2013
NEWS ARCHIVE
March 2013 AVE MARIS STELLA
Girls’ Choir Kraski Slavcek wins 1st PRIZE (96/100 points) at the 11th
International Choir Festival of sacred music MUSICA RELIGIOSA OLOMUC 2013
singing, among others, AVE MARIS STELLA by Ivo Antognini
April 2013 FINALIST IN THE USA
Ivo Antognini’s “LUX AETERNA” finalist in the 2013 SIMON CARRINGTON
CHAMBER SINGERS COMPOSITION COMPETITION - Kansas City - Missoury (USA)
May 2013 JESU DULCIS MEMORIA
UCD Choral Scholars are National Champions in the Sacred Music category of
the Cork International Choral Festival 2013 with their performance of music by Heinrich Schütz and Ivo Antognini (awarded 92.5%)
September 2011 COMPULSORY PIECE
Ivo Antognini’s “O FORTUNA” will be one of the compulsory pieces at the
“Deutscher Chorwettbewerb 2014” in the category MEN CHOIRS
August 2011 SCH FEATURED COMPOSER
Ivo Antognini has been appointed Featured Composer of the Schola
Cantorum on Hudson for the 2011/2012 concert season
July 2011 COMMISSIONED PIECE
Ivo Antognini has been commissioned by Cappella Nova (Scotland) to write
a work for the 2011/2012 concert season
July 2011 READING SESSION
Ivo Antognini’s “I am the Rose of Sharon” has been presented at the 2011
Kansas Choral Directors Association (Summer Convention)
June 2011 PRINT PUBLICATION
Ivo Antognini’s “Jesu Dulcis Memoria” is published by Alliance Music
Publication Inc. - Huston - Texas (USA)
April 2011 FINALIST IN THE USA
Ivo Antognini’s “Andreas Christi Famulus” finalist in the 2011 SIMON CARRINGTON
CHAMBER SINGERS COMPOSITION COMPETITION - Kansas City - Missoury (USA)
March 2011 READING SESSION
Ivo Antognini’s “I am the Rose of Sharon” has been presented at the 2011
ACDA National Convention in Chicago
February 2011 PROJECT ENCORE
Ivo Antognini’s “Salve Regina” has been accepted into the
PROJECT ENCORE database of the Schola Cantorum on Hudson (USA)
February 2011 COMMISSIONED PIECE
Ivo Antognini has been commissioned by Salt Lake Vocal Artists, Brady Allred,
conductor, to write a work on the occasion of the 9th World Symposium on Choral
Music - Puerto Madryn - Argentina (August 2011)
February 2011 INTERVIEW
RADIO SUISSE ROMANDE - Espace2 with Jean-Pierre Amann
“Chant libre” - Lauréat du Prix Label suisse 2008
2010
December 2010 COMMISSIONED PIECE
Ivo Antognini has been commissioned by European Festival of Youth Choirs Basel
to write the Festival Song for the 2012 edition
November 2010 SEMI-FINALIST IN THE USA
Ivo Antognini’s “I am the Rose of Sharon” advanced to the semi-finalist round of
10 composers (among more than 80 submissions from 8 countries) in the
CHORAL ARTS ENSEMBLE CALL FOR SCORES CONTEST 2010 - (USA)
September 2010 PROJECT ENCORE
Ivo Antognini’s “Jesu Dulcis Memoria” has been accepted into the
PROJECT ENCORE database of the Schola Cantorum on Hudson (USA)
July 2010 FINALIST IN ITALY
Ivo Antognini’s “Dos Palabras” has been selected as one of the four finalists in the
8th INT. COMPETITION OF CHORAL COMPOSITION “SEGHIZZI 2010”
July 2010 GREAT SPIRIT
South Cape Children’s Choir (Jan-Erik Swart, conductor) is the winner of the
South African National Choral Competition. “Great Spirit” by Ivo Antognini
was highly acclaimed and received the highest rating!
July 2010 WORLD CHOIR GAMES - SHAOXING - CHINA
Lunds Studentsångare (Thomas Caplin, conductor) got the highest title “CAMPION
OF THE WORLD CHOIR GAMES 2010” in the category Male Choirs singing, among
others, “O FORTUNA” by Ivo Antognini
July 2010 SALVE REGINA
Komorni Zbor Ipavska (Matjaž Šček, conductor) wins 2nd Prize in the mixed choirs
category during the NEUCHATEL INTERNATIONAL CHORAL FESTIVAL
(Switzerland) singing, among others, “Salve Regina” by Ivo Antognini
July 2010 HONORABLE MENTION
Ivo Antognini’s “Dos Palabras” is the only mentioned composition in the 37th
INTERNATIONAL COMPOSITION CONTEST “GUIDO D’AREZZO 2010”
(1st and 2nd prize not awarded)
June 2010 HONORABLE MENTION
Ivo Antognini’s “Dos Palabras” receives HONORABLE MENTION in the VANGUARD
PREMIERES CHORAL COMPOSITION CONTEST 2010 - Dearborn MI - USA
June 2010 PROJECT ENCORE
Ivo Antognini’s “Ave Maria” has been accepted into the
PROJECT ENCORE database of the Schola Cantorum on Hudson (USA)
May 2010 WAH-BAH-DAH-BAH-DOO-BEE!
South Cape Children’s Choir (Jan-Erik Swart, conductor) wins 1st prize during the
EUROPEAN MUSIC FESTIVAL NEERPELT (Belgium) singing, among others,
“Wah-bah-dah-bah-doo-bee!” by Ivo Antognini
April 2010 FINALIST IN THE USA
Ivo Antognini’s “Nunc Dimittis” finalist in the 2010 SIMON CARRINGTON
CHAMBER SINGERS COMPOSITION COMPETITION - Kansas City - Missoury (USA)
March 2010 COMMISSIONED PIECE
Ivo Antognini has been commissioned by Scottish professional choir Cappella Nova
to write an SATB a cappella piece
March 2010 COMMISSIONED PIECE
Ivo Antognini has been commissioned by Swiss children’s choir Les Marmousets
to write a piece in occasion of the 75th anniversary of the choir
February 2010 1 HOUR INTERVIEW
RADIO SUSSE ROMANDE - Espace2 with Jean-Pierre Amann
“Chant libre” - Lauréat du Prix Label suisse 2008
2009
August 2009 COMMISSIONED PIECE
Ivo Antognini has been commissioned by Lund University Male Choir (Sweden)
to write a piece in occasion of the next WORLD CHOIR GAMES in China
May 2009 CONCOURS CHORAL de FRIBOURG - Switzerland
Ensemble vocal Féminin Callirhoé (dir. Dominque Tille) wins 1st prize ex-aequo at
the CONCOURS CHORAL de FRIBOURG performing, among others, “Le Problème..”
by Ivo Antognini
May 2009 INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN’S CHOIR FESTIVAL in HALLE - Germany
Pizzicanto (dir. Oskar Egle) wins the “Gunther Erdmann Preis” for the best
interpretation of a contemporary piece by performing “Wah-bah-dah-bah-doo-bee!”
by Ivo Antognini
May 2009 47ème FÊTE CANTONALE DES CHANTEURS VAUDOIS - Switzerland
Ensemble vocal féminin ARCANA (dir. Thierry Dagon) wins gold medal singing
“Schwyzzerapsody” by Ivo Antognini
March 2009 COMMISSIONED PIECE
Ivo Antognini has been commissioned by European Festival of Youth Choirs Basel
to write the Festival Song for the 2010 edition
2008
November 2008 COMMISSIONED PIECE
Ivo Antognini has been commissioned by Schweizer Jugendchor to write
a SSATB a cappella piece for the next concert season
September 2008 FIRST PRIZE - SWITZERLAND
Ivo Antognini wins 1st prize at the Concours de Composition Chorale Label Suisse
2008, Radio Suisse Romande - Espace2 with “Le problème...”
September 2008 FIRST PRIZE - SWITZERLAND
Ivo Antognini wins 1st prize at the Kompositionswettbewerb SKJF-09
with “Sogno...”
March 2012 PROJECT ENCORE
Ivo Antognini’s “O Magnum Mysterium” has been accepted into the
PROJECT ENCORE database of the Schola Cantorum on Hudson (USA)
2011
March 2012 WAH-BAH-DAH-BAH-DOO-BEE! - triumph in HONG KONG
St. Paul’s Co-educational College Primary School Concert Choir (Warren Lee,
conductor) wins the Best Junior Choir Year Award as well as the Most Outstanding
Secondary Choir of the Year Award in the HONG KONG SCHOOLS MUSIC FESTIVAL
singing, among others, “Wah-bah-dah-bah-doo-bee!” by Ivo Antognini
April 2012 PRINT PUBLICATION
Ivo Antognini’s “There will come soft rains” and “Ave Maris Stella” are published by
Alliance Music Publication Inc. - Huston - Texas (USA)
June 2012 COMMISSIONED PIECE
Ivo Antognini has been commissioned by South Bend Chamber Singers (USA)
to write a new work for Christmas 2014
August 2012 COMMISSIONED PIECE
Ivo Antognini has been commissioned by Delaware Concert Chorale (USA)
to write a new work for mixed choir a cappella.
2012