NMGCS II International Composition Competition 2022 Finalists Announcement

Dear competitors,

I am grateful to all of you for your efforts, your interest in the music of the great Azerbaijani composer Fikret Amirov. We received a total of thirty-three works comprising twenty-one countries from four continents. These are the USA, Nederlands, China, Poland, UK, Germany, Colombia, Italy, Argentina, Bulgaria, Georgia, Colombia, Latvia, Iran, Mexico, Philippines, Greece, Austria, France,Türkiye and Azerbaijan. Our honorable Board of qualified Jury studied entries very carefully, selecting the best of the best. The name of the Amriov encouraged musicians around the world, and as a result number of excellent compositions emerged.

On behalf of the organizing committee and the entire Jury, we would like to thank everyone of you for your valuable contributions and for making it a success. The Award ceremony and the Gala concerts will take place on September 22 at 7 PM at the Mugham Center in Baku, Azerbaijan and on October 20 at 7 PM at the Bruno Walter Auditorium at Lincoln Center in New York. The Gala program will feature works of the competition winners and the original compositions by Amirov.

We are pleased to announce the names of the winners of the NMGCS II International Composition Competition

• Lin Sen (China) Award of Excellence 1st Prize $2,000 & Publishing in the USA
• Jared Destro (USA) Award of Excellence 2nd Prize $1,000 & Publishing in the USA
• Roman Czura (Germany) and Irakli Areshidze (Georgia) Award of Excellence 3rd Prize $500 (will be shared) & Publishing in the USA
• Lelio Di Tullio (Italy) Certificate of Achievement & Publishing in the USA
• Marius Díaz (Colombia) Certificate of Achievement & Publishing in the USA
• Franz Augustine Mallari (Philippines) Certificate of Achievement & Publishing in the USA
• Lucas Jaramillo Valderrama (Colombia) Certificate of Achievement & Publishing in the USA
• Mehran Pedram (Iran) Certificate of Achievement & Publishing in the USA
• Alicia Haydée Clausi (Argentina) Certificate of Achievement & Publishing in the USA
• Sina Jafarikia (Iran) Special Hajibeyli Certificate & Publishing in the USA
• Etibar Asadli (Azerbaijan/France) “Şuşa” Award, $1,500 & Publishing in the USA

President of National Music & Global Culture Society

Head of the Organizing Committee of the NMGCS II International Composition Competition

Professor, Dr. Nargiz Aliyarova