2021 Ivors Composer Awards - Anna Thorvaldsdottir, winner of the Large Scale Composition category (Photo Mark Allan)
The winners of the 2021 Ivors Composer Awards for classical, jazz and sound art were announced last night (8 December 2021) at a ceremony at the British Museum. The event will be broadcast on BBC Radio 3's New Music Show on Saturday 11 December 2021. Of the ten winning composers, six received an award for the first time. Alexander Goehr, who will be 90 next year, received an award recognising his achievements across a career spanning seven decades.
After the announcement of nominations for this year's awards, I interviewed three of the nominees and you can read my interviews with two of this year's winners, see links below:
- Large Scale Composition – Anna Thorvaldsdottir CATAMORPHOSIS [read my interview with Anna]
- Small Chamber Composition – Alex Paxton Sometimes Voices [read my interview with Alex]
- Solo Composition – Martin Iddon Lampades
- Sound Art – Caroline Kraabel London 26 and 28 March 2020: Imitation: Inversion
- Vocal or Choral Composition – Thomas Adès Gyökér (Root)
- Jazz Composition – Nikki Iles The Caged Bird
- Impact Award – Zoe Rahman
- Innovation Award – Cleveland Watkiss MBE
- Outstanding Works Collection – Alexander Goehr
- Visionary Award – Sarah Angliss
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| 2021 Ivors Composer Awards - Alex Paxton, winner of the Small Chamber Composition category (Photo Mark Allan) |
Full details from the Ivors Composer Awards website
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