
Results:


1. Prize: Francisco Lara (Spain)

2. Prize: Patrick Harrex (England)

3. Prize: Cristian Marina (Sweden)



The Spanish composer Francisco Lara won the first prize in the “International Composition Prize – Luxembourg 2003”. With his work Dust Lara won over the international jury in the face of competition from five other candidates.

A Special Prize was awarded by the audience to the English composer Paul Robinson for his work entitled Chamber Concerto.

The winner, Francisco Lara, was born in Spain in 1968. He started his musical studies in his hometown, Valladolid; in 1987 he began to study in Madrid where he graduated at the "Real Conservatorio Superior de Música" in 1990. In September 1991 he moved to London to study composition and conducting at the Royal College of Music and at King's College where in 1999 he finished a PhD in composition under the supervision of Sir Harrison Birtwistle. Lara´s music has been widely played both in Spain and Europe. In 2001 his piece Hopscotch was awarded the Spanish Symphony Orchestras Association Composition Prize. In 1999 Lara created at the University Valladolid a Contemporary Music Festival, which is establishing itself as one of the most prominent in Spain.

The second prize was awarded to the British composer Patrick Harrex, who had written a work entitled Hauptweg und Nebenwege for Luxembourg Sinfonietta. Patrick Harrex was born in London in 1946. He studied composition in Paris with Olivier Messiaen and Gilbert Amy and read Music and Education at the University of York. He is currently Chairman of New Music Brighton, an association of composers which promotes regular performances of their music.

The third prize was for the work Density – Intensity by the Swedish composer Cristian Marina, who studied composition and electroacoustic music at the conservatories in Stockholm and Gothenburg under among others Magnus Lindberg. His music has been performed at concerts in festivals in most European countries as well as in Japan and Hong Kong. Cristian Marina is a member of the Society of Swedish Composers as well as chairman of the Swedish Section of ISCM.

The International composition competition of the Luxembourg Sinfonietta will take place in future each year. The call for submissions for 2004 has already been published under www.luxembourg-sinfonietta.lu