Prize for Southampton composition alumnus

 

Congratulations to Southampton alumnus Marios Stylianou (BA Hons Music, 2013), whose piece Ethnominimal was awarded second prize in Coups de Vent, a prestigious international composition competition for new works for symphonic band.  This year’s competition was on the theme of world music, and there were 152 entrants from 36 countries.   After performances in the quarter finals and semi finals by wind orchestras in France, Marios’s work was performed at the finals concert at the end of June in the Palais du Nouveau Siècle in Lille.  Here’s the video: