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Paul Lowin was born in 1893 in Czechoslovakia, and lived in Austria in
the 1930s before settling in Australia in 1939. He lived in
Australia almost twenty years before returning to Vienna, where he died in 1961.
Paul Lowin’s great passion in life was music, and he left a hand-written Will
which indicated his wish to establish a competition for works by living
Australian composers.
Paul Lowin’s hand-written will
was typed and signed by the appointed executors in December 1961 but it
took thirty years for an appropriate scheme to be approved by the Chief
Justice of NSW in 1990. Under the provisions of the Will the testator
sought to establish a competition for two prizes for musical compositions.
The competition was initially held every three years, with
prior Prizes being made in 1991, 1994 and 1997. In 1995 further changes
by the court enabled the competition to be held every two or
three years. The Paul Lowin Prize is Australia’s richest prize for music
composition. Since 1999 the prizes have been presented in collaboration with the
Australian Music Centre, and the next prizes will be
held in 2006.
2006 Paul Lowin Prizes Media Release
> Read the Media Release
Perpetual Limited, the Trustee
of the Awards, are proud to manage and be associated with the Paul Lowin
Prizes.
Mr Kenneth W Tribe, AC, is the Patron of the Paul
Lowin Prizes.
The Australian Music Centre administers the Paul
Lowin Prizes.
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