Jorge Rodríguez wins Grenchen flute competition
Flutist Jorge Rodríguez, who is completing his studies at the Hochschule für Musik Basel this summer, has won the 5th Grenchen International Soloist Competition for Flute.
The International Soloist Competition is part of the Grenchen International Music Week and was held for the fifth time this year. In the final concert, the two finalists performed in the Parktheater Grenchen together with the Musique des Lumières orchestra under the direction of the Argentinian-Swiss conductor Facundo Agudin. The two played the Concerto for Flute and Strings by French composer André Jolivet. Jorge Rodríguez won first prize, which included prize money of 6,000 francs, a watch and an additional concert engagement as part of the Musique des Lumières orchestra's concert series.
The jury of the competition consisted of Wally Hase (President, Vienna and Weimar). Michel Morague, (Orchestre National de France), Ulla Millmann, (Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra), Petri Alanko, (Sibelius Academy Helsinki) and Egor Egorkin (Solopiccolo Berliner Philharmoniker).
