Pedro González Álvarez and Imsu Choi, winners of the 2024 Académie Ravel Composition Prize.

The 2024 Académie Ravel Composition Prize was awarded on August 30 following a competition featuring the world premieres of works by the five composers of the 2024 cohort.

The winners, ex aequo, are:

Pedro González Álvarez (33 ans – Spain) for his piece Éter – El regreso
Imsu Choi (33 ans – South Korea) for her piece Scattered tunes

The jury was composed of:
– Bertrand Chamayou (President of the Jury, Artistic Director of the Festival and the Ravel Academy)
– Eric Denut (Director of Éditions Durand-Salabert-Eschig)
– Estelle Lowry (Director of the Maison de la Musique Contemporaine)
– Emmanuel Hondré (Director of the Opéra national de Bordeaux)
– François Dru (Editor, Ravel Edition)
– Marc Monnet (composer)
– Sofia Avramidou (composer)

The two winners will each receive a paid commission for the Ravel 2025 Festival, along with a publication of their work by Éditions Durand-Salabert-Eschig.

Congratulations to them, and to the three other composers who participated in the 2024 Copmposition Academy: Alfran García, Antoine Veillerette and Dilay Doğanay!

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Inspired by the legacy of French composers and with a particular focus on contemporary music, the Ravel Academy launched the Maurice Ravel Composition Academy in 2022 with a first edition directed by Philippe Manoury.

In collaboration with the Centre Supérieur de Musique du Pays Basque – Musikene, the 2024 composition class was directed by Michael Jarrell, with Basque, French, and Spanish composer Ramon Lazkano and conductor Othman Louati leading the ensembles.

Five young composers from leading European institutions spent several months developing their pieces, refining them at the Academy in August.

Their pieces premiered on August 30 during the composition competition, performed live by musicians from the Académie Ravel and Musikene.

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With the support of the Maison de la Musique Contemporaine, Editions Durand-Salabert-Eschig and Ravel Edition.