Zoltán Despond Scholarship Holder of the Glasson Fund
The young Fribourg violoncellist Zoltán Despond has been awarded a 10,000 Swiss franc scholarship for 2014 from the Pierre and Renée Glasson Fund by the canton's Directorate of Education, Culture and Sport.
Born in 1992, Zoltán Despond graduated from secondary school in Bulle in 2010. He then began studying at the University of Music Waadt-Wallis-Freiburg HEMU and obtained a bachelor's degree in 2013. In addition to his studies, Zoltán Despond successfully took part in several masterclasses in Switzerland and abroad. He has also played in the Swiss Youth Symphony Orchestra and is a member of the Saltocello ensemble.
The scholarship is intended to help Zoltán Despond finance his second year of study for the Master of Interpretation and Performance at the Zurich University of the Arts and the maintenance costs of his instrument.
The Office of Culture received three applications for the 2014 scholarship from the Pierre and Renée Glasson Fund. Following hearings, the expert jury, consisting of the director of the Fribourg site of the Lausanne University of Music (HEMU) and two experts, finally decided on Despond as the recipient.
The Pierre and Renée Glasson Fund for Music, established in 1995 and administered by the Office of Culture of the Canton of Fribourg, serves to support the activities of musicians from the Canton of Fribourg or the rest of Switzerland who live in the Canton of Fribourg. This fund can be used to award a scholarship to help finance postgraduate studies at a music college in Switzerland or abroad.
