Angela Fiore honored with the Handschin Prize 2016
The Swiss Music Research Society (SMG) is awarding Angela Fiore the 2016 Handschin Prize, endowed with CHF 10,000. The musicologist received her doctorate from the University of Fribourg with her thesis "Musica nelle istituzioni religiose femminili a Napoli 1650-1750".
According to the reviewer, Angela Fiore's work expands our knowledge of the role of music in cultural practices in Naples at the time of absolutism.
The prizewinner is a violinist and musicologist. She completed her violin studies in Cremona (Civica Scuola di Musica). She studied musicology at the University of Pavia (Cremona) and worked on a research project for the Pergolesi Spontini Foundation (Jesi). Her research focuses on Baroque ecclesiastical music in Naples.
The Jacques Handschin Prize, awarded for the fourth time, is named after the Moscow-born Swiss musicologist and organist Jacques Handschin (1886-1955). It is awarded every two years. This year, a total of ten recent doctoral graduates from Basel, Bern, Fribourg, Geneva, Lucerne, Zurich and Leicester (UK) have applied for the prize.
