The Surrey Hills International Music Festival (SHIMF) has announced the prizewinners of the 2024 Young Composer Competition.
To mark the Festival's 15th season, composers aged 18 and under were invited to submit works for piano (solo or four hands, and between 2.5 and 5 minutes long) on the theme of ‘Celebration’.
Borimir Ivanov, 16, from Tiffin School (Kingston upon Thames), was awarded first prize for his piano duo Festival of the Hills, described by the competition jury as ‘lively, joyful, and rhythmically exciting’. The second prizewinner was Jamaal Kashim, 16, homeschooled and attendee of the Royal College of Music Junior Department, and the third prizewinner was Oscar Trott, 17, a student at Royal Grammar School, Guildford. All three prizewinners submitted piano duos.
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