NEWS
MIDEM Classical Award for Ronald Brautigam
It has been announced today in Cannes, that Dutch pianist Ronald Brautigam has received a prestigeous MIDEM Classical Award 2010 for his recording of Beethovens piano concertos nr. 2 & Wo04. Brautigam won this prize in the category Concertos. Other nominees in the same category were pianist Christian Zacharias and violinist Nikolaj Znaider. The members of the jury are chief editors of music magazines such as Gramophone, Fono Forum and directors of classical radio stations ORF 1 and MDR. The award will be presented to Ronald Brautigam on Tuesday 26th January in the Palais des Festivals of Cannes.
The prizewinning CD is one of the recordings which Ronald Brautigam made for the Swedish recording company BIS. This CD contains the two earliest composed concerti of which the second piano concerto was written earlier than the first and then edited later which explains the numbering. The concerto WoO4 was written when Beethoven was 13 in 1784. This work has never been published, only the version for piano solo is known. Brautigam has made his own reconstruction of the orchestral score. Brautigam recorded both concerti with the Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra with Andrew Parrott as conductor.
Information on the MIDEM Classical Award can be found on www.midemclassicalawards.com.
Amsterdam 25th January 2010
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Liza Ferschtman receives the Dutch Music Prize
On November 24th latest Liza Ferschtman received the Dutch Music Award 2006, which is the heighest distinction awarded to musicians in the Netherlands. The prize was presented to her by the Dutch minister of Education and Culture; Maria van der Hoeven. Other musicians who also received the Dutch Music Prize in the past years are a.o.; Ronald Brautigam, Jard van Nes, Pauline Oostenrijk and Quirine Viersen.
Liza Ferschtman to Receive The Dutch Music Prize!!
On November 24th 2006, after performing the Sibelius Concerto with the Rotterdam Philharmonic, Liza Ferschtman, young Dutch violinist, will receive the heighest honor awarded to musicians in the Netherlands: The Dutch Music Prize. The prize will be presented to her by the Dutch minister of Education and Culture Maria van der Hoeven. Liza Ferschtman studied a.o. with Alla Kim and Herman Krebbers at the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia and David Takeno in London.
The solo career of Liza Ferschtman started in 1997, winning the Oskar Back Competition. In 2007 she will be the new artistic director of the Delft Chamber Music Festival, succeeding former director and founder Isabelle van Keulen
For more information please visit www.lizaferschtman.com
The Edison awards for Classical Music were awarded on 31 May 2006 in the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. Pianist Ronald Brautigam won the Edison in the category Concertos for his recording of Haydn’s piano concertos with Concerto Copenhagen on the BIS label.
The jury had the following praise for this exceptional recording.
Read the jury’s report