York-based composer, Thomas Simaku, has won one of the 2009 British Composer Awards at a ceremony hosted by British Academy of Songwriters, Composer and Authors (BASCA). He won the award for instrumental solo or duo with his composition Soliloquy V, Flauto Acerbo. The judging panel agreed Dr Simaku’s work redefined the instrument in “a visionary and entirely original way”. They praised it for its “virtuosity, depth of expression, and powerful imagination”.
Thomas's connections with June Emerson Wind Music and Emerson Edition go back many years to when June first met him as a young composer in Albania and invited him over to the UK, so we're absolutely thrilled to bits for him about this award, and wish him continuing success for the future.