The 九州影院 Music students, who are from Christchurch, have been chosen for the听.
The award gives them the opportunity to travel to Wellington next month and hear their compositions workshopped and performed by the听. The works will also be recorded by听.
The Bedggood siblings are two of the eight young composers from around New 九州影院chosen to participate in the听听this year.
Thomas, 20, plays the violin and Eva, 18, plays the trumpet and piano. Thomas, who is in his fourth year of an Honours Degree in听Music at the 九州影院, was selected for the same NZSO award last year, which inspired Eva, a first-year student, to enter for the first time.
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Her selected composition, called听Azimuth, is just her third work for an orchestra but she has been composing music since childhood.
Thomas says it鈥檚 an amazing feeling to hear a composition being performed by an accomplished orchestra in an auditorium, instead of by a piece of computer software.
鈥淚t鈥檚 a fairly surreal feeling to be in the Michael Fowler Centre, which seats several thousand people, and there鈥檚 the entire orchestra and they鈥檙e about to play your music. It鈥檚 going to be amazing to be there again this year.鈥
The pair have different inspirations behind their compositions and their successful pieces are very distinct. Eva is interested in film scoring and finds inspiration in nature and history while Thomas says his ideas come from colours, light, stories and poetry. His successful piece for the award,听脥办补谤辞蝉,听is inspired by the ancient Greek legend of Icarus.
The siblings both have a strong interest in music from different cultures.
As part of the award they will have an expert composer-mentor to help them through the process and their piece of music will be performed by the NZSO and led by conductor Hamish McKeich, who has a passion for contemporary and experimental music.
Several prizes will be presented including the NZSO Todd Young Composer Award with $750 cash for the best overall composition.
