Selected Prizes & Awards

Thomas Simaku
2013 Winner of the International Competition for Lutoslwaski's 100 Birthday for his work Concerto for Orchestra
2011
 Nominated for the British Composer Award by BASCA for his work Soliloquy IV for Bass Clarinet
2009 Winner of BASCA Award for his work 'Soliloquy V - Flauto Acerbo'
2009 Nominated for the British Composer Award by BASCA for his work 'Soliloquy V - Flauto Acerbo'
2007 DAAD Research Award in Berlin
2006 Honourable Mention at the 6th International Competition Musical Personalities - A. Tansman.
2005 Anniversary Lectureship Award - University of York
2004 Serocki International Competition, 1st Prize - Warsaw, Ministry of Culture of Poland
2004 Lutoslawski Award 2004, 2nd Prize - Warsaw, Chester Edition
2004 Leverhulme Research Fellowship, London
2000-03 Fellowship in the Creative Arts from Arts & Humanities Research Council, London
2003 Honourary Award from Accademia Costantiniana di Lettere, Arti e Scienze, Rome
1998 Fellow in Composition at the Composers’ Workshop, California State University, USA
1996 Leonard Bernstein Fellow in Composition at Tanglewood Music Centre USA
1993-95 Lionel Robbins Memorial Scholarship, London
1992-95 Overseas Research Students Award