Lambert wins Murten soloist competition

The Valiant Forum Competition of the Murten Classics Festival was once again held this year as a soloist competition for young horn players. The 24-year-old Spaniard Pere Andreu Gomez and Maxime Lambert from Switzerland, who is the same age, played at the prizewinners' concert. Both study in Fribourg. The third, Matthijs Heugen (20 years old), studies in Salzburg. They played the horn concertos KV 417, 447 and 495 by Mozart.

At the subsequent award ceremony, Maxime Lambert was awarded first prize, a soloist concert at the Murten Classics 2022 festival and prize money of 2500 francs. The jury awarded Matthijs Heugen second place and prize money of CHF 1,800 and Pere Andreu Gomez third place and prize money of CHF 1,200.