Two former RDAM students receive the composer prize 2024 from Ernst Von Siemens Music Foundation
The Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung Composer Prize 2024 goes to two former RDAM students, Bára Gísladóttir from Iceland and Yiqing Zhu from China, as well as the Italian Daniele Ghisi. The prizes are 35,000 euros each for the winners, and in addition to the cash prize, the award also includes concerts/work productions.
The success of RDAM students naturally brings great professional pride, and it is a joy to see that the values the students acquire through their education continue in their artistic practice and support their careers. "We are proud to see that we are doing it right," says Jeppe Just Christensen (lecturer in composition at RDAM) and continues:
"Here at RDAM, we greatly emphasize the students' freedom to determine what they want. The teaching always starts with the specific student and on their own terms. This results in them finding their own way of writing music, which becomes original and personal."
About Bára Gísladóttir: She is an Icelandic composer and double bassist who has studied composition at, among other places, the Royal Danish Academy of Music, from where she graduated from the soloist class in 2020. As an actively performing musician, she plays her own music - solo or with her collaborator Skúli Sverrisson. At times, she also performs as a soloist with ensembles and orchestras - most recently with her own double bass concerto Hringla together with Copenhagen Phil and Iceland Symphony Orchestra. Read more about Bára Gísladóttir.
About Yiqing Zhu: He is a Chinese composer and pianist who began studying composition at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music in 2008. He continued his studies at the Royal Danish Academy of Music as a student under the Erasmus program. He then started at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Stuttgart, where he graduated in 2019. His teachers include Huang Lv, Niels Rosing-Schow, and Marco Stroppa. Zhu is currently a composition teacher at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music. Read more about Yiqing Zhu.
We wish Bára Gísladóttir and Yiqing Zhu congratulations on this splendid recognition!
