Mario Merz Prize for Art and Music
The International Mario Merz Prize for Art and Music has been presented in Turin. It promotes artists and young composers with "innovative contemporary music projects".
The tenders were launched in the Mole Antonelliana in Turin, home of the Museo Nazionale del Cinema, on whose dome the work Il volo dei numeri (2000) by Mario Merz is permanently installed.
The prize was launched exactly ten years after the death of Mario Merz. Initiated by the Fondazione Merz in collaboration with a jury of experts and supported by an international honorary committee, it is awarded every two years. The music prize, supported by a collaboration between the Associazione per la Musica De Sono, Turin and the Zurich University of the Arts, honors young contemporary compositions.
The nominations are made by music institutions, performers, critics and personalities from the world of music. The compositions of the five finalists will be performed in public. The winner will be commissioned to write a composition for a string orchestra, which will be performed in a museum setting, thus combining the two arts and sides of the Mario Merz Prize.
The jury for the music prize consists of Thomas Demenga (cellist and composer), Dieter
Ammann (composer), Alexander Lonquich (pianist), Willy Merz and the audience of the performance.
More info: mariomerzprize.org
