The jury included Nagano and composers Unsuk Chin (Korea/Germany), Peter E‹tv‹s (Hungary), Gilles Tremblay (Canada) and Gilbert Amy (France).
The International Promise Prize (for the second-place work) was awarded to RaphaêŠl Cendo of France, and the Claude Vivier National Prize (for the best Canadian work) was presented to Paul Frehner, the only Canadian among the finalists.
The Messiaen Prize consists of a C$25,000 scholarship, an OSM commission, radio broadcast of the work by Espace musique (the classical network of Radio-Canada, the nation's francophone broadcast service), a recording of the work on compact disc (on the CBC Records label), performance of an orchestral work written by the winner by one of Radio France's orchestras, and a commission of a work for piano to be performed during an upcoming Olivier Messiaen International Piano Competition.
A C$15,000 scholarship accompanies the International Promise Prize, which also includes a radio broadcast of the work by Espace musique.
The Claude Vivier National Prize includes a C$10,000 scholarship, radio broadcast of the work by Espace musique and a recording of the work.
This fall, the OSM and Nagano will present a gala concert at which the works of the winners of the Olivier Messiaen International Prize and the Claude Vivier National Prize will be performed.
Messiaen Prize winner Ramon Humet is a graduate of the Universitat Politcnica de Catalunya and has won several international composition prizes. He teaches composition at the Conservatory of Vila-seca and acoustics and music technology at the Conservatori del Liceu in Barcelona.
RaphaêŠl Cendo studied at the ê_cole Normale de Musique and at the Conservatoire National Sup_rieur de Paris. He has written works for the Orchestre National d'‹le de France and the Ensemble Intercontemporain; he currently studies at IRCAM.
Paul Frehner has a doctorate in music from McGill University; he holds the posts of Composer in Residence at Montreal's Chapelle historique du Bon-Pasteur and assistant professor of composition at the University of Western Ontario.
