Cantando Admont, an ensemble founded in 2014 by singers led by Cordula Bürgi, aims to provide a new impulse to contemporary vocal music.
Performer Biography
Sarah Aristidou, a French soprano, was the first singer to receive the Belmont Prize for Contemporary Music in 2022 and has had numerous works composed for her.
Performer Biography
Klangforum Wien has premiered approximately 600 works and boasts an extensive discography of over 90 releases.
Composer Biography
Beat Furrer has received several prestigious awards, including the Music Prize of the City of Vienna in 2004, the Golden Lion at the Venice Biennale in 2006, the Grand Austrian State Prize in 2014, and the Ernst von Siemens Music Prize in 2018.
Composer Biography
Beat Furrer, born in Schaffhausen in 1954, studied conducting with Otmar Suitner and composition with Roman Haubenstock-Ramati in Vienna after moving there in 1975.
Performer Biography
Klangforum Wien, founded by Beat Furrer in 1985, is an internationally renowned ensemble for contemporary music, comprising 25 musicians from 13 countries.
Composer Biography
Beat Furrer founded Klangforum Wien in 1985, which he directed until 1992, and has remained associated with it as a conductor.
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