Fischer Prize 2017 goes to Zhdanov and Burnens
Pianist Denys Zhdanov and tenor Remy Burnens will each receive the 2017 Edwin Fischer Memorial Prize in Lucerne, worth 3,000 francs.
Denis Zhdanov began his musical studies in the Ukraine and has won prizes at the Polish Arthur Rubinstein Piano Festival and the Maria Canals Piano Competition in Barcelona, among others. The Bernese tenor Remy Burnens studies solo singing with Peter Brechbühler at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts. Among other things, he is the 2017 Migros Culture Percentage study prize winner.
The pianist Alexandra Sikorskaya and the violinist Sofiia Suldina will each receive an Edwin Fischer Recognition Award, endowed with 1000 francs each.
In memory of Edwin Fischer (1886-1960), the Lucerne School of Music and the Dreilinden Conservatory Association, in consultation with the Edwin Fischer Foundation, organize an annual competition for Master's students with a classical music profile. The aim of the foundation is to promote young musicians in the fields of jazz and classical music, to support musical life in Lucerne and to promote the Lucerne School of Music.
