Music prizes of the Dienemann Foundation
Nine up-and-coming talents were honored at the eighth edition of the music competition, including Basel saxophonist Patrick Stadler.
How the Marianne and Curt Dienemann Foundation from Lucerne writes in its press release, the participants played at an exceptionally high level this year. The foundation awarded a total of 66,000 francs to nine young wind players.
The saxophonist Patrick Stadler from Basel was awarded a year's work, while the Basel flutist Jin-Ah Lee and the Bernese oboist Bruno Lucas Pérez received two extra prizes.
Further prizes went to Claudiu Marius Danciu, clarinet, Basel; Calogero Presti, clarinet, Basel; Niklaus Egg, trumpet, Rothrist; Wong-Ji Hwang, flute, Lucerne; Isaac Makhdoomi, recorder, Basel; Ana Teresa Herrero Bordell, bassoon, Basel.
Established in 1986, the foundation's main aim is to promote training in the field of music (jazz and classical) and the development of literary works. It is aimed at young (up to the age of 40), talented literary artists, musicians and composers of Swiss nationality or artists who live in Switzerland.