Results of the International Music Prize™
for Excellence in Composition 2011
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  • Winners: Preliminary Level
    • Jiun Lim
    • Joy Han
    • Michalis Keffalas
    • Rene Nikolaou
  • Winners: Elementary Level
    • Christine Donkin
    • Jean-Claude Soldano
    • Mark Dal Porto
    • Peter Nostrand
  • Winners: Intermediate Level
    • Jean-Claude Soldano
    • Peter Nostrand
    • Timothy Lee Miller
    • Xinyan Li
  • Winners: Advanced Level
    • Andrew Gelt
    • Andrew Smith
    • Anna Thorvaldsdottir
    • Emanuela Ballio
    • Jeff Briggs
    • Mark Dal Porto
    • Michael Boyman
    • Xinyan Li
  • Winners: Expert Level
    • Anthony Donofrio
    • Burton Goldstein
    • Douglas Knehans
    • Jeff Briggs
    • Luc Brewaeys
    • Maarten van der Meiden
    • Mike Barnett
    • Rajmil Fischman
    • Roberto Toscano
    • Steve Antosca
    • Yukiko Watanabe
  • Finalists: Preliminary Level
    • Dario Cebic
    • Joanne Griffiths
    • Tanya Severyna
  • Finalists: Elementary Level
    • Andrew Staniland
    • Esther Megargel
    • Pietro Dossena
    • Weily Luc
  • Finalists: Intermediate Level
    • 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
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Michalis Keffalas

WINNER OF THE INTERNATIONAL MUSIC PRIZE FOR EXCELLENCE IN COMPOSITION 2011

Composer's Biography

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Michalis Keffalas [MA (York), PhD (London), HonFNAM, BA (Hon) Hum (Open)] was born in Athens in 1966. He studied music at Greek conservatories and at the British Open University. In 1994 he established the ‘Alypius’ Music School. In 1996 he was appointed music teacher in primary schools. From 1999 he specialized in composition at the Universities of York and Goldsmiths London, on a five-year educational leave granted by the Greek Ministry of Education. He has been awarded a scholarship by the I.D. Pateras Panchiakon Foundation and a grant from N. Lemos Avra Shipmanagement S.A. He won a prize in the competition Young Composers of Next Generation in the Athens Concert Hall (2000), second prize in his final examinations in composition (2002), three prizes in the International Composition Competitions (2008 & 2010, Volos), two prizes and a special mention in the International Music Prizes for Composition (2009, Salonica), the second Shakuhachi Chamber Music International Prize (2010, Melbourne), the fourth prize in the International Composition Contest Yin & Yang (2010, Taipei) and a special mention in the IBLA World Music Competition (2011, New York). Works of his were selected for performance at the 2nd Alfeo Gigli International Festival of Composition (1997, Italy), for the final examinations of Brussels Conservatoire (2009, Belgium) and at the 18th International Review of Composers (2009, Serbia). He has authored ! A Handbook for Entrance Examinations to Music Departments of Universities’, ‘The Microcosm of Manos Hadjidakis’, ‘Six Works 2000-2004’, ‘Rembetiko in Schools’ and edited the collective work ‘36 Scores for all. Greek Composers innovate and…dare. Innovative Teaching Suggestions’.

Prize-Winning Work: Preliminary Level

Don Quichotte
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Finalist Work: Intermediate Level

Baroque Sonata Form
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