FEATURE | Les lauréats du Prix Azrieli de la musique Rita Ueda et Iman Habibi à l’honneur

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The Azrieli Music Prize offers composers the highest prize among Canadian competitions, and a gala showcase with one of Canada’s premier orchestras.

• The Azrieli Commission for Jewish Music awards a prize of $50,000 CAD for a composer’s proposal to write a piece that answers the question “What is Jewish music?”
• The Azrieli Commision for Canadian Music awards a prize of $50,000 CAD for a composer’s proposal to write a piece of music of uniquely Canadian concert music.

Iman Habibi, who was awarded the commission for Jewish Music, and Rita Ueda, awarded the commission for Canadian concert music, were busy in the final stages of preparing their works for the gala concert in October when we caught up with them for a few questions and answers…[continue l’article]