Ferreira Rodrigues honored in Weimar
The 19-year-old Portuguese Marco Rafael Ferreira Rodrigues, who plays trombone in the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, won the solo competition in his age category ex aequo at the symposium of the International Trombone Association (IPV) in Weimar.
A total of almost 200 trombonists from all over the world accepted the invitation from the IPV and the Weimar University of Music. The IPV Solo Competition took place for the first time as part of the IPV Symposium from March 5 to 8. 77 young trombone soloists from 19 countries performed in front of a jury. The three first prizes for each winner consisted of a high-quality instrument and a solo performance at the IPV Symposium 2019.
The 17-year-old Slovenian Matej Stih won Category I for the youngest players. With the Courtois Prize, he now receives a new, customized tenor trombone from Antoine Courtois, Paris, worth several thousand euros. The jury awarded two 1st prizes in the surprisingly strong category II (18 to 21 years): The Yamaha prize, and with it a new tenor trombone from the same brand, went to 20-year-old Tolga Akman from Turkey.
Another brand new Vincent Bach tenor trombone was won by 19-year-old Portuguese Marco Rafael Ferreira Rodrigues with his Bach Prize. No prize was awarded in age category III (22 years and older).
Born in 1998, Marco Rafael Ferreira Rodrigues joined David Bruchez's trombone class at Zurich University of the Arts in 2016. He has already won numerous first prizes at international competitions. Since 2017, he has been a permanent member of the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich as a trombonist at a young age.
The members of the jury were Carsten Svanberg (Chairman, Denmark), Zoltan Kiss (Hungary), Fabrice Millischer (France), Mayumi Shimizu (Japan) and Jamie Williams (USA).
