The Salvatore Martirano Memorial Composition Award is an international composers' competition held annually in memory of Salvatore Martirano (1927–1995), who was an internationally acclaimed American composer and served as professor of composition at the University of Illinois from 1963 to 1995.
An annual global composers' contest, the Salvatore Martirano Memorial Award, commemorates the life and work of celebrated American composer Salvatore Martirano (1927–1995), who taught composition at the University of Illinois from 1963 to 1995.