The Tschumi Prize goes to Michael Buchanan
Two soloists and three soloists successfully completed their Master of Arts in Specialized Music Performance, the highest level of Swiss classical music education, last Friday at the soloist concert Michael Buchanan was awarded the Eduard Tschumi Prize 2016 for the best soloist examination.
Every year, students at Bern University of the Arts (HKB) who are completing their Master of Arts in Specialized Music Performance Classical Music perform at the soloist concert at the Kultur Casino Bern. Following the concert, the Eduard Tschumi Prize is awarded to the soloist with the best overall score of the entire three-part Master's examination. On June 17, the prize, worth CHF 12,000, went to trombonist Michael Buchanan.
The English trombonist Michael Buchanan, a student of Ian Bousfield, has already gained experience as an orchestral musician with numerous orchestras, including the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, the Vienna State Opera, the Philharmonia Orchestra London and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Michael Buchanan was awarded first prize and the audience prize at the 64th ARD International Music Competition in 2015. In the 2015/16 and 16/17 seasons, he performed as a soloist with the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra of the SWR, the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin and the Orkiestra Aukso in Poland.
Angélique Boudeville (voice), Lucas Perez Bruno (oboe), Laura Schmid (recorder) and Dmitry Serebrennikov (violin) have also successfully completed their Master's degree in Specialized Music Performance Classical Music
The soloist concerts were accompanied by the Bern Symphony Orchestra under the direction of conductor Ekkehard Klemm.
