Prize/Award
Classical Music Awards - Best Composition by an Australian Composer
- Presented by: Australian Music Centre and APRA
- Awarded: Annually since 1996
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The award for Best Composition by an Australian Composer must have been composed by an Australian citizen or by a composer who has permanent residence in Australia. The work must have been performed publicly in the year prior to the year of the Award (ie. 2008). If the work received its FIRST performance in 2008, it may have been completed at any time previously. If the work did not receive its first performance in 2008 it must have been completed in the three years prior to the year of the Award (i.e. 2006, 2007 or 2008).
Nominations of non score-based works are also encouraged.
Recipients of this award
| Year | Placing | Awarded to | Awarded for |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Winner | Elena Kats-Chernin | Cadences, deviations and Scarlatti |
| 1997 | Winner | Colin Bright | The wild boys |
| 1998 | Winner | Paul Sarcich | Matters arising |
| 1999 | Winner | Lawrence Whiffin | Murchitt |
| 2000 | Winner | Brett Dean | Beggars and angels |
| 2001 | Winner | Gordon Kerry | Vigil |
| 2002 | Winner | Liza Lim | Yuè lìng jié |
| 2003 | Winner | Richard Meale | Three Miró pieces |
| 2004 | Winner | Andrew Ford | Learning to howl |
| 2005 | Winner | Brett Dean | Moments of bliss |
| 2006 | Winner | Michael Smetanin | Mysterium cosmographicum |
| 2007 | Winner | Roger Smalley | Footwork |
| 2008 | Winner | Colin Bright | The last whale |
| 2009 | Winner | Georges Lentz | Monh |
| 2009 | Finalist | Iain Grandage | Black dogs |
| 2009 | Finalist | Daniel Blinkhorn | jeu fabriqué |
| 2009 | Finalist | Michael Yezerski and Richard Tognetti | The Red Tree |