The 2014 Ruspoli Competition awards Anna Valentini for her exceptional musicology essay

Decisions of the Scientific Committee, September 15, 2014

The Scientific Committee of the “Principe Francesco Maria Ruspoli” International Competition for Baroque Music and Musicological Studies, chaired by Giorgio Monari and composed of professors Dinko Fabris and Manuel Carlos De Brito, after a careful review of the essays submitted by the candidates for the VI edition of the Ruspoli Competition, has decided that the winner of the Prize is ANNA VALENTINI (Cento, FE), author of the essay Iconografia musicale a Ferrara tra XVI e XVII secolo.

The winner will receive a prize of €500.00 which will be presented during the awards ceremony on October 5, 2014, at the Ruspoli Castle in Vignanello.

The Scientific Committee also decided to grant a special mention to Antonio Jorge Marques (Portugal), author of the essay Niccolò Jommelli rediscovered: a new autograph of a 16 voice Laudate pueri. The committee declared that both authors deserve to have their essays published in a volume of the series Miscellanea Ruspoli. Studi sulla musica dell’età barocca (edited by Giorgio Monari).

The Committee also intends to evaluate the possible publication of other essays submitted to the Competition.

We invite everyone to participate in the awards ceremony, which will be part of the grand closing event of the Ruspoli 2014 Competition, which will also include the concert by the winner of the instrumental section.