Larcher honored in Austria
The Austrian composer Thomas Larcher has also been commissioned by the Lucerne Festival. In 2018, he was Composer in Residence at the Bregenz Festival. He has now been honored with the Austrian State Prize.
The Grand Austrian State Prize, endowed with 30,000 euros, is Austria's highest cultural award. It is awarded once a year to an artist for outstanding achievements. It was created in 1950 and is awarded on the recommendation of the Austrian Cultural Senate without a fixed rotation principle within the fields of literature, music, visual arts and architecture for a lifetime artistic achievement.
Thomas Larcher was Artist in Residence at this year's Aldeburgh Festival. The festival also realized the British premieres of the opera "Das Jagdgewehr", which premiered at the 2018 Bregenz Festival. The Composer in Residence at the 2018 Bregenz Festival has been invited to be Composer in Residence at Het Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, for the 2019/2020 season.
The State Prize is the third major international award for Thomas Larcher within a short space of time - after the Prix de Composition Musicale in Monaco 2018 and the Ernst Krenek Prize of the City of Vienna 2018.
