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Liverpool Philharmonic announces 19 year-old Alex Papp as the 2020 Christopher Brooks Composition Prize Winner

Thursday 17 December 2020

Liverpool Philharmonic is pleased to announce 19 year-old Alex Papp from Southport as the sixth winner of the Christopher Brooks Composition Prize in association with the Rushworth Foundation. The prize is part of Liverpool Philharmonic’s continued commitment to investing in home-grown talent, developing young composers and commissioning new music.

As winner, Papp will receive invaluable mentoring and industry support over the next year, a £1,000 cash prize and one year’s complimentary membership to the Ivors Academy (the UK’s leading professional association for music creators). He will also have the opportunity to write a new piece to be performed in 2021 by Ensemble 10/10, Liverpool Philharmonic’s contemporary music group.

On winning the prize, Alex Papp commented:

“I am beyond honoured to have been given this opportunity. My first experience of orchestral music came as a 7-year-old at Liverpool Philharmonic and inspired my journey as both a player and composer. Through seeing the Orchestra play, my eyes were opened to the amazing experience of live music and I never imagined I’d have the opportunity to hear the members of the Orchestra perform one of my works.

To be able to return home and work with them means a lot to me. As well as this, I am excited to work with the Learning Team which offers a world of possibilities to the young people of Merseyside."

Papp is currently studying at the Royal Academy of Music. He is a composer alumnus of the National Orchestra of Great Britain and was an Associate Composer with the Britten Sinfonia Academy.

The Christopher Brooks Composition Prize is part of Liverpool Philharmonic’s commitment to talent development. It has resulted in Liverpool Philharmonic commissioning seven new works for orchestra, ensembles and choir since 2015 with three of these to be performed in the coming seasons. Since it was launched in 2015, there have been six recipients of the prize, Alex Papp (2020), Athanasia Kontou (2019), Carmel Smickersgill (2018), Grace Evangeline-Mason (2017), Richard Miller (2016) and Bethany Morgan-Williams (2015). Liverpool Philharmonic also supports local teenage composers and songwriters through Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Company.

 

The Christopher Brooks Composition prize in association with the Rushworth Foundation provides a unique opportunity for young composers to advance their career. The winner receives £1,000, the opportunity to write a new work for Ensemble 10/10 (Liverpool Philharmonic’s contemporary music group), access to a bespoke programme of workshops, masterclasses and mentoring sessions from composers, performers, conductors and industry professionals, as well as one year’s complimentary membership to the Ivors Academy (the UK’s leading professional association for music creators). Each year, the Christopher Brooks Composition Prize is open to applicants aged between 18 and 30 years old, who live, work or were born in the North West of England and are not currently represented by a publisher.
 

Notes to Editors

  • The Christopher Brooks Composition Prize is generously supported by the Rushworth Foundation and the Lancashire Sinfonietta Legacy Fund  
  • For press requests email Rachel Gaston, Head of Communications and External Affairs, rachel.gaston@liverpoolphil.com

 

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