第一节香港国际半音阶作曲大赛获奖者公布：

We are pleased to announce the following list of awardees of the 1st Hong Kong International Composition Competition for Chromatic Harmonica 2021 (ICCCH).

All submitted works have been reviewed by the Jury comprising 7 members of world recognized composers and harmonica players. The Jury and the Organizing Committee of ICCCH are impressed by the high standards of the submitted works. In particular the works entered for Category B competition are of a more noteworthy standard. The Committee and Jury have decided to allocate more Merit Awards to Category B to recognize the contestants’ achievements.

To enable the works to reach a wider audience, selected pieces will be performed on various occasions:

· 8 selected harmonica with piano works will be recorded into a CD by Hong Kong professional harmonica players in mid November 2021. The CD will later be released.

· Selected winning pieces and noteworthy works will be performed by distinguished harmonica players in the Concert “Absolutely Harmonica” to be held in Auditorium, Sha Tin Town Hall at 7:30 pm on 18 December 2021 in Hong Kong.

The Organizing Committee of ICCCH, the Hong Kong Harmonica Association and the Jury would like to congratulate all contestants and winners for their outstanding achievements.

The competition has successfully met its objective of promoting and encouraging the creation of new compositions for the harmonica and exploring possibilities in the instrument. The ICCCH committee and the Hong Kong Harmonica Association would like to express appreciation to the Hong Kong Art Development Council, our patrons, advisors, the jury panel and other supporting organizations for funding and supporting this event.

Yours Sincerely,

所有提交的作品都经过了由世界知名作曲家和口琴演奏家的 7 名成员组成的评审团的审查。ICCCH的评审团和组委会对提交作品的高标准印象深刻。尤其是入围B类比赛的作品，标准更值得关注。委员会和评审团决定将更多的优异奖分配给 B 类，以表彰参赛者的成就。

为使作品能触及更广泛的观众，特选作品将在不同场合演出：

· 2021年11月中旬，香港专业口琴演奏家将精选8首带有钢琴作品的口琴录制成CD，CD稍后发行。

· 将于2021年12月18日晚上7时30分在香港沙田大会堂演艺厅举行的“绝对口琴”音乐会上，由杰出的口琴演奏家演奏精选的获奖作品和值得关注的作品。

ICCCH组委会、香港口琴协会和评审团祝贺所有参赛者和获奖者取得的优异成绩。

比赛成功地实现了促进和鼓励为口琴创作新作品并探索乐器可能性的目标。ICCCH 委员会和香港口琴协会对香港艺术发展局、我们的赞助人、顾问、评审团和其他支持组织为本次活动提供资金和支持表示感谢。

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获奖名单拆解如下：

奖项名称/作曲家/国家或地区/作品标题

A 类 - 口琴和钢琴

优胜者：艾略特·特奥/英国/Street Scenes(街景)