Jules Léger Prize for New Chamber Music
Brian Current, composer
Photo: Bo Huang
Current winner
Brian Current, for his composition entitled Shout, Sisyphus, Flock (2016)
Brian Current’s music, lauded and broadcast in over 35 countries, has been awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Barlow Prize for Orchestral Music (USA), and the Premio Fedora (Italy) for Chamber Opera. In 2001, his composition For the time being won the International Rostrum of Composers Prize in the category of composers under 30 years of age. In 2016 he won the inaugural Azrieli Commissioning Competition—which is valued at $50,000 and is the largest prize of its kind in Canada.
Read more about Brian CurrentWhat is this prize?
The Jules Léger Prize for New Chamber Music encourages Canadian professional composers to create avant-garde chamber music and to foster its performance by Canadian chamber groups.
Prize amount
$7,500
How to Qualify
Apply to the Council.
A peer assessment committee will select the recipient from among all applicants.
For the eligibility criteria for applicants and works, the application form and further information on this prize, see the Jules Léger Prize for New Chamber Music Guidelines.
Deadline(s)
Annual
1 June
Who created this prize?
The prize was established in 1978 by the Right Honourable Jules Léger, then Governor General of Canada, who always encouraged innovation and excellence.
Further Information
Sarah Brown
Program Officer, Prizes
Canada Council for the Arts
150 Elgin Street, P.O. Box 1047
Ottawa ON K1P 5V8
E-mail: sarah.brown@canadacouncil.ca
613-566-4414, ext. 6004
Toll free: 1-800-263-5588, ext. 6004
TTY: 1-866-585-5559
Next Deadline
Annual
Prize Amount
$7,500
By Application
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