HKB ensemble wins Hugo competition
Echo Theory, a trio from the Bern University of the Arts (HKB), has won this year's International Competition for New Concert Formats Hugo of the Montfort Zwischentöne.
The first prize includes prize money of 1500 euros and a production budget of 5000 euros. Echo Theory are the HKB students Erin Torres (Master Specialized Music Performance, specialization Music in Context), Béatrice Garrido (Bachelor Classical Music) and Julian Schletti (Bachelor Sound Arts).
The second prize of 600 euros went to Duo Zwischen from the Stuttgart and Leipzig music academies, the third prize of 200 euros to soloist Tibor Kovács from the Mozarteum Salzburg and the fourth prize of 200 euros to the On5 Quintett from the Nuremberg University of Music.
This year's competition jury consisted of Sonja Stibi, Professor of Music Education at the Munich University of Music, Anja Christina Loosli, Artistic Co-Director of the Schlosskonzerte Thun, and Bernhard Günther, Artistic Director of Wien Modern. The audience was also able to vote online.
Named after the minstrel Hugo von Montfort, the Montforter Zwischentöne international student competition for new concert formats provides a motto and a location each year that the participants have to address in their concepts.
