Results

Brazilian composer Sérgio Rodrigo is the winner of Premio Novaro 2018. Sunday December 9 in Rome, after the performance of the three finalist compositions at Quirinale by Ensemble 900 of Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, the jury composed by Ennio Morricone (president), Claudio Ambrosini, Francesco Antonioni, Michele dall'Ongaro and Günter Neuhold awarded the "Michele Novaro" prize to the composition "Human Machines" by Sérgio Rodrigo. The "Goffredo Mameli" special prize has been given to Giorgio Francesco Dalla Villa for his composition "Gugliel-motel".

Preliminary round votes
(Votes by the three jury members of the preliminary jury, in alphabetical order: Francesco Antonioni, Sara Caneva e Chiara Renino):

Manigiuntedisgiunte  YES YES YES

Two Frames for Madame Menier (Modigliani)  YES YES YES

Agèmina   YES YES YES

Bucentaur YES YES YES

Venus  NO YES YES

Bombe tricolori  NO NO YES

Melodie d’italia  NO YES NO

Human Machine  YES YES YES

Interno Metafisico NO NO YES

Il Vittoriano  NO NO YES

Septet  NO YES YES

Dogana di mare con gondola  NO NO NO

Noctilucae – Silvarum – Potenti  NO YES YES

Ritratto di musico  NO YES YES

Gugliel-motel  YES YES YES

Libecciata  NO YES YES

Semifinal round votes 
(Votes by the five jury members in alphabetical order: Claudio Ambrosini, Francesco Antonioni, Michele dall'Ongaro, Ennio Morricone, Günter Neuhold):

Manigiuntedisgiunte    2  3  2  2  3  total: 12

Two Frames for Madame Menier   2  4  2  4  3  total: 15

Agèmina   3  3  4  2  4  total: 16

Bucentaur   2  2  3   2  3  total: 12

Venus   1  1  2  2  2  total: 8

Human Machines    5  4   4  5  5   total: 23

Septet    1   2   2   2   3   total: 10

Noctilucae – Silvarum – Potenti   1  1   2   2  2  total: 8                                 

Ritratto di musico  1  1  2   2   2  total: 8                                  

Gugliel-motel   3  3  3   3   5  total: 17

Libecciata   1  2  3   2   4  total: 12

Final round votes
(Votes by the five jury members in alphabetical order: Claudio Ambrosini, Francesco Antonioni, Michele dall'Ongaro, Ennio Morricone, Günter Neuhold):

Agèmina  II I II I II 

Human Machines  I II I II I

Gugliel-motel  III III III III III