HfMT composition student wins 1st prize in the composition competition of the German Choral Association

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As part of chor.com in Dortmund, the winners of the German Choral Association composition competition for the Reformation anniversary "Verleih uns Frieden" were announced. First prize went to Dijana Bošković, a composition student on the Master's course in the class of Prof. Dr. Manfred Stahnke, for her composition "Dona nobis pacem Shanti.

Prize money totaling 3,000 euros was awarded by a five-member jury. The competition is sponsored by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media. 45 composers had set themselves the task of writing contemporary three- to four-part choral pieces that are also suitable and intonable for amateur choirs and young adults. The composition competition expressly invited participants to find individual compositional answers to the universal desire for peace across cultural, religious and linguistic boundaries.