IRINO PRIZE

International Composers Competition for Young Composers

Result of the 42nd IRINO PRIZE for Chamber Music, 2020

Irino Prize Winners

composer Jaime Belmonte
(1988 b., Spain, living in Helsinki)
title of work “PERPETUAL MORNING” for fl, cl, vc and pf
duration 10’00”
 Jaime Belmonte is a Spanish composer and conductor based in Helsinki. His music is regularly performed in America, Asia and Europe and he works both as an independent  composer and collaborating with different artists exploring transculturality, transdisciplinarity and new ways of expression using technologies. At the moment he is finishing his Master’s Degree in composition at the Sibelius Academy under the guidance of Lauri Kilpiö and the mentor of Kaija Saariaho.

His music has been awarded in competitions such as the 1st PAMPA residency and the 1st Witold Szalonek Composition Competition, and supported by the Martin Wegelius Foundation.

As well as composer, conductor and teacher, he is a very active choir singer and has been founding member of the platform for contemporary music “Ineditio” in Murcia (Spain). He has also been part of the board of the Korvat Auki society for young composers.

-The result of the 42nd IRINO PRIZE for Chamber Music, 2020
We would like to inform you the result of the 42nd Irino Prize ,2020.
The Selection Committee has been held on 21 November, 2020 at the NPO JML Yoshiro Irino Music Institute Tokyo.
Jury of this year: Satoshi TANAKA(Chair), Takayuki RAI,
Mari TAKANO, Masahiro MIWA, Haruyuki SUZUKI, Rica Narimoto(absent)
Total of Entries: 28 compositions, 15 countries
Award: 200,000 Japanese yen

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