Tschumi Prize 2018 goes to Yi-Chang Liang
Two soloists and three soloists from Bern University of the Arts (BUA) have completed their Master of Arts in Specialized Music Performance Classical at the Kongresshaus Biel. Recorder player Yi-Chang Liang was awarded the Eduard Tschumi Prize 2018 for the best soloist examination.
Yi-Chang Liang won the prize of CHF 12,000 with his interpretation of Toshio Hosokawa's composition "Sorrow River" for recorder and string orchestra. Born in Taiwan in 1992, the recorder player studied at the Amsterdam Conservatory and at the Bern University of the Arts in the class of Michael Form.
He has already performed as a soloist with various ensembles, including La Cetra Barockorchester Basel and the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Maurice Steger. He won 2nd prize at the Moeck/SRP Solo Recorder Playing Competition in 2011. In 2016 he played the world premiere of the commissioned work "Ten Dipoles".
The two violinists Mateusz Kasprzak-Labudzinski and Daniele D'Andria (violin classes of Monika Urbaniak and Bartlomiej Niziol) as well as Yan Yao (accordion class of Teodoro Anzellotti) and Mami Miyamoto (clarinet class of Ernesto Molinari) also successfully completed their Master's degree in Specialized Music Performance Classical Music.
