The Salvatore Martirano Memorial Composition Award is an international composers' competition held annually in memory of Salvatore Martirano (1927-1995), who was an internationally acclaimed American composer and served as professor of composition at the University of Illinois from 1963 to 1995. The first place prize consists of US$1,000 and a performance by the Illinois Modern Ensemble at the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts.
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