RESULT

Among numerous entries, the jury selected the work

Growing Bell Peppers: A Melting Pot

by

Georgi Dimitrov

for the 1st prize of the MAX BRAND Composition Award.

Georgi Dimitrov lives in California, where he studied composition, conducting and viola and graduated with a PhD. He has been an adjunct professor at the University of Southern California for the past 5 years and will be the associate principal violist in the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra beginning November 2020.

His music explores the relationships between different sound forms and the way they relate, blend, and complement each other to create a viable sense of form.

Jury:
Chair: Richard Graf (JAM MUSIC LAB University).
Joanna Lewis (MAX BRAND Ensemble)
Ursula Erhart-Schwertmann (INÖK - Interessengemeinschaft Niederösterreichische KomponistInnen)
Johannes Kretz (MDW)