Canada’s largest music prize for composition has announced they will stream this year’s Gala concert from Montréal’s Salle Claude-Champagne on Medici TV, October 22, 2020, at 8:00 p.m. ET.
The Azrieli Music Prizes were established in 2014, and awarded biannually. Two of the prizes focus on new Jewish music, with a third piece commissioned from a Canadian composer.
The Gala will feature the performance of works by three winners Yitzhak Yedid (2020 Azrieli Prize for Jewish Music), Yotam Haber (2020 Azrieli Commission for Jewish Music), Keiko Devaux (2020 Azrieli Commission for Canadian Music), as well as a work by composer Pierre Mercure.
The three winners will receive a prize valued at $200,000, including $50,000 cash, two international performances, and a recording on the Analekta classical music label.
Performers include Le Nouvel Ensemble Moderne with soloists Krisztina Szabó (mezzo-soprano) and Sharon Azrieli (soprano).
Program:
• Yitzhak Yedid: Kadosh Kadosh and Cursed
• Pierre Mercure (arr. by Jonathan Monro): Dissidence
• Yotam Haber: Estro poetico-armonico III for mezzo-soprano solo, chamber orchestra and pre-recorded audio
• Keiko Devaux: Arras
Viewers can tune in for free on Medici TV or Azrieli’s Music Prize’s Facebook page.
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