Zurich student wins Warsaw competition
Chiara Enderle, cello student in the Bachelor of Music program at the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK) under Thomas Grossenbacher, has won first prize at the internationally renowned IX Witold Lutoslawski International Cello Competition in Warsaw.
In addition to the main prize, Chiara Enderle also won the prize for the best interpretation of the compulsory piece and the Award of the European Union of Music Competitions for Youth (EMCY).
Born in 1992, the daughter of ZHdK music lecturers Matthias and Wendy Enderle is currently studying at the Zurich University of the Arts, BA Music Art and Sports High School, with Thomas Grossenbacher.
The Witold Lutoslawski International Cello Competition has been held in Warsaw every two years since 1997. Since the beginning, it has been under the patronage of Mstislav Rostropovich. The age limit for the competition is set at 24 and, in addition to a broad repertoire ranging from baroque to contemporary music, the cello concerto by Witold Lutoslawski is required as a compulsory piece, which is performed with orchestra in the third round of the competition.
