{"id":34948,"date":"2023-11-15T14:03:45","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T13:03:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/77da2fa3-455c-474b-bac3-08a88a97c47c"},"modified":"2023-11-17T14:39:59","modified_gmt":"2023-11-17T13:39:59","slug":"2023-ivors-classical-awards-go-to-john-rutter-hannah-kendall-thomas-ades-dobrinka-tabakova-and-more","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/rss_feed\/2023-ivors-classical-awards-go-to-john-rutter-hannah-kendall-thomas-ades-dobrinka-tabakova-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"2023 Ivors Classical Awards go to John Rutter, Hannah Kendall, Thomas Ad\u00e8s, Dobrinka Tabakova and more"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Published: Wednesday, 15 November 2023 at 13:03 PM<\/p>

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The Ivors Academy\u00a0<\/strong>has revealed the winners of 11 Ivor Novello Awards at The Ivors Classical Awards, celebrating the best new classical music and sound art. The winners were announced during a ceremony hosted by\u00a0BBC Radio 3\u2019s Hannah Peel and Tom Service\u00a0<\/strong>at the British Film Institute in London.<\/p>

Three composers were presented with special Gift of the Academy awards, including\u00a0John Rutter<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0who was honoured with a Fellowship of The Ivors Academy \u2013 the highest accolade it bestows \u2013 which sees him join a prestigious list of 24 Fellows including John Adams, Sir Elton John, Sir Paul McCartney, Judith Weir CBE and Sting.\u00a0Elsewhere, Tansy Davies\u00a0was recognised with an Ivor Novello Award for Outstanding Works Collection, acknowledging her exceptional body of work, and\u00a0Matthew Herbert\u00a0received an Ivor Novello Award for Innovation presented in association with the Musicians\u2019 Union.<\/p>

2023 Ivors Composer Awards: more than 30 composers nominated<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul>
The Ivors Academy promotes anonymous judging, which sees all identifying information removed from any entered materials seen by judges. A jury of 40 composer judges took part this year, nominating between three and five works for each category.As with previous years, the Awards shine a light on the importance of the commissioning process. The winning works were commissioned by a wide range of organisations, trusts and venues, including\u00a0National Youth Choirs of Great Britain, Hall\u00e9 Concerts Society, Sydney Symphony, Berliner Philharmoniker, H\u00e9lo\u00efse Werner,\u00a0and\u00a0Irish National Opera,\u00a0amongst others. <\/p>
John Rutter receives Ivors Academy Fellowship<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul>
This is the first year that The Ivors Academy has presented The Ivors Classical Awards to celebrate the best new classical music and sound art by British, Irish or UK resident composers. Previously known as The Ivors Composer Awards, they were established in 2003 as the British Composer Awards.<\/p>
2023 Ivors Classical Award winners<\/h2>
BEST CHAMBER ENSEMBLE COMPOSITION<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0–\u00a0THOMAS AD\u00c8S for N\u00d6V\u00c9NYEK<\/em><\/u><\/strong>Thomas Ad\u00e8s<\/a><\/strong> received his third Ivor Novello Award, and fifth award from The Ivors Academy, for his work\u00a0N\u00f6v\u00e9nyek.\u00a0<\/em>Written for mezzo-soprano and piano sextet, the piece sets seven poems by four great Hungarian poets: Attila J\u00f3zsef (1905-1937), Mikl\u00f3s Radn\u00f3ti (1909-1944), S\u00e1ndor We\u00f6res (1913-1989) and Otto Orb\u00e1n (1936-2002). <\/p>
BEST CHORAL COMPOSITION \u2013 BEN NOBUTO for SOL<\/em><\/u><\/strong>Ben Nobuto\u00a0<\/strong>was presented with his first Ivor Novello Award for\u00a0Sol,\u00a0<\/em>a piece he wrote for the National Youth Choir of Great Britain\u2019s Fellowship ensemble. In his composer\u2019s note, Nobuto comments, ‘I started reading about solar deities in different cultures and came across the character of Sol, the sun god in ancient Rome. I like to imagine the eight singers in this piece as a little sun cult, all dancing and singing and worshipping the sun together, enjoying their weird pagan rituals.’<\/p>
BEST COMMUNITY AND PARTICIPATION COMPOSITION in association with ABRSM \u2013 DOBRINKA TABAKOVA for SWARM FANFARES<\/em><\/u><\/strong>Dobrinka Tabakova<\/a><\/strong>\u2019s\u00a0Swarm Fanfares\u00a0<\/em>for youth orchestra picked up the award for Best Community and Participation Composition; this is her first Ivor Novello Award. Commissioned by the Hall\u00e9 Concerts Society, the work was premiered by the Hall\u00e9 Youth Orchestra at Bridgewater Hall in Manchester, conducted by Delyana Lazarova.<\/p>
Dobrinka Tabakova won the prize for Best Community and Participation Composition with her work Swarm Fanfares. Pics: Hogan Media-Shutterstock<\/figcaption><\/figure>BEST LARGE ENSEMBLE COMPOSITION \u2013 HANNAH KENDALL for SHOUTING FOREVER INTO THE RECEIVER<\/em><\/u><\/strong>Hannah Kendall<\/strong><\/a> received her first Ivor Novello Award for\u00a0shouting forever into the receiver,\u00a0<\/em>a piece she wrote for 17 musicians following a commission from\u00a0<\/em>Donaueschinger Musiktage. The title is taken from a line in Ocean Vuong\u2019s novel\u00a0On Earth We\u2019re Briefly Gorgeous.\u00a0<\/em>In her programme note, Kendall wrote: ‘When I first read this phrase, it reminded me of the shouts and cries, not only of the Plantations, but those of the Plantation Machine, its ongoing feedback loop system, despite the passing of time.’<\/p>
BEST ORCHESTRAL COMPOSITION – BRETT DEAN for CELLO<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0CONCERTO<\/u><\/strong>Brett Dean<\/a><\/strong>\u2019s\u00a0Cello Concerto\u00a0<\/em>won the Best Orchestral Composition category. Written for symphony orchestra and solo cello, the piece had its UK premiere at the Royal Festival Hall with a performance by the London Philharmonic Orchestra and Edward Gardner, with cellist Alban Gerhardt. This is his second Ivor Novello Award, having won one last year for his chamber ensemble piece\u00a0Madame ma bonne s\u0153ur.<\/em><\/p>
BEST SMALL CHAMBER COMPOSITION \u2013 JOSEPHINE STEPHENSON for COMME L\u2019ESPOIR\/YOU MIGHT ALL DISAPPEAR<\/em><\/u><\/strong>Another first-time winner is Josephine Stephenson, whose piece\u00a0Comme l\u2019espoir\/you might all disappear\u00a0<\/em>for soprano and guitar won the small chamber composition category. The dual language piece reflects Stephenson\u2019s friendship with soprano H\u00e9lo\u00efse Werner \u2013 stemming back to their childhood in Paris before they both moved to the UK \u2013 and is inspired by a short French poem by Antoine Thiollier.<\/p>
The piece can be heard on\u00a0Phrases <\/strong><\/a><\/em>by H\u00e9lo\u00efse Werner<\/a><\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>
BEST SOUND ART \u2013 OLIVIA LOUVEL for LOL<\/em><\/u><\/strong>Olivia Louvel was awarded an Ivor Novello Award for Best Sound Art for her site-specific piece\u00a0LOL,\u00a0<\/em>which used the public address system of Middlesbrough\u2019s CCTV surveillance network. Produced with Sound Art Brighton, the piece aimed to reflect the current state of political affairs in Britain.\u00a0<\/p>
BEST STAGE WORK \u2013 BRIAN IRVINE for LEAST LIKE THE OTHER: SEARCHING FOR ROSEMARY KENNEDY<\/em><\/u><\/strong>Brian Irvine collected an Ivor Novello Award for his work\u00a0Least Like the Other: Searching for Rosemary Kennedy.\u00a0<\/em>The one-act opera was commissioned by Irish National Opera and premiered at the Royal Opera House\u2019s Linbury Theatre. The piece focuses on the lobotomy of JFK\u2019s sister Rosemary Kennedy and uses verbatim materials collected from archives, historical accounts, personal letters and diary entries. ACADEMY FELLOWSHIP \u2013 JOHN RUTTER<\/u><\/strong>The prestigious Academy Fellowship was awarded to John Rutter, acknowledging him as one of the most influential choral composers of our time. Rutter\u2019s music is performed by professional and amateur choirs around the world and has been used to commemorate some of the most significant landmark occasions in recent history, including the Queen\u2019s Golden Jubilee, Prince William and Catherine\u2019s royal wedding, and the coronation of King Charles III.<\/p>
OUTSTANDING WORKS COLLECTION \u2013 TANSY DAVIES<\/u><\/strong>The Outstanding Works Collection Award, honouring British or Irish composers who have written a consistently exceptional body of classical compositions, was awarded to Tansy Davies, a cross-genre composer whose works embody elements of rock, funk, disco, bebop, alt-pop and modernism.Named one of the UK\u2019s most influential people by the Evening Standard\u2019s\u00a0Progress 1000\u00a0<\/em>in 2015, she has worked with renowned performers and concert houses all over the world, including the BBC Proms, the Royal Opera House, and King\u2019s College Cambridge\u2019s famous Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols, broadcast to millions of viewers each year.<\/p>
INNOVATION AWARD in association with the Musicians\u2019 Union \u2013 MATTHEW HERBERT<\/u><\/strong>The Innovation Award this year was awarded to British musician, DJ and producer Matthew Herbert, in recognition of his pioneering work in electronic music and his experimental use of unconventional sounds as instrumentation. He is renowned for mining audio from unique sources, including the environment, the human body, and animals (both dead and alive). <\/p>
His most recent album,\u00a0The Horse<\/em>, saw him construct instruments out of a full-sized horse skeleton and was met with critical acclaim. Previously, his work has featured in Eurovision, Yves St Laurent fashion shows, and several films.<\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n
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