Irish Composer Awarded Top International Choral Prize by International Federation for Choral Music (IFCM)
Imagine the gargantuan task facing five leading international composers on the jury, working their way through 637 choral compositions from every corner of the globe, to select a First Prize in the International Federation for Choral Music’s Second International Competition for Choral Composition?
After the jury’s lengthy deliberation, Irish-born composer (now living in Germany) Francis Corcoran was selected and awarded First Prize for his stunning choral work Eight Haikus. For his award winning work, Francis has been awarded 5000Euros and a Diploma from the IFCM. The large number of submissions displayed the vast growth in the competition and interest in new choral music from the composition community. The judges were Olli Kortekangas (Finland), Graham Lack (Uk/ Germany), Libby Larsen (USA), John Pamintunian (The Philippines) and Paul Stanhope (Australia).
Fulbright scholar, Frank Corcoran was born in 1944 in Tipperary, and studied at Dublin, Maynooth, Rome and Berlin. His considerable musical output includes chamber, symphonic, choral and electro-acoustic music, through which he particularly explores Irish issues such as language and history. Frank Corcoran has worked with several recognized poets and received numerous national and international awards for his compositions. He is a founding member of Aosdána and currently lives in Hamburg.