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| The Grand Prize: The School of Music, Korean National University of Arts |
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The School of Music to the Korean National University of Arts is Korea's first professional music education organization that has adapted the benefits of a traditional conservatory to Korea's ed-onment. Since its establishment, a large number of its students have shown stellar performances in reputed music competitions at home and abroad, although they have not studied abroad at all. Thus, the jury was highly impressed by its contribution to the development of classical music and enhancement of national prestige (Kangsook Lee, the chief of the jury, withdrew from screening candidates for this prize, citing his relationship with this candidate).
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| The Composition Prize: Unsuk Chin, Composer |
| Unsuk Chin attracted worldwide attention in June 2007, when her opera, Alice in Wonderland, was premiered as the opening piece at the Munich Opera Festival with its 125-year history. The jury was highly impressed, citing her contribution to improving Korea's national reputation through her various creations commissioned by world-class orchestras such as Berlin Philharmonic, BBC Proms, Montreal Symphony, and Ensemble Intercontemporain. |
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The Encouragement Prize: Seungmin Kang, Cellist / Minjea Sung, Bassist / Yoojin Ja-
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| No one was qualified for the Best New Artist Prize automatically guaranteeing qualification for the Daewon Artist Fellow, so the jury withheld the awarding of these prizes.Instead,the Encouragement Prizes were given to three promising aspirants: cellist Seungmin Kang,bassist Minjea Sung,and violist Yoojin Jang, which means they became qualified to apply for the Daewon Artist Fellowships at any time. |
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