The Ensemble Contemporain de Montréal has concluded its annual tour of works by emerging Canadian composers by announcing Riho Maimets’s composition as the winner of this year’s audience prize.
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A total of 720 audience members from concerts in eight cities voted 79 per cent for Maimets’ Béatitude, earning him the “Prix du public Génération 2012,” which includes a $1,500 cheque as well as a commission of a new chamber work that will be premiered by the Ensemble next season.
Torontonian Maimets is currently studying at the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia.
John Terauds
- Classical Music 101: What Does A Conductor Do? - June 17, 2019
- Classical Music 101 | What Does Period Instrument Mean? - May 6, 2019
- CLASSICAL MUSIC 101 | What Does It Mean To Be In Tune? - April 23, 2019