Leonardo Silva wins Basel Composition Competition
The jury of the fourth Basel Composition Competition has awarded first prize to "Lume" by Leonardo Silva. Second prize goes to Masato Kimura, third prize to Nana Kamiyama and Jinseok Choi.
Lume by Leonardo Silva, born in Brazil in 1989, will be honored with 60,000 francs. Masato Kimura from Japan, born in 1981, will receive ─ ~minus~IX 25,000 francs. The third prize will be split (CHF 7500 each) for Umbilical cord for Chamber Orchestra Japanese artist Nana Kamiyama (*1986) and chameleon by the South Korean Jinseok Choi (*1982).
In collaboration with the Paul Sacher Foundation, the Basel Composition Competition was held for the first time in 2017 under the direction of jury president Wolfgang Rihm. As part of the competition, ten to twelve compositions are nominated in a selection process and performed by the Basel Chamber Orchestra, the Basel Symphony Orchestra and the Basel Sinfonietta.
The current jury president is Michael Jarrell. For health reasons, Rebecca Saunders and Isabel Mundry were unable to serve on the jury this year. They were replaced by the Italian composer Luca Francesconi. The jury also included the composers Toshio Hosokawa and Andrea Scartazzini as well as Florian Besthorn, Director of the Paul Sacher Foundation.
