Álvaro Rodríguez Cabezas wins Dienemann competition
Saxophonist Álvaro Rodríguez Cabezas, a graduate of the Basel University of Music, has won one of the first two main prizes in the Marianne and Curt Dienemann Foundation Lucerne Music Competition.
Álvaro Rodríguez Cabezas studied in Getafe and at the Hochschule für Musik-Musik Akademie Basel under the direction of Marcus Weiss. He has taken part in important national and international festivals, including the Classic Winds in Hamburg and the Facyl Festival in Salamanca. He is a member of the A-Delta Trio and the ensemble Prochain Arrêt, with whom he recently recorded an album of music by Mozart.
The Marianne and Curt Dienemann Foundation organizes the annual Dienemann Music Competition. It is open to the public - including Swiss music academies - and focuses on one instrument or group of instruments. The audition or audition in front of the jury takes place in Lucerne. Awards - work years and sponsorship prizes - up to a maximum of CHF 10,000 per person are presented.