Winners of the Concours Nicati
The winners of this year's Concours Nicati have been chosen in Bern. The competition for the interpretation of contemporary music was won by two clarinettists and a violinist.
The first prize of CHF 16,000 went to clarinettist Shuyue Zhao and the second prize of CHF 14,000 to violinist HannaH Walter. The clarinettist Azra Ramic received 10,000 francs for third prize. Shuyue Zhao, born in China in 1990, studied at the Bern University of the Arts (HKB) with Ernesto Molinari. In June of this year, she was awarded the Eduard Tschumi Prize for the best soloist examination at the HKB.
Born in 1989, HannaH Walter completed a master's degree in contemporary music at the Basel University of Music with distinction in 2016. She is currently completing a Master's in Transdisciplinarity at the Zurich University of the Arts. Azra Ramić, born in 1989, completed a Master's in Music Performance for clarinet at Bern University of the Arts in 2013. This was followed by a Master's degree with distinction in bass clarinet at the same university in 2015.
The Concours Nicati, an interpretation competition for contemporary music in Switzerland for professional musicians, is held every two years at the Bern University of the Arts.
