2009 Spring Awards

The Spring Awards stem from the legacies, donations and determination of some of our great elders to honour the most diverse musical genres. Contemporary music is strongly represented among extremely varied forms of musical expression. I would like to thank Sacem's Symphony Music Commission for its priceless help with drawing up the list of winners.

This ceremony also offers an opportunity for us to get to know each other better and to demonstrate our support for, and admiration of, artists representing the lifeblood of music.

I hope that my successor will be able to close his editorial for the 2010 Spring Awards without expressing concern about repeated attacks against authors' rights. But for this year, we can only stress that we must all remain more vigilant and united, and more active than ever within our Sacem, to defend the cause of creators and their publishers.

This must not stop us, however, from celebrating in true style, and in our beautiful auditorium, the talented winners of the Spring Awards 2009.

Laurent Petitgirard
Member of the Institut de France
Chairman of Sacem's Board of Directors
 

• René Jeanne Award - Corine Marienneau
• Sacem Young Composers' Award - Grégoire Lorieux
• Francis Lemarque Award - Amélie-les-crayons
• Hervé Dugardin Award - Ondrej Adamek
• Francis Baxter Award (awarded by the Comité du Coeur) - Gwenola Maheux
• Award for the best contemporary electro-acoustic creation - Denis Dufour for "PH acide"
• Vincent Scotto Award - Francis Cabrel for "La robe et l'échelle"
• Francis & Mica Salabert Award - Daniel D'Adamo for "Dreams of bells"
• Raoul Breton Award - Flow
• Georges Enesco Award for Composition - Jean-Baptiste Robin
• Roger Seille French Group Award - Astonvilla
• Award for the best contemporary instrumental creation - Philippe Schoeller for "Quatuor"
• Sacem Composers' Award - Alain Louvier
• Rolf Marbot Award - Maxime Le Forestier for "Restons amants"
• Rolf Marbot Award - Julien Clerc for "Restons amants"