The third festival was a collaboration with Het Concertgebouw in Amsterdam and took place on December 2, 2018. This time the theme was the outspoken compositions by female composers. Artistic director Reinild Mees selected a program including Clara Schumann, Henriëtte Bosmans, Cécile Chaminade, Rosy Wertheim, Alma Mahler, Alba Rosa Viëtor and Tansy Davies, thecomposer in residenceof the Concertgebouw.
The program also included works by Karl Weigl (Rosy Wertheim’s teacher), Willem Jeths, Gabriel Fauré and Franz Schubert. The musicians included Karin Strobos (mezzo-soprano), Harriet Krijgh (cello), Ella van Poucke (cello), Niek Baar (violin), Thomas Beijer (piano) and the Dudok String Quartet. On this occasion, the Alba Rosa Viëtor composition prize was specially awarded for a composition for soprano and piano trio. The four shortlisted compositions were performed by the Amatis Trio and the singers Lilian Farahani and Katharine Dain.
The first prize went to Silvia Lanao Aregay from Spain and the “audience award” to Ramin Amin Tafreshi from Iran. Leo Samama gave a lecture on female composers and Tansy Davies was interviewed by Vrouwkje Tuinman.
The Alba Rosa Viva! Festival is a co-production of the Alba Rosa Viëtor Foundation and Muziekgebouw aan ‘t IJ. With thanks to Het Cultuurfonds, Fonds voor Hedendaagse Muziek, Emmelot Vis Fonds, Il Flauto Dolce Fonds, Stichting Elise Mathilde Fonds, Mr. A. Fentener van Vlissingen Fonds, Van den Berch van Heemstede Stichting, Stichting Thurkow Fonds, De Lancey & De La Hanty Foundation, Stichting Zabawas, P.W. Janssen’s Friesche Stichting, Stichting Halbertsma-Santee Thedinga, Stichting Gilles Hondius Foundation and a number of anonymous donors.