Success for Oliver Waespi in America
The Swiss composer Oliver Waespi, lecturer in wind music direction at the Bern University of the Arts (HKB), has won the NBA Revelli Contest 2013/14 with his work for harmony orchestra Audivi Media Nocte.
The American National Band Association NBA has been awarding an annual prize since 1977 to promote high-quality brass music. Oliver Waespi is only the second European to receive the award since its inception, after Philip Sparke.
According to the Musinfo database on Swiss music, Oliver Waespi studied composition at the Musikhochschule Zürich with Gerald Bennett and Andreas Nick, as well as at the Royal Academy of Music in London.
His music has been performed in many European countries as well as in Australia, Japan, Singapore and the USA, including at the Swiss Tonkünstlerfest, the George Enescu Festival and various WASBE World Conferences. The numerous performers include renowned symphony orchestras and chamber ensembles, soloists, choirs and many renowned wind ensembles.
