| The Competition
On Tuesday 8 April 2008 at Australia House in London a gala concert took place featuring the six talented finalists in the Performing Australian Music Competition (PAMC) 2008. The event was attended by Her Royal Highness Princess Alexandra, and an invited audience enjoyed spectacular performances delivered with poise and enthusiasm. In welcoming the audience to the event, the Acting High Commissioner, Frances Adamson, read a letter of congratulations from the Australian Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd.
The six finalists were chosen from 82 performers who auditioned for the competition the previous week at the Royal College of Music. Each entrant presented a 20 minute program of Australian works, along with a work from the standard repertoire in their instrumental category. A total of 84 Australian composers’ works were performed in the auditions, presenting a diverse range of musical styles and influences, and covering the spectrum of Australian instrumental and vocal repertoire.
PAMC PRIZE-WINNERS
First Prize (£5000, donated by Heather de Haes)
Marko Pop Ristov - violin (Macedonia)
Program: Irkanda I by Peter Sculthorpe; In Father’s Orchard by Sadie Harrison; and Sonatensatz by Brahms
Second Prize (£4000, donated by Michael Kelson)
Yvonne Paterson - flute (Scotland)
Program: Aureole by Brenton Broadstock; Nura (3rd Movt: Earth Dance) by Ross Edwards; Sonata (2nd Movt) by Poulenc
Kelson Encouragement Award (£3000, donated by Michael Kelson)
Jacob Cordover - guitar (Australia)
Program: Blackwattle Caprices by Ross Edwards; Stele and Dervish by Phillip Houghton; Prelude from Suite BWV 997 by JS Bach
The Tait Prize (£1000, donated by the Tait Memorial Trust)
Elena Xanthoudakis - soprano (Australia)
Program: The Presences by Ron McKenzie; Come Sleep by Peggy Glanville-Hicks; O Deep & Dewy Hour by Horace Keats; selected Cabaret Songs by Keith Humble; The Sprig of Thymeby Percy Grainger; Piangero, La Sortemia, by GF Handel
AMF Audience Prize (£1000, donated by the Australian Music Foundation)
Eleanor Smith - piano (Australia)
Program: Chiaroscuro 2 by Margaret Sutherland; Piano Sonata 2 (2nd movt) by Carl Vine; Feux D’Artifice by Debussy
The Becker Prize (£500, donated by Russell Becker)
Eleanor Smith - piano (Australia)
Program: Chiaroscuro 2 by Margaret Sutherland; Piano Sonata 2 (2nd movt) by Carl Vine; Feux D’Artifice by Debussy
The Faber Prize (music to the value of £500, donated by Faber Music)
Mi Zhou - cello (China)
Program: Dovetailing by Julian Yu; The Legend of Moinee (2nd movement) by Don Kay; and Prelude from Cello Suite No 5 by JS Bach
MEDIA:
Download press release of 2008 winners
Read Australian Music Centre's CEO John Davis's report on the competition in resonate magazine
The Composers Represented in PAMC for 2008
Roy Agnew
Don Banks
Amy Bastow
Andrew Batterham
Alison Bauld
Betty Beath
Arthur Benjamin
Anne Boyd
Brenton Broadstock
Gerald Brophy
Colin Brumby
Brigid Burke
Nigel Butterley
Stephen Campbell
John Carmichael
Richard Charlton
Sonny Chua
Marie Cowan
Robert Cuckson
Robert Davidson
Brett Dean
Roger Dean
Eve Duncan
Michael Easton
Ross Edwards
Andrew Ford
Peggy Glanville-Hicks
Gerald Glynn
Percy Grainger
Stuart Greenbaum
Paul Groh
Eric Gross
John Hardy
Fritz Hart
Sadie Harrison
Moya Henderson
Mirrie Hill
Matthew Hindson
Wendy Hiscocks
Dulcie Holland
Allan Holley
Philip Houghton
Keith Humble
Frank Hutchens
Miriam Hyde
Dominic Karski
Elena Kats-Chernin
Don Kay
Horace Keats
Gordon Kerry
Graham Koehne
Stephen Leek
William Lovelock
David Lumsdaine
Helgart Mahler
Richard Meale
Richard Mills
Isaac Nathan
Paul Paviour
James Penberthy
Damien Ricketson
Esther Rofe
Paul Sarcich
Andrew Schultz
Peter Sculthorpe
Ian Shanahan
Larry Sitsky
Roger Smalley
Michael Smetanin
Paul Stanhope
Margaret Sutherland
Benjamin Thorn
Alan Tregaskis
Carl Vine
Benjamin Wallfisch
Felix Werder
Martin Wesley-Smith
Michael Whiticker
Philip Wilcher
Malcolm Williamson
David Young
Julian Yu
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