Prize-winning Kiefer-Hablitzel competition
Ten prizes were awarded this year as part of the music competition organized by the Kiefer Hablitzel Foundation (KHS), the Ernst von Göhner Foundation (EGS), the Swiss Association of Musicians (STV) and the Collard Foundation. The composition competition, which has been held again, has so far met with little response.
According to the Swiss Association of Musicians, the 2016 auditions took place from February 8 to 12 at the Bern University of the Arts (HKB). 82 young instrumentalists and singers were invited to take part. A total of CHF 125,000 was awarded.
Five first prizes ex aequo (15,000 francs each) went to Arata Yumi, violin; Leonor Dill (Prix Collard), piano; Stefanie Mirwald, accordion; Alice Rossi, soprano and Lisa Wyss, saxophone.
Five second prizes ex aequo (CHF 10,000 each) went to Carlota Cáseres, percussion; Chiara Enderle, violoncello; Joachim Müller-Crepon, violoncello; Céline Pasche, recorder and Sara Zazo Romero, saxophone.
At the request of the STV, the "Composer" category was once again included in the annual Kiefer-Hablitzel interpretation competition. Works for solo piano without any electronics and without preparation were required. This year, however, only very few works were submitted. Three of them deserved a study prize, but were not quite enough for a composition prize, writes the STV.
