Zhou Long, a graduate of the Beijing Central Conservatory of Music, has won the 1994 Barlow International Competition, including a first prize of $5,000 and a performance by the New Music Group of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra.
Zhou, a native of Beijing, received the award for "Tian Ling" ("Nature and Spirit"). Also honored were Bruce Hamilton of Bloomington, Ind., who was awarded second prize for his "Kinetikos," and Elizabeth Brown of New York, who earned honorable mention for her "Anthem."They were selected from 247 entries from more than 30 states and many foreign countries.
Zhou holds a doctor of music degree from Columbia University, where he studied with Chou Wen-chung, Mario Davidovsky and George Edwards. Currently music director of Music from China in New York, he has had fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment of the Arts as well as commissions from a long list of organizations.
Hamilton is a doctoral student at Indiana University. He has studied with Claude Baker, Harvey Sollberger and Frederick Fox and his works have been performed in several university settings in the United States and Germany. He received the Indiana University Dean's Prize for Composition of Chamber Music and was recently awarded a commission from Morehead State University.
Brown has a long list of awards, including the 1992 Artist's Fellowship from the New York Foundation on the Arts. "Anthem" was commissioned by the New York Chamber Ensemble.
Judges this year included William Kraft, Rosemary Gent, Crawford Gates, Libby Larson, Michael Runyah, David Sargent and Steven Stucky, the last five being members of the Barlow Endowment board of advisers.
The Barlow Endowment for Music Composition was established in 1993 under the auspices of Milton A. and Gloria Barlow, who presented a substantial gift to Brigham Young University to create and support excellence in music composition.