Dewes wins the Deutschlandfunk Composition Prize
Henrik Dewes, who studied guitar and composition at the Basel University of Music, has been awarded the Deutschlandfunk Composition Prize by the German Music Competition.
Born in Trier, guitarist and composer Henrik Dewes studied guitar in Basel with Pablo Márquez, Andreas von Wangenheim and Maurizio Grandinetti as well as composition with Johannes Caspar Walter and Bettina Skrzypczak. He also completed a teaching degree in school music and German studies in Karlsruhe. He performs regularly as a duo with Tobias Klich and with the singer Cosima Büsing. He also performs with Borsch4Breakfast across the diverse styles of Eastern European music. His latest ensemble Metafora performs classical romantic orchestral pieces in a special way: "Umverpackt" arranged for guitars, cello and clarinet. As a lecturer, Henrik Dewes teaches guitar at the Zurich and Basel Universities of Teacher Education in the field of music, specializing in instrumental pedagogy.
Since its founding in 1975, the German Music Competition has been the national competition with the broadest range of support for young professional musicians. It is one of a total of 13 funding projects of the German Music Council and is held annually in alternating categories between Bonn and another German city.
