PRESS RELEASE Jury selects 15 compositions for the International Gaudeamus Music Week 2009. The jury of the International Gaudeamus Music Week 2009, consisting of Huba de Graaff (The Netherlands), Akira Nishimura (Japan), and Julia Wolfe (USA), has nominated fifteen compositions for the Gaudeamus Prize 2009. These compositions, selected from 366 entries, will be performed in the International Gaudeamus Music Week, which will take place in Amsterdam from September 7 to 13, 2009. At the end of the International Gaudeamus Music Week, which is organized by Music Center the Netherlands (MCN), this same jury will announce the winner of the Gaudeamus Prize. The nominated compositions for the Gaudeamus Prize 2009 are: Symphony Orchestra Toru Nakatani (Japan, 1979) – 54_1/128_1 (2009) Evis Sammoutis (Cyprus, 1979) – Krouseis (2007) Chamber Music Drasko Adzic (Serbia, 1979) – Igra sudaja (The Dance of the Moirae) (2007) Enda Bates (Ireland, 1979) – String Quartet no. 1 (2008) Giuliano Bracci (Italy, 1980) – Con il disincanto, l’incanto e la frenesia (2008) Ryan Brown (USA, 1979) – Bansky (2006) Ted Hearne (USA, 1982) – selection from Katrina ballads (2007) Peter McNamara (Australia, 1980) – Distorted waters (2007) Toru Nakatani (Japan, 1979) – 16_1/64_1 (2007) Robert Phillips (USA, 1981) – Mapuana mai kekahi (scent of another) (2005) Andrea Sarto (Italy, 1979) – Hèvel (2008) Electronic music Thomas Bensdorp (The Netherlands, 1981) – Jeux d’Enfants (2008) Thanasis Kaproulias (Greece, 1980) – Silence, aircraft noises and harmonies in pain (2007) Michal Prynda (Poland, 1984) – Untitled 3 for improvised piano and electronics (2008) Yu Tao (China, 1981) – Ciel Demandé (2006) Contact International Gaudeamus Music Week 2009 MUSIC CENTER THE NETHERLANDS Rokin 111 1012 KN Amsterdam The Netherlands 31-20-3446060 musicweek@mcn.nl www.musicweek.nl