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The Azrieli Music Prizes
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ABOUT THIS COMPETITION
Created by Sharon Azrieli CQ for the Azrieli Foundation, the Azrieli Music Prizes celebrate excellence in composition through four prizes, each valued at CA$200,000: The Azrieli Commission for Canadian Music, the Azrieli Prize for Jewish Music, the Azrieli Commission for Jewish Music, and the Azrieli Commission for International Music.
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ELIGIBILITY
The Azrieli Music Prizes are open to composers worldwide, with the exception of the Canadian Commission, which is open to citizens and residents of Canada. Scores, proposals and supporting documents are accepted from nominators and individual composers of all ages, genders, faiths, backgrounds and levels of experience.
ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE(S)
Composition
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| Travel Covered? | Yes |
| Frequency | Biennial |
| First prize | CA$10,000 to $50,000 |
| Additional prizes | Performances |
| Jury chair(s) | Jewish Prizes: to be determined; Canadian Prize: Ana Sokolovic, composer, professor, l'Université de Montréal; International Prize: Jonathan Goldman, musicologist |
| Additional jurors | Jewish Prize jury Avner Dorman, 2018 AMP laureate, composer, professor; Ofer Ben-Amots, composer, professor; Na'ama Zisser, composer, executive director of the Jewish Music Institute UK; Neil W. Levin, musicologist, artistic director, Milken Archive of Jewish Music; Steven Mercurio, conductor, music director, Czech National Symphony Orchestra Canadian Prize jury Colleen Renihan, musicologist, professor; David Pay, artistic director, Music on Main; Barbara Assiginaak CM, O.Ont., composer, professor, Wilfrid Laurier University; Kelly-Marie Murphy, 2018 AMP laureate, composer, professor, University of OttawaInternational Prize jury Chaya Czernowin, composer, Walter Bigelow Rosen professor of music at Harvard University; Margareta Ferek-Petrić, composer, curator; Samy Moussa, composer, conductor, artist-in-residence, Toronto Symphony OrchestraAdditional jurors for the 2026 competition will be announced early in 2025, see here for details. |
| Jury size | 1 to 5 |
| Application fee | No fee |
| Application deadline | May 2, 2025 |
| Application notes | The call for proposals for the 2026 competition will open on February 7, 2025, with a focus on works for orchestra and choir with optional soloists (maximum of four). Applications will be accepted online. See here for more information. |
FINALS (live rounds)
The AMP Gala Concert is traditionally held in October on even years in Montréal, Canada. The date for the 2026 AMP Gala Concert will be announced. Check here for more information. The 2024 AMP Gala Concert was held on October 28, 2024, with Performance Partner l'Orchestre symphonique de Montréal Chorus. |
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COMPETITION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC?
| ✖ | Semifinals | ✖ | Semifinals streamed |
| ✔ | Finals | ✔ | Finals streamed |
PAST COMPETITION WINNERS
Azrieli Commission for Jewish Music
2024 Yair Klartag, "Parable of the Palace" for choir and four double basses
2022 Iman Habibi, "Shāhīn-nāmeh" for vocalist and orchestra
2022 Yotam Haber, "Estro Poetico-armonico III" for mezzo-soprano and chamber orchestra
2018 Kelly-Marie Murphy, "En el escuro es todo uno (In the Darkness All is One)," a double-concerto for cello, harp and orchestra
2016 Brian Current, "Seven Heavenly Halls" for tenor, choir and orchestra
Azrieli Prize for Jewish Music
2024 Josef Bardanashvili, "Light to My Path, Choral Fantasy" for mixed choir, saxophone, percussion, and piano
2022 Aharon Harlap, "Out of the Depths have I cried unto Thee, O'Lord" for soprano and orchestra
2020 Yitzhak Yedid, "Kadosh Kadosh and Cursed" for 14 musicians
2018 Avner Dorman, "Nigumin (Violin Concerto No. 2)"
2016 Wlad Marhulets, "Klezmer Clarinet Concerto"
Azrieli Commission for Canadian Music
2024 Jordan Nobles, "kanata" for SATB voices a cappella
2022 Rita Ueda, "Birds Calling ... from the Canada in You," a double concerto for suona/sheng, sho and orchestra
Azrieli Commission for International Music
Juan Trigos, "Simetrías Prehispánicas" for chorus, amplified flute, trombone, percussion, and piano/keyboard
2024 Yair Klartag, "Parable of the Palace" for choir and four double basses
2022 Iman Habibi, "Shāhīn-nāmeh" for vocalist and orchestra
2022 Yotam Haber, "Estro Poetico-armonico III" for mezzo-soprano and chamber orchestra
2018 Kelly-Marie Murphy, "En el escuro es todo uno (In the Darkness All is One)," a double-concerto for cello, harp and orchestra
2016 Brian Current, "Seven Heavenly Halls" for tenor, choir and orchestra
Azrieli Prize for Jewish Music
2024 Josef Bardanashvili, "Light to My Path, Choral Fantasy" for mixed choir, saxophone, percussion, and piano
2022 Aharon Harlap, "Out of the Depths have I cried unto Thee, O'Lord" for soprano and orchestra
2020 Yitzhak Yedid, "Kadosh Kadosh and Cursed" for 14 musicians
2018 Avner Dorman, "Nigumin (Violin Concerto No. 2)"
2016 Wlad Marhulets, "Klezmer Clarinet Concerto"
Azrieli Commission for Canadian Music
2024 Jordan Nobles, "kanata" for SATB voices a cappella
2022 Rita Ueda, "Birds Calling ... from the Canada in You," a double concerto for suona/sheng, sho and orchestra
Azrieli Commission for International Music
Juan Trigos, "Simetrías Prehispánicas" for chorus, amplified flute, trombone, percussion, and piano/keyboard
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