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Alba Rosa Viëtor Composition Competition 2020/2022

Jury chairman Willem Jeths and winner of the Alba Rosa Viëtor Award 2022 Primo Ish-Hurwitz. © Photo: Foppe Schut

Awards

The Alba Rosa Viëtor Award is divided (ex aequo) between Primo Ish-Hurwitz(Netherlands, 2001) with his composition Listen and Germán José Mercado  (Argentina, 1989) with his composition …Then the bird said “Nevermore”…
The Audience Award has not been awarded.

Final

The jury selected the four finalists. The final took place at the Alba Rosa Viva! Festival on Friday, February 18, 2022 in Muziekgebouw aan ‘t IJ, Amsterdam (Netherlands). Performers were the internationally renowned musicians Laetitia Gerards sopranoand Barbara Kozelj mezzo-soprano, Dana Zemtsov viola, Ella van Poucke cello, Lars Wouters van den Oudenweijer clarinet and Anna Fedorova piano.

Finalists

Germán José Mercado

Argentina, 1989

Composition

…Then the bird said “Nevermore”

Giorgio Francesco Dalla Villa

Italy, 1986

Composition

Life Doesn’t Frighten Me

Otto Wanke

Czech Republic, 1986

Composition

Inner Views

Primo Ish-Hurwitz

Netherlands, 2001

Composition

Listen

Jury

Willem Jeths

Judith Weir

Calliope Tsoupaki

Reinild Mees

Artistic leader

Hanna Kulenty