Prize/Award
Classical Music Awards - Best Performance of an Australian Composition
- Presented by: Australian Music Centre and APRA
- Awarded: Annually since 1996
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The award for Best Performance of an Australian Composition must have taken place publicly in the year prior to that of the Award (i.e. 2008). The performance may have taken place anywhere in the world. The performers need not be citizens or permanent residents of Australia. The work must have been composed by an Australian citizen or by a composer with permanent residence in Australia. There is no requirement on a year of composition or completion (heritage works are eligible). Public broadcast is eligible as a public performance. Nominations of performances of non score-based works are also encouraged.
Recipients of this award
Year | Placing | Awarded to | Awarded for |
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1996 | Winner | Elision Ensemble | Funk |
1997 | Winner | David Pereira | Inner world |
1998 | Winner | David Pereira | A garden of earthly delights |
1999 | Winner | Michael Kieran Harvey | Piano sonata |
2000 | Winner | Goldner String Quartet | String quartet No. 3 |
2000 | Winner | Ten Part Invention | Separate reality |
2001 | Winner | Australian Virtuosi | Oscillations |
2002 | Winner | State Orchestra of Victoria | Batavia |
2003 | Winner | Diana Doherty | Concerto for oboe and orchestra |
2004 | Winner | Richard Haynes | Time and the bell |
2005 | Winner | Stephen Isserlis | Cello concerto |
2006 | Winner | Genevieve Lacey | Line drawing |
2007 | Winner | Rebecca Lagos | When the clock strikes me |
2008 | Winner | Australia Ensemble | Rare sugar |