COMMISSIONS AND AWARDS
UMS’nJIP are also composers and have received several awards at international composition contests. In addition they have been commissioned for works by world class ensembles among them Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart, Ensemble Phoenix, Basler Madrigalisten, Männerstimmen Basel, dissonArt Ensemble and the works have been performed in the US, Switzerland, China, Corea, Greece, Germany, Latvia, Canada, Cuba, Hungary, Italy, Belgium, Czech Republic, UK, the Netherlands, Hungary, Poland and Israel among others.
AWARDS
2008 VDE Gallo/Porten 'Es war einst ein
Paradies', CD
2010 Kompositionswettbewerb Culturescapes Schweiz-China, 2.
Prize
2011 MusiquePRO Grant Kanton Wallis 2011-13, CHF 90'000
2011 Kompositionswettbewerb Musikfestival Bern, 2. Prize
2011 Composition Contest l'Arsenale/Neue Vocalsolisten
Stuttgart, Treviso/I, Commission Award
2011 Composition Contest Mount Pelion Greece/DissonArt
Ensemble/Beat Furrer, Commission Award
2012 1. Zuger Kompositionswettbewerb, Förderpreis
2012 MATA Festival Composition Contest New York City,
Finalist
2012 haus konstruktiv Museum of Contemporary Art Zürich,
rolf schroeter/kontakte (score exhibition)
2012 Europ. Jugendchorfestival 2012 'Swiss Composers meet
Europe', Composer in Residence
2013 Prix Culturel de l'Etat du Valais
2013 Zytglogge/Singfrauen Winterthur, CD
2014 AC/E Acción Cultural Española, project grant for The
Spain Project
2014 col legno/Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung, Codera
Puzo/multiplicidad, CD
2014 Trabant Composition Contest Ensemble Phoenix Basel,
Special Award
2015 United Phoenix Records/Ensemble Phoenix Basel, CD
2015 Composers Competition Protonwerk Nr. 6, Ensemble Proton
Bern, Commission Award
2015 Pro Helvetia, Swiss Arts Council, project grant for
Integrations with UMS 'n JIP & MCME
2015 Nestlé Fondation pour l'Art, project grant for
Integrations with UMS 'n JIP & MCME
2015 UBS Kulturstiftung, project grant for Integrations with
UMS 'n JIP & MCME
2016 London Ear Festival Int. Composers Competition, 1st
Prize
2017 Weimarer Frühlingstage für Zeitgenössische Musik
Composition Competition, 1st Prize
2017 streiffzug hommage/Max E. Keller 'wider-wege', CD
2017 Walter Ferrato Composition Competition Savona, Italy,
1st Prize
2017/18 FNOBA Festival Nueva Opera
BsAs/CETC Teatro Colon BsAs, elected to Academic Board
2021 appointed to nominate candidates for the Kyoto Prize,
Music Section
2021 Lucerne Festival Forward Call for Commissions,
Finalist
2021 selected for the ISCM Virtual Collaborative Series
2022 Best Contemporary Classical September
(USA) for the CD Shimmer, Tree... by Kotoka Suzuki
2022
Gold Medal Winner Global Music Awards (USA) for
the CD Shimmer, Tree... by Kotoka Suzuki
2023
3rd Ise-Shima
International Composition Competition, Japan, Special
Prize for fKFW
2023
3rd Ise-Shima
International Composition Competition, Japan, Special
Prize for fTS+18
2023 6th GMCL / Jorge Peixinho Composition Competition,
Portugal, Honorable Mention for fCJP-23
2024 EHTE, Composition Contest for
Txistu 2024, Special Mention
COMMISSIONS
2009 Quest' anima gentil, Markus Utz
(dir)/Vocalensemble ZHdK
2010 SJ-LaC-Etf , Tsung Yeh (dir)/Ensemble Boswil
2010 enigma, J.-F. Monot/Orchestre HEMU
2011 Art.20-FW, Mark Foster (dir)/Ensemble Vertigo
2011 fEP, Jürg Henneberger (dir)/Ensemble Phoenix
2011 fEdA, Beat Furrer (dir)/Ensemble DissonArt
2011 YWC, Philip Bride (dir)/Orchestre HEMU
2011 fL'a&NVs, F. Perocco (dir)/Neue Vocalsolisten
Stuttgart
2012 IvS-E-12,7,22, Jürg Henneberger (dir)/Ensemble Phoenix
2012 fk-SZ, Kammersolisten Zug
2012 3xpg, Jürg Henneberger (dir)/Ensemble Phoenix
2012 cdnnns-aioo, Titus Engel (dir)/Orchestre HEMU
2012 constellationen, Paul Taylor (dir) PTO/Eliana Burki
2012 baxacpekte, Sebastian Goll (dir)/Basler
Vokalsolisten/UBS Kulturstiftung
2012 sonette, Raphael Immoos, Basler Madrigalisten
2012 3-log-Y Klangbox Ensemble
2013 constellationen II, Jan Dobrzelewski (dir)/Orchestre
HEMU
2013 M, Ensemble dissonArt
2013 collapse, Ensemble dissonArt
2013 fEP-zD, Jürg Henneberger (dir)/Ensemble Phoenix
2013 fFUS, Ensemble Inverspace
2014 F/V-TzzG, Jürg Henneberger (dir)/Ensemble Phoenix
2014 ad mortem festinamus, Männerstimmen Basel/Pro Helvetia
2014 fCuV, UmeDuo
2015 Der römische Brunnen, molto cantabile
2015 fDMR-T, Ensemble SpazioMusica Cagliari
2015 eff-inE HEMU/Conservatoire Royal de Liège
2015 FPW for Ensemble Proton Bern
2015 EINER, opera, CETC/Teatro Colon Buenos Aires
2016 Galgenlieder for Ensemble Infinity à5 Basel
2016 fLEC-UE, London Ear Festival, Uroboros Ensemble
2016 Unspunnenlied (arr.), Swiss Trachtenvereinigung
2016 Genealogias, opera, CETC/Teatro Colon Buenos Aires
2017 GM-Is for string quartet, Musikpodium der Stadt Zürich
2017 m for string quartet and electronics, Musikpodium der
Stadt Zürich
2017 La Chèvre de Monsieur Séguin, Jan Dobrzelewski
(dir)/Orchestre HEMU
2017 fWSF for Ensemble Via Nova, Weimarer Frühlingstage für
Zeitgenössische Musik
2017 au-dnstz for violin, piano and electronics, Jan
Dobrzelewski
2017 fEdA+_2017, Ensemble dissonArt Thessaloniki
2017 fTS+_2017, Ensemble Taller Sonoro Sevilla
2017 fCWF for Ensemble Nuove Musiche, Primavera Sacra Int.
Contemporary Music Festival Savona, Italy
2017 studie, Ensemble dissonArt / Taller Sonoro
2017 cfhln-eä, Ensemble dissonArt / Taller Sonoro
2017 fEdA_2017, Ensemble dissonArt Thessaloniki
2017 fZE, Ensemble Zone Expérimentale
2018 fEWI, for 4 electronic wind controlers, Arte Quartett
2018 fEA, Ensemble Aventure, Freiburg i.Br.
2018 fEdA+_2018, Ensemble dissonArt Thessaloniki
2018 eeeeiio-dklmrr (Mörikelieder), Ensemble dissonArt
Thessaloniki
2018 aeeio-cdllrr (Lorcalieder), Ensemble dissonArt
Thessaloniki
2018 fTS+_2018, Ensemble Taller Sonoro Sevilla
2018 eeeeii-dhlnr (Heinelieder), Ensemble Taller Sonoro
Sevilla
2018 Einer en Barrios Informales, participative opera,
FNOBA/Centro de Experimentacion del Teatro Colon
2018 SKJU, installation, Forum Wallis
2019 SJU, installation, Forum Wallis
2019 les cloches, for mixed ensemble and electronics, CPMDT
Geneve
2019 HH-4L, Musikpodium der Stadt Zürich
2019 peregrina, for duo and electronics, Musikpodium der
Stadt Zürich
2019 a-nsw, for mixed ensemble, zafraan ensemble Berlin
2020 eeiiuü-bccghhkknrrtz
(ich bin zurückgekehrt), for
mixed ensemble, Klangforum Wien
2020 fKFW, for mixed ensemble, Klangforum Wien
2020 aeiiiou-cjlmprrrssstv, for mixed ensemble, Madona Int.
Contemporary Music Festival
2020 felP, for mixed ensemble, Ensemble le Pli
