The Eighth Annual Competition in the Performance
of Music from Spain and Latin America
January 29-30, 2005
Special Instrumental Focus:Latin Popular Music Ensembles

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Winners:
Open Interpretation Category
FIRST PRIZE
Jordi Torrent (piano) for his performance of Isaac Albéniz's "El Albaicín" from Book III of Iberia, Xavier Montsalvatge's Sonatine pour Yvette, Camargo Guarnieri's Chôro torturado, and Alexandre Eisenberg's Elegia.
SECOND PRIZE
Sergio Massardo (piano) for his performance of Isaac Albéniz's "Malagueña," Javier Farías' Jarochas, Sebastián Vergara's Hab-lando and Antigra-dual, Heitos Villa-Lobos' Valsa da dor, and Mauricio Yazigi's Por bulerías.
Popular Music Ensemble Category
GRAND PRIZE
Bugni-Rasmussen-Wittman Jazz trio (Gustavo Bugni, piano; Erik Rasmussen, drums; Jesse Wittman, bass) for their performance of Cláudio Guimarães's Seu Tenório, Isaac Albéniz's "Evocación" from Book I of Iberia, and Antônio Carlos Jobim's Águas de Março.
BEST ORIGINAL ARRANGEMENT PRIZE
José Luis Aguirre (clarinet); Michael Jones (bassoon); Hugo Vieira (percussion); Eduardo Wolf (guitars, accordion) for their arrangements of Elementales's Camino de pan bendito.
Jury
Indiana University professors Edmund Battersby, Edwin Penhorwood, Elzbieta M. Szmyt and Juan Orrego-Salas; guest conductor Raphael Jimenez; with moderator Carmen Helena Téllez, and observer Antonio Caballero (Education Advisor, Embassy of Spain).
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