The 76th Concours de Genève Composition Competitors wrapped up on Wednesday 26 October, with First Prize, value CHF 15,000, awarded to Shin Kim (27, from South Korea) for his work The Music of Oneiroi, for six voices and microphones.
Yuki Nakahashi (26, Japan) took Second Prize for Settings, for vocal ensemble. Third Prize was awarded to Ármin Cservenáokay (26, Hungary) for his work Madrigali, for six voices.
Candidates for the 2022 Composition competitors have been required to submit a piece for vocal ensemble, composed for six singers: bass, baritone, tenor, mezzo-soprano, soprano and coloratura soprano. The finalist works have been carried out as a world premiere by the Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart.
Since its creation in 1939, the Concours de Genève’s mission has been to find, promote and assist the very best younger artists of the second. In addition to the official prizes, the Geneva Worldwide Music Competitors affords a Prizewinners’ Profession Improvement Programme, offering the assist and steerage wanted to launch a profession. The programme consists of two years of administration by the Sartory Artists company, in addition to recordings, worldwide excursions and knowledgeable coaching workshop.
Shin Kim is a scholar at Korea College of the Arts in Seoul, the place he’s finishing a grasp’s diploma: he has additionally studied with the Austrian composer and sound artist Karlheinz Essl. In his work he distinguishes three main themes: faith, narrative and psychological phenomena.
In The Music of Oneiroi, Shin Kim tells the story of the dream world, drawing on pronunciation techniques from numerous languages and utilizing microphones to amplify and diversify his music.
Shin Kim pic: Anne-Laure Lechat
