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Composer Hovik Sardaryan awards the Schwarzkopf Composition Scholarship
To mark the 50th anniversary of the “Schwarzkopf Foundation Young Europe”, board chairman André Schmitz-Schwarzkopf has launched a scholarship for young composers, Berlin Philharmoniker announced. It will now be awarded annually in cooperation with the Karajan Academy of the Berliner Philharmoniker.
The first recipient of the scholarship in the 2021/22 season is the Armenian composer Hovik Sardaryan, born in 1993, a winner of various international competitions and student of Wolfgang Rihm.
The Schwarzkopf scholarship supports work on a compositional project that will be presented as part of a chamber music concert of the Karajan Academy. In addition, the scholarship holder is given the opportunity to become involved in the life of the Philharmoniker.
Peter Riegelbauer, manager of the Karajan Academy of the Berliner Philharmoniker, on the new composition scholarship: “For the Karajan Academy, the new composition scholarship means a valuable expansion and enrichment of its training program. We are delighted to have attracted Hovik Sardaryan, one of the most interesting composers of the younger generation, and we look forward to performing his new works with the other scholarship holders.”
The first recipient of the scholarship in the 2021/22 season is the Armenian composer Hovik Sardaryan, born in 1993, a winner of various international competitions and student of Wolfgang Rihm.
The Schwarzkopf scholarship supports work on a compositional project that will be presented as part of a chamber music concert of the Karajan Academy. In addition, the scholarship holder is given the opportunity to become involved in the life of the Philharmoniker.
Peter Riegelbauer, manager of the Karajan Academy of the Berliner Philharmoniker, on the new composition scholarship: “For the Karajan Academy, the new composition scholarship means a valuable expansion and enrichment of its training program. We are delighted to have attracted Hovik Sardaryan, one of the most interesting composers of the younger generation, and we look forward to performing his new works with the other scholarship holders.”
