Music performance competition
SSPM Neuchâtel celebrates with its traditional music interpretation competition. On May 12, 13 and 14, the SSPM Neuchâtel section held its fifth music interpretation competition.
SSPM - Between May 12 and 14, the Salon de Musique du Haut de la Ville in Neuchâtel welcomed 25 young musicians in training. The jury, comprising Christiane Vlaiculescu Graf (strings), Agathe Guillot (winds), Daniel Eisler (keyboards) and John Michet and Gabriel Ducommun (SSPM Neuchâtel) auditioned the candidates in three categories. This eliminatory selection enabled ten of them to perform again on Sunday for the public competition.
The winners of this second round performed on Sunday evening at the Temple de St Blaise for a public concert and prize-giving ceremony.
Under 14 category:
1st prize: violin: Elena Moruzzi (Carole Haering-Pantillon)
2nd prize: piano: Zhang Jianing (Ivana Vukosavj)
3rd prize: piano: Victoria de Pourtalès (Yanina de Pourtalès)
Over 14 category:
1st prize: harp: Lorelei Cocker (Aurore Dumas)
2nd prize: guitar: Hekmat Homsi (Denis Battais)
3rd prize: piano: Séverine Coulon (Raphaël Colin)
Professional students category (bachelor) :
1st prize: piano: Florent Franklé (Paul Coker)
2nd prize: violin: Ida Derbesse (Sergey Gstrovsky)
3rd prize: recorder: Charlotte Schneider (Katharina Bopp)
3rd prize: violin: Ramon Truan de Pineda Cabrera (Stefan Mumenthaler)
In addition, a special prize was awarded for the interpretation of a work by a Swiss composer. This prize was awarded to Charlotte Schneider on recorder with Sopra il lamento di Reso by Conrad Steinmann.
