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.
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.
Argentina, 1989
Italy, 1986
Czech Republic, 1986
Netherlands, 2001
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.