Fritz Gerber Awards 2023 presented
Cellist Elide Sulsenti, trombonist Romain Nussbaumer and percussionist Noah Rosen will receive this year's Fritz Gerber Award as part of the Lucerne Festival Academy.
This year's Fritz Gerber Award will once again be presented to three Lucerne Festival Academy participants during the Summer Festival: cellist Elide Sulsenti, trombonist Romain Nussbaumer and percussionist Noah Rosen.
Cellist Elide Sulsenti was born in Catania in 1999. She studied at the Conservatorio di Musica di Cagliari with Oscar Piastrelloni and at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest with Miklos Perenyi. She is currently completing her studies at the Conservatorio della Svizzera italiana in Lugano with Enrico Dinda. Percussionist Noah Rosen, born in Boston in 1995, specializes in contemporary music. He studies at the Basel Music Academy with Christian Dierstein and at the Boston Conservatory. The Swiss Romain Nussbaumer, born in 1999 in the canton of Neuchâtel in Switzerland, is currently studying trombone with David Bruchez-Lalli at the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK).
The prestigious sponsorship prize has been awarded annually to young, highly talented artists since 2015. It includes a scholarship worth CHF 10,000 to attend the academy and additional prize money of CHF 10,000. The Fritz Gerber Foundation for gifted young people has been active since 1999. It supports talented young people in the fields of crafts, culture and sport. Applications for the Fritz Gerber Award are possible via an open call. The jury is made up of Michael Haefliger, Director of the Lucerne Festival, and the composer and conductor Heinz Holliger.
