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Yilan Zhao wins Fritz Gerber Award

Yilan Zhao have been chosen to receive the 2022 Fritz Gerber Award. The prize has been awarded annually since 2015 to young, highly talented musicians. Each of the three musicians will receive a scholarship valued at CHF 10,000 that allows them to attend the Lucerne Festival Academy, as well as a cash award of CHF 10,000.
   

This year’s jury consisted of Michael Haefliger, Executive and Artistic Director of Lucerne Festival; composer and conductor Heinz Holliger; and Felix Heri, Director of Lucerne Festival Contemporary. 
   
The Lucerne Festival Academy is a school for new music and a laboratory for the future. Every summer, some 100 talented young musicians from all over the world are given the opportunity to concentrate on a repertoire that is still too much overlooked in the classical music business: the music of the 20th and 21st centuries. Through daily rehearsals and workshops over a three-week period, they immerse themselves in key selected works of Modernism; work on and rehearse brand-new scores that are often written especially for the Academy; and experiment with innovative forms of performance. The Festival audience in turn benefits from unconventional programs that teem with discoveries and offer amazing listening experiences.

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