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 There are over 40 submissions from 13 countries. I would like to congratulate all of the four finalists to make it to the final round. All four pieces will be performed on the final concert on July 22, 2011 at Thailand International Composition Festival along with open rehearsals. The winner of the competition will be announced at the final concert that evening. It is very exciting to hear four new pieces from four finalists. I hope this will make an impact to the entire music society in Southeast Asia. 

1) Henrik Ajax:
"Three Fantasies for Clarinet and Piano" from Sweden Henrik Ajax was born 1980 in Katrineholm, Sweden. After having studied the piano at Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris (2002-2005) he moved to Würzburg, Germany to study for composer Heinz Winbeck and the University of Music Würzburg. He received his degree in composition in July 2009. As a pianist he did solo recitals and performed in different chamber music constellations in France and Sweden. He also worked as a piano improviser to silent films in Paris. As a composer he had performances of chamber music in Paris, New York, Munich, Berlin and several other German and Swedish cities. In 2003 he received the artist scholarship of "L'institute Suèdois de Paris" and in 2006 the Stim-Prize (Swedish performing rights society). He is currently a post-graduate Student of composition in the class of Jan Müller-Wieland at the University of Music and Performing Arts Munich.


2) Ethan Frederick Greene:
"Dancing as may be credible for Clarinet, Violoncello and Piano" Ethan Frederick Greene composes chamber, electro-acoustic, vocal and orchestral music for concert music, dance and screen. His work has been performed by the Houston Grand Opera, the East Coast Contemporary Ensemble, Juventas New Music and the Ligeti Quartet, and has been recognized by SEAMUS, Opera Southwest and SCI. Ethan is an avid collaborator with visual artists, filmmakers and documentarians, recently lending music to This American Life, The Conspirator: the Plot to Kill Lincoln, and Night Sky. He has also developed sound design for video games such as Spider: the Secret of Bryce Manor, and curated shows such as SoundSpace, a mobile concert of new music at the Blanton Museum of Art. In his spare time, Ethan plays trumpet and melodica in the band Linen Closet. Ethan received his B.A. in Music and Pre-med studies from Amherst College (2004), M.Mus. in Composition from Rice University (2009), and is currently working toward his D.M.A. in Composition at the University of Texas at Austin. Principal teachers include Russell Pinkston,Yevgeniy Sharlat, Donald Grantham, Arthur Gottschalk, Karim Al-Zand, Kurt Stallmann and Eric Sawyer.


3) Dylan Schneider:
"Nocturne & Wake-Up Call for Solo Flute" from USA Born in 1984 in Orange, California, Dylan Schneider began to play the piano at a young age and also performed as an actor and magician. In 2006, he received a BA from Amherst College (Phi Beta Kappa, magna cum laude), where he majored in music and English and studied composition with Lewis Spratlan. At Amherst, Schneider was awarded the Eric Edward Sandquist Prize, for excellence in musical composition. Schneider's works have been played by ensembles such as eighth blackbird, the Pacifica String Quartet, The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. His chamber opera, A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings, after a story by Gabriel García Márquez, was premiered in Massachusetts in 2006. He pursues a PhD in composition at The University of Chicago, where he has studied with Marta Ptaszynska and Shulamit Ran.

4) Asha Srinivasan:
"Dviraag for Flute and Violoncello" from USA As an Indian-American composer, Asha Srinivasan draws from her Western musical training and her Indian heritage to create her compositional language. Her music has been presented at various national and international festivals including SEAMUS, ICMC, June in Buffalo, Spark, and the National Flute Convention. She has won national commissioning competitions, including the BMI Foundation's Women's Music Commission and the Flute/Cello Commissioning Circle. She has been commissioned by several other ensembles and performers, including Sequoia Chamber Players, Ant's Elbow Duo, and clarinetist E. Michael Richards. Other honors include: the ASCAPlus Award, the Prix d'Eté 2nd prize for Alone, Dancing (flute and electronics), and the Walsum prize for Kalpitha (string quartet), which was premiered by the Left Bank Quartet. Her studies include: D.M.A. in Composition at University of Maryland, College Park; M.Mus. in Computer Music Composition and Music Theory Pedagogy at the Peabody Conservatory, and B.A. at Goucher College. Ms. Srinivasan is currently an Assistant Professor of Music at Lawrence University in Wisconsin.