Following from the selection of five finalists by an international jury of composers, the Zemlinsky Prizes administration will forward the final five works to Cincinnati based judges: the Dean of CCM, a local contemporary music philanthropist and the conductor of CCM Philharmonia. These selected works are then submitted ANONYMOUSLY to this Final Committee to be judged by listening only.
The winners are:
FIRST PRIZE
Double-face by Aya YOSHIDA (JAPAN)
SECOND PRIZE
"über das farbige Licht der Doppelsterne..." by Tomasz SKWERES (POLAND/AUSTRIA)
THIRD PRIZE
Cantus by Joel JÄRVENTAUSTA (FINLAND)