Anna Mikhailova AWARDS: 1997 • II prize in the international competition “Classical Legacy” [“Cuckoo and Cock” Fable for Voice and Piano, text by Ivan Krilov; Two pieces for Reader and Piano] • Prize Winner of the Third Moscow Young Composers Competition [Toccata for Piano] 1998 • I prize in the international musical competition “Alexander Pushkin, His Contemporaries and Music” [“Adell”, cantata for mixed Choir, Soprano and Violin, text by Alexander Pushkin] • Winner of the “Third Contest Artiada” [“Universal” cycle of acts for Piano)] 1999 • Special prize in the Crystal Tuning-fork, the 1-st Contest for young Composers [2 songs for Piano and Voice, text by Marina Zvetaeva] • II prize in the 5th Esenin Competition for Young Russian Composers “Ryabinovie Grezy” [“At the Salon of Zinaida Volkonskaya” for Soprano, Reader and Piano, text by Alexander Pushkin, Yevgeny Baratynsky, Vasily Zhukovsky, Pyotr Vyazemsky] 2000 • Prize Winner in the 2nd Improvisation Contest for young composers, Moscow. 2001
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2006
• II prize in the Composer’s Contest for Vocal Music [Three Songs for Baritone and piano, text by Nikolay Gumilev] • Winner of the 3rd Contest for Young Composers/instrumental music [Concert Variation on the folk song for Piano] • Winner of the IVth International Contest for Young Composers “Crystal Tuning-fork” [“How is the Singing Born” nine songs for Voice and Viola, texts by Ishikawa Takuboku, Mikawa Hideo, Matsuo Basho and Ogura Hyakunin Isshu] • Winner of Moscow Conservatory Composers Competition [String quartet] • Winner of Moscow Conservatory Composers Competition in the name of D.D.Shcostakovich [“During the D” for 2 Violin] • 2 Prize of 4 Composers Competition L’OFF (Orchestra de Flutes Frances), Paris, France [“Relictus Luminis” for Organ and Flute orchestra]
• Prize Yoshihishi Taira/ public prize of 4 Composers Competition L’OFF [“Relictus Luminis” for Organ and Flute orchestra] 2007 • for piano]
Winner of Composer Competition “Science and Space” [Sonata
2008 • Winner of VIII international vocal competition by Zara Dolukhanova “Succinct nightingale” / author of best obligatory song for second tour ["Ryabinushka" for solo Voice] • Golden Medal of First International Competition for Composers in the name of Vladislav Zolotarev, April - June, 2008 New-York, USA • Become a Member of Russian Composers Union 2010 • Chosen for final round of De Komeet Culture Prize in The Hague, Netherlands. • Project Metamorphoses nominated for grand prize “Popmechanics” of Sergey Kuryokhin Awards’ 2010 2011 •
“Bright withOUT Fright” chosen for “Composers’ Salons” in
the Bethani.nklooster, Amsterdam http://www.bethanienklooster.nl/concert.php?id=549 • Nominated composer for 2013 Impuls Composition Competition, Graz, Austria http://www.impuls.cc/en/competition/composers-2013.html • First Prize of GRAFIMUSE 2011, visual arts competition for professional musicians [Music Inside for Drumset. Score] • Winner of Square Piano Composition Competition, part of the Geelvinck Muziek Festival 2011, Amsterdam [SHOGI. white dragon. for Square Piano and koto] 2012
2013
1st prize of 2nd Geelvinck Square Pianoforte Compositieconcours [Time Traveller’s Lullaby for Voice, Viola da gamba and Pianoforte] •
• Winner of the 2013 Impuls Composition Competition, Graz, Austria http://www.impuls.cc/en/competition/composers-2013.html [“Bonus of Binary Balance” for Klangforum Ensemble]