Aliénor - Past Competitions

ALIENOR AWARDS 2008

2008 Winners

Solo Category

1st place: James Dorsa, Jupiter's Moons
2nd place: Graham Lynch, Petenera
3rd place: John Mayrose, Cascada

Duo category

1st place: Ronald McKean, Sacred Harp Dyads (baroque violin & harpsichord)
2nd place: Alex Shapiro, Slip (violin & harpsichord)
3rd place: Graham Lynch, Auspicious Cranes (violin & harpsichord)

Honorable Mentions, solo category: "Book of Preludes"

The following pieces are listed in an order that we think would be very appropriate as a "Book of Preludes"

Prelude I, les resonances Andrew Gustar, UK
Little Suite, and then they are gone Edward Gerber, UK
Interludium II from Partita Pablo Escande, NL
Couperiniana # 1 Kent Holliday, USA
Prelude #4 Janine Johnson, USA
La Rejouissance # 3 Philip Underwood, UK
Millennium Preludes # 4 Passion Rudy Davenport, USA
Water from "the Elements" Ron McKean, USA
Alpha Prelude #3 Thomas Donahue, USA
Prelude # IV, Rachel Laurin Canada

Honorable Mention, Duo Category

Shards (viola & harpsichord) William Averitt, USA
Vertigo (clarinet & harpsichord) Giuseppe di Bianco, Italy
from Pedal Points Twenty-O-Six (baroque oboe & harpsichord) Jackson Berkey, USA
Fandango (violin & harpsichord) Asako Hirabayashi, USA

The Aliénor Harpsichord Composition Competition was established in 1980 under the aegis of the Southeastern Historical Keyboard Society (SEHKS) to promote the creation of new music for the harpsichord, encourage composers’ interest in the harpsichord, and enrich the repertory of contemporary harpsichord music.

2004 Aliénor Award Winners

Solo Aliénor Awards Finalists ($500)

Trifles	Glenn Spring (USA)
Ideè Prix Fixe	Kari Henrik Juusela (USA)
Four Toys	Stefan Thomas (Germany)
Capriccio "Furie del Gravicembalo"	Stephen Francis Yates (Australia)
Sonatina No. 2	Asako Hirabayashi (USA)
Bulgarian Dance and Fantasy	Paul Whetstone (USA)

Honorable Mentions ($200)

Fantasia	Peter Child (USA)
Prelude	Yuri Ban (Japan)
Some Empty Thoughts of a Person from Edo	Lei Lang (China)

Chamber Music Winners

Lots	Jukka Tiensuu (Finland) ($1000)
Sonata Rondo	Robert Greenlee (USA) ($800)
Happy Spider	Andriy Zymenko (Ukraine) ($500)

Chamber Music Honorable Mentions ($200)

Celeste y Blanco	Adriana Isabel Figueroa Mañas (Argentina)
The Three Graces	Robert Carl (USA)
Tapestry Concerto	Albert Glinsky (USA