Sébastian Jacot winner of the ARD music competition
After HKB student Michael Buchanan, another Swiss representative, Geneva flutist Sébastian Jacot, won first prize in his discipline at the 2015 ARD Music Competition.
Spaniard Francisco López Martín was awarded second prize and the Audience Award. His compatriot Eduardo Belmar came third.
Jacot is the winner of the 2013 Kobe Competition, among others. In 2014 he won the Carl Nielsen International Flute Competition. Between 2006 and 2008, he was assistant principal flute of the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, then principal flute of the Saito Kinen Festival and principal flute of the Geneva ensemble Contrechamps. This year he has been appointed Principal Flute of the Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig.
In the trombone category, 22-year-old British HKB student Michael Buchanan won over the jury. He won first prize and the audience prize (the SMZ reported). The second prize went to Jonathan Reith from France. Guilhem Kusnierek from France was awarded third prize.
