New works of high quality
The jury of the 3rd Basel Composition Competition, chaired by Michael Jarrell, has awarded prizes to three works and is delighted with the high quality of the submissions.
The winners are Yiqing Zhu (China) with DeepGrey (1st place, endowed with 60,000 Swiss francs), Artur Akshelyan (Armenia) with Three Pieces for Orchestra (2nd place, 25,000 Swiss francs) and Miguel Morate (Spain) with Comme s'en va cette onde (3rd place, 15,000 Swiss francs).
From over 355 scores submitted, the jury selected 12 works (7 for symphony orchestra and 5 for chamber orchestra), all of which were premiered in Basel. The concerts could be followed via livestream and the final concert on March 7 was broadcast on the Idagio streaming platform on the same day.
The jury also includes the composer Usunk Chin, the composers Beat Furrer and Andrea Lorenzo Scartazzini and the director of the Paul Sacher Foundation, Felix Meyer.
More info: https://www.baselcompetition.com/
