Meet and hear our current Featured Composer, Minato Sakamoto, winner of the 2020 8SW Composer C...
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We are a flute, viola and cello trio featuring works for our unique combination spanning the Baroque, Classical, Romantic and Modern periods along with pieces composed expressly for us.
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We are very pleased to announce the winners of the 2020 8SW Composer Competition. First Place: ...
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Thanks so much for your contributions to the festival, not only through your beautiful performance but also through your work with our students. I hope our paths cross again, too, and soon!”
Scott Perkins - FeNAM
Wonderful performance on Sunday.”
John Sexton – Greenburgh Public Library
It was kind of a beam of light in this otherwise dark world… I am amazed at how in sync the 3 of you are.”
Sheila Rao – Group Muse concert
I love listening to Eight Strings & a Whistle. Your musicality and attention to the composer’s intentions come through in everything you play.The phrase that comes to mind is ‘passionate elegance’.”
John Newell, composer
Building on our advocacy for new music, we launched our first Composer Competition in 2017. Held every two years, the 8SW Composer Competition invites composers of all ages enrolled in an accredited degree program at the time of application to submit a work composed for flute, viola and cello. The First Prize is the New York Premiere of the winning composer’s work on our annual Fall concert, and a Featured Composer interview on our website.
Eight Strings & a Whistle is pleased to announce that the application period for the 2022 8SW Composer Competition will open in September, 2021. For application guidelines and rules please visit our 8SW Composer Competition page.
Minato Sakamoto
Thursday, 29 October 2020
- Published in Featured Composer, Featured Composer HOMEPAGE
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