Tag Archives: Azrieli Music Prizes 2026

"The definition of 'Canadian music' is something that many composers, including myself, continue to struggle with. I am reminded that Canada is of the most culturally and geographically expansive countries on the planet; owing to this, Canadian music must mean many different things to many different people."

"I ultimately decided that my role as a composer is not necessarily to provide a sonic documentary, but to explore and convey what must have been a great internal struggle."

"This is one of the reasons I’m so drawn to early music – it provides the temporal distance necessary to transform what we inherit into something new."

The winners of Canada's top music composition competition hail from Israel, the U.S., Canada, and Europe.