The Competition Artistes en Herbe Luxembourg has announced its winners. Founded in 2009, this competition is unique in Western Europe, because children from the youngest age are admitted in the Junior category (3 age groups). Adult composers are invited to write for children in the Senior category. The 5th edition encountered a great international success. In total 223 musical works from 34 countries were submitted (Luxembourg, France, Germany, Austria, England, Australia, Argentina, Belgium, Belarus, Brazil, Bulgaria, Italy, Israel, Spain, Switzerland, Netherlands, Greece , Rhodes, Serbia, Canada, USA, Turkey, Iran, Poland, Armenia, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Latvia, Lithuania, China, South Korea, Singapore, Mexico).

The International Jury sat between 11 and 15 March partially in Luxembourg and online because of the travel restrictions due to the coronavirus. The jury members were president and founder Albena Petrovic (L), Ivan Boumans (L), Sylvain Kuntzmann (F), Ejnar Kanding (DK), Gheorgy Arnaoudov (BG), Joan Bages I Rubi (E).

The award ceremony has been canceled due to the coronavirus.

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JUNIOR SECTION (7-10 years)

1st PRIZE

non selected

2nd PRIZE

Lamourette Julien (F) – Petite histoire

Vechar Kavaleuskaya Yauhenia ( Belarus ) – Moon Night

Nesterouk Elizaveta (Belarus) – Chamber Music

3rd PRIZE

Ding Nicolas (L) – Arabesque

Slais Michal (CZ) – Museum

Rebelo Sergio (L) – La dance

SPECIAL PRIZES

The Youngest composers:  Vassileva Alexandra (L), Surply Nicolas (L)

Prize of the Founder and President

All the pupils of the Vera Chmelova – CZ Brno School of Music

All the pupils of Scuola Pirazzini and Scuole Gulli from Faenza, Italy

JUNIOR SECTION (11-15 years)

1st PRIZE

Kurtzbard Yaniv (Israel) – Modern Times

Ozzengin Nehir (Turkey) – Shout of Hope

2nd PRIZE

Yuhao Jin (China) – White Tiger

Zhang Shu Quing (US) – piano and horn duet

Sommrova Tereza (CZ) – Skola

3rd PRIZE

Huraux Sophie (L) – Pour Caroline

Toniello Colin (L) – Pentagrammes

Erb Raphael (D) – Ballad in g minor

SPECIAL PRIZES

Pianissimo Prize

Antoine Villéger (Canada)

Ivaylo Vassilev (BG)

Arthur Balas (CZ, L)

Luxembourg Prize FLAC – Toniello Colin (L)

Prize of the Founder and President

Helena Gelabert Fernandez (S) – 3 Miniatures Dodécaphoniques

Andrew Dharma (Australia) – The Weather op-5

JUNIOR SECTION (16 -19 years)

1st PRIZE

Sajanova Eva (SK) – Music for a lot of Hands

2nd PRIZE

Ivanov Alexander (BG) – Etude

Cohen Lyle (Israel) – Metamorphoses Phrygiennes

3rd PRIZE

Balodis Davids (LV) – Zala Jumprava

Harrison Thomas (F) – Fantaisie pour accordéon

Hunder- Conolly Kevin (D) – Mysterious encounters

SPECIAL PRIZE

Prize Pianissimo:  Dimitrov Nikolay (BG)

SENIOR SECTION

1st  PRIZE

Seltenreich Michael (US, Israel) – Elégie

Epstain Alona (Israel) – Aspects of Sarah

2nd PRIZE

Armitage Tom (Malta) – Da Pacem Domine

Choi Jinseok (Korea) – North Latitude 38

Sharifpour Shachriar (B, Iran) – Le vacarme

Zhao Tianyi (China) – Yuan

3rd PRIZE

Szilard Mezei (Serbia) – Concerto for flute

Shenkar Yonatan (IL) – On the nature of child

Marmarinos Ion (Greece) – Sacretum

SPECIAL PRIZES

PRIZE PIANISSIMO: Marc Vogler – Zorn

PRIZE EDITIONS L’OCTANPHARE – Sanicheva Estevita (RU) – Transformations

Luxembourg Prize FLAC: Marc Mangen – Die Hirten, Ein Weihnachtslied

PRIZE Bridges: David Avshalomov (US) – Let The Children Play, The Tyger

Michail Vekiaris (GR) – Labyrinth Dance

Ivo Van Emmerik (NL) – No 60 aoutien

Marc Mangen (L) – Die Hirten, Ein Weihnachtslied

TOP SCORE: Rudel Rey Demian (Argentina) – De olvideo siempre gris

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