Results of the International Music Prize™
for Excellence in Composition 2011
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    • Jiun Lim
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  • Winners: Elementary Level
    • Christine Donkin
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  • Winners: Advanced Level
    • Andrew Gelt
    • Andrew Smith
    • Anna Thorvaldsdottir
    • Emanuela Ballio
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    • Anthony Donofrio
    • Burton Goldstein
    • Douglas Knehans
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  • Finalists: Preliminary Level
    • Dario Cebic
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    • Weily Luc
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    • Blake Ragghianti
    • Léo Collin
    • Michalis Keffalas
    • Peter Nostrand
    • Tian Xie
  • Finalists: Advanced Level
    • Amit Gilutz
    • Andres Gonzalez
    • Ashley Fu-Tsun Wang
    • Balz Trümpy
    • Charles Nichols
    • Jim Puckett
    • José Mora-Jiménez
    • Ka Chun Ng
    • Lorenzo Meo
    • Maria Karpova
    • Osnat Netzer
    • Stavros Hoplaros
    • Weily Luc
  • Finalists: Expert Level
    • Akiko Ushijima
    • Aleksander Sternfeld-Dunn
    • Balz Trümpy
    • Diogo Novo Carvalho
    • Elliott Bark
    • Ingrid Stölzel
    • Jacob Gotlib
    • Jeff Briggs
    • John Griffin
    • Ka Chun Ng
    • Mark Andrew Cook
    • Matthew Tommasini
    • Mei-Fang Lin
    • Michael Eric Deák
    • Olesya Evstratova
    • Patricia Saunders
    • Paul Lombardi
    • Thomas Suárez
    • Thordur Magnusson
    • Timothy Lee Miller
  • International Music Prizes

Anna Thorvaldsdottir

WINNER OF THE INTERNATIONAL MUSIC PRIZE FOR EXCELLENCE IN COMPOSITION 2011

Composer's Biography

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Anna Thorvaldsdottir is a prominent Icelandic composer, based in Reykjavik, Iceland and San Diego, CA, currently completing her Ph.D. in music composition from The University of California, San Diego. Her music is frequently performed in Europe and in the US, and her works have been nominated and awarded on several occasions, e.g. at Prix Europa in Berlin 2010. Rhízōma, Anna’s debut portrait album, will be released by Innova Recordings on October 25th 2011. The album features selected orchestra pieces and a solo percussed piano work, performed by the Iceland Symphony Orchestra and the Icelandic CAPUT ensemble, including Hrim (for chamber orchestra), which was awarded Composition of the Year (2010) at the Icelandic Music Awards 2011. Among upcoming events is the premiere of the orchestra piece AERIALITY, which will be performed by The Iceland Symphony Orchestra in HARPA, the new award-winning Reykjavik Concert Hall and Conference Centre, in November, conducted by Ilan Volkov.

Prize-Winning Work: Advanced Level

Hrim
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