Tango to go
about the Composing Competition is the moment when the judges know they’re on to a winner. We look at each other – that’s me, musician Alexis Ffrench, composer John Kember, music educator Nigel Scaife and pianist-composer Melanie Spanswick – with a certain smile. Just one last play-through and we’re nearly there. Yes, this piece fits well under the fingers, it makes coherent musical sense and it’s not to play! Having waded carefully through over 100 entries, the decision is unanimous: Italian music-school teacher Giuseppe Capasso is this year’s winner – with his sultry and dramatic .
