Rihm awards Roche Young Commissions 2019
Marianna Liik and Josep Planells Schiaffino have been commissioned by the Roche Young Commissions 2019. The two young artists were selected by Wolfgang Rihm, Artistic Director of the Lucerne Festival Academy.
Born in Estonia in 1992, Marianna Liik completed her master's degree in composition at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre with Helena Tulve and Margo Kõlar in 2017. She has already written works for orchestras and ensembles such as the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra and the Finnish Uusinta Ensemble and has already received major awards.
Josep Planells Schiaffino, born in Valencia in 1988, studied composition at the Hanns Eisler Academy of Music in Berlin. His works have been performed by various ensembles, including Ensemble Modern, the Lucerne Festival Academy Ensemble, the WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne and the German Radio Philharmonic Orchestra Saarbrücken. Planell's Schiaffino has already been awarded the Hanns Eisler Interpretation Prize 2015, among others.
Since 2003, works have been commissioned from world-renowned composers as part of the Roche Commissions, and the partnership has been expanded with the Roche Young Commissions. The works of the Roche Commissions and the Roche Young Commissions are premiered alternately every two years. In 2015, Lisa Streich and Matthew Kaner received the Roche Young Commissions 2017 commission.
