Sponsorship awards from the Zurich University of the Arts
As part of the bachelor's theses, the ZHdK awards annual sponsorship prizes to graduates, endowed with 5000 francs per degree program. Two music projects were also honored this year.
The prize for a Bachelor of Music (conducting, orchestral conducting) goes to Jonas Ehrler. Based on the question "Where is music theater going? What are its limits and opportunities?" and drawing on experience from various projects, Ehrler has produced the chamber opera "The Corridor" by Harrison Birtwistle. According to the ZHdK press release, the performance of the piece, which has never been shown in Switzerland before, was convincing both musically and scenically.
Stephanie Knobel also received a prize (Bachelor of Music and Movement): With her solo performance "Der Tote schweigt über das Licht im Dunkeln", Stephanie Knobel draws with compelling precision the image of a protagonist who stages a "Dinner for One" with directed clarity and fast-paced straightforwardness, writes the ZHdK. The frame set by the light makes the figure appear sharply contoured and compulsive in her rhythmic actions.
All award winners: www.zhdk.ch/index.php?id=110883
