Last 10th of March the Øresund Solist national competition has had its finale, bringing to light the best Danish and Swedish musicians of this year.
Since 2002 this competition gives the opportunity for youngsters to cultivate their talent on a professional level and to strengthen the cultural cooperation in the Øresund region.
The competition is open to string and winds players from 12 to 21 years old from Denmark and Sweden and patronized by the Danish violinist Nikolaj Znaider and the Swedish trumpeter Håkan Hardenberger.
This year the jury has distributed the following prizes:
Group aged from 12 to 16 years old:
Stefan Burchardt, violin (Denmark) 1st Prize, 8000 DK and Talent Prize, 10.000 DK
Axel Borgqvist, violin (Sweden) 2nd Prize 4.000 DK
Harald Edin, double bass (Sweden) 2nd Prize, 4.000 DK
Annissa Gybel, violin (Denmark) Finalist Prize, 1.000 DK
Betulla Bur Pagsberg, trumpet (Denmark) Finalist Prize 1.000 DK
Emma Lörstad, whistle (Sweden) Finalist Prize $ 1.000 DK
Nicole Biegniewska, violin (Sweden) Finalist Prize $ 1.000 DK
Alberta Holmegaard, treble recorder (Denmark) Finalist Prize $ 1.000 DK
Group aged from 17 to 21 years old:
Nicholas Algot, First Prize winner and EMCY Prize winner, viola (Denmark) 1st Prize, 8.000 DK
Marcus Bäckerud, violin (Sweden), 2nd Prize, 4.000 DK
Max Pontoppidan, tuba (Denmark) 2nd Prize, 4.000 DK
Ditte Aggerholm, whistle (Denmark) Finalist Prize, 1.000 DK
Klara Kotarsky, viola (Sweden) Finalist Prize, 1.000 DK
Christoffer Kaltenbrunner, clarinet (Sweden) Finalist Prize, 1.000 DK
Astor Cortabarria, double bass (Denmark) Finalist Prize, 1.000 DK
Elin Körnich, whistle (Sweden) Finalist Prize, 1.000 DK
The jury who selected the musicians and conferred the prizes was composed by:
Jörgen Svensson, Konzertmeister
Malmö Symphony Orchestra
Professor Morten Zeuthen
The Royal Danish Academy of Music
Soloist, Toke Lund Christiansen,
DR Symphony Orchestra
Professor Niels-Ole Bo Johansen,
The Danish Academy of Music.
This significant competition gives the chance for young talents to prove their musical skills and move forward in their musical career. From here they can “leave the nest” and became international renown musicians; with Oresund they started and EMCY will take over in this valuable task.
You can find videos about the finals on YouTube at these links:
