ACL Young Composers Awards

This award started in Hong Kong, 1988. Nominated chamber musical works by composers under the age 30 from each ACL Chapter are presented, and awarded. Every year, young talented composers are introduced to the international music scene.

Winners of ACL Young Composers Awards

1988 • Hong Kong
    1st: MATSUO Masataka (Japan) / 2nd: MO Wuping (China) / 3rd: Gareth Farr (New Zealand)

1990 • Tokyo-Sendai
    1st: FUJIIE Keiko (Japan) / 2nd: LEE Hyun-Joo (Korea) / 3rd: HungChung-Kun (Taiwan)

1992 • Wellington
    MORIYA Yuko (Japan)

1993 • Seoul
    NG Hau Yee Poly(Hong Kong)

1994 • Taipei
    1st: YONEKURA Kaori (Japan) / 2nd: LEUNG Kei-Cheuk (Hong Kong) / 3rd: LEE Keun-Hyoung (Korea)

1995 • Bangkok
    1st: TSE Kin-Chuen (Hong Kong) / 2nd: KURIYAMA Kazuki (Japan) / 3rd: John PSATHAS (New Zealand)

1997 • Manila
    BAEK Jung Youn (Korea)

1998 • Taipei
    1st: Jeroen SPEAK (New Zealand) / 2nd: LEE, Jang-Ryul (Korea) / 3rd: MORITA Kayoko (Japan)

1999 • Yogyakarta/Surakarta
    CHAO Ching-Wen (Taiwan)

2000 • Yokohama
    1st: LOO Jia En Aenon (Hong Kong) / 2nd: Michael NORRIS (New Zealand) / 3rd: Ponsakorn PATARADETPISAN (Thailand)

2002 • Seoul
    1st: Christopher David WATSON (New Zealand) /2nd: Kyu Sun KIM (Korea) / 3rd: Daniel ALCHER (Israel)

2003 • Tokyo
    1st: Dylan LARDELLI (New Zealand) /2nd: Hee Young YANG (Korea) / 3rd: Philip Thomas P. VINOYA (Philippines)

2004 • Israel
    1st: Avner DORMAN (Israel) /2nd: Nilo B. ALCALA (Philippines) / 3rd: Chris GENDALL (New Zealand)

2005 • Thailand
    1st: Alison GRANT (New Zealand) /Equal 2nd: Hye Ri KANG (Korea) & Noriko FUJIWARA(Japan)

2007 • Wellington
    1st: TANG Lok-Yin (Hong Kong) / 2nd: Peter McNAMARA (Australia)

2007 • Hong Kong

   1st: Samuel HOLLOWAY (New Zealand) / 2nd: LAM Kwan-fai (Hong Kong) / 3rd: Janet Jie-ru CHEN (Taiwan)

The ACL Yoshiro IRINO Memorial Prize
This Prize was established to commemorate the achievement of the late composer IRINO Yoshiro, who was one of the founders of the ACL.The qualifications for entry are chosen among performed works during the festival, which are composed by young composers from where the festival is held.