Winners of the Edwin Fischer Competition 2018
The Edwin Fischer Memorial Prizes, which are awarded by the Lucerne music education institutions and are endowed with 3,500 francs each, go this year to percussion student Corentin Marillier and Camille Quinton, who studies flute in Lucerne.
Corentin Marillier is completing a Master's degree in Interpretation of Contemporary Music and Camille Quinton a Master's degree in Orchestra. The Edwin Fischer Recognition Prize, endowed with 1,000 francs, goes to oboe student Tomoko Uehara, who is studying for a Master's degree in Performance.
For the first time ever in the history of the competition, a percussion student was honored, and for the first time, all of the works performed were from the 20th or 21st century.
The Edwin Fischer Competition is organized in memory of Edwin Fischer (1886 to 1960) by the Lucerne School of Music and the Foundation for Music Promotion at the Lucerne School of Music in consultation with the Edwin Fischer Foundation. It is an annual competition for the Master's students of this university in the classical music profile.
