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)