Posted: 10 June 2000
For students of Composition at the Royal Academy of Music.
Awarded annually from an endowment of £500 provided by the Alan Bush Music Trust in memory of Alan Bush, who was both a student and eminent Professor of Composition for 53 years at the Royal Academy of Music.
The prize is awarded as a result of competition to the composer who submits the best "serious" work in chamber music for up to seven instruments of the candidate's choice, which may include voice(s) but must include a substantial piano part.
The first year's competition in 1999, which was adjudicated by the distinguished composer Anthony Payne, was won by Maciej Zielinski (born in Warsaw in 1971) for his composition "Lutoslawski in Memoriam" for oboe and piano. Christopher Slaski was highly commended for his composition "Variants for Piano Quartet".
The winning work has been performed at a concert at the Academy and it is anticipated that such performances will become an important part of this annual competition.
The winner of the Alan Bush composition prize for the year 2000 will be announced in due course on the website and in Clarion, the newsletter of the Alan Bush Music Trust.
