Swiss successes in Magdeburg
Two Swiss recorder players are among the winners of the Central German Baroque Music Prize and the Bärenreiter Urtext Prize in Magdeburg. They were awarded as part of the 7th International Telemann Competition.
Swiss recorder player Mira Gloor is a member of the Matis ensemble, which came second in the Central German Baroque Music Prize. The winner in this category was Camerata Bachiensis with members from Italy, Germany and Poland.
The Bärenreiter Urtext Prize has been awarded to the ensemble Les Éléments, in which the Swiss recorder player Anne Simone Aeberhard plays. Jean-Christophe Dijoux, the ensemble's French harpsichordist, has been awarded a special prize for the best and stylistically appropriate continuo playing.
The International Telemann Competition was launched in Magdeburg in 2001 by the International Telemann Society to introduce young musicians to the compositions of the composer who gave the competition its name. It takes place every two years in Magdeburg and is open to different ensembles - in recent years, 251 participants from 34 countries have taken part.
