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Music09 and eighth blackbird are very pleased to announce the winners of the Music09/eighth blackbird Composition Competition.

The winner is David Brynjar Franzson. His piece will be performed by eighth blackbird on 3 July at the Music09 festival at the Hindemith Music Centre in Blonay, Switzerland. David will also receive a cash prize of $1,000.

A special commendation was awarded to Daniel Wohl. Congratulations to David and Daniel, and thanks to all who participated in the competition. There were over 80 entrants in the competition and the level was higher than ever before.

Click here to view the complete list of Music09 participants.

The Music09 Festival relocates to the Hindemith Foundation in Blonay, Switzerland!

Music09 is a unique and intensive new music festival which will take place at the prestigious Hindemith Foundation Music Center in Blonay, Switzerland. The premiere American ensemble eighth blackbird will be joined by principal composers Chen Yi , Frederic Rzewski and Joel Hoffman, all of whom will be working with an invited group of young composers and instrumentalists, both advanced students and young professionals. Upon acceptance, composers will be assigned specific ensembles and will write pieces for the festival which will be rehearsed, performed and recorded in Blonay by a variety of ensembles. Each ensemble will consist of a member of eighth blackbird along with a carefully selected group of young instrumentalists. Concurrently, the instrumentalists will prepare and perform works by the three principal composers. This repertoire will be performed in a series of concerts throughout the festival in Blonay and surrounding locations.

Blonay is a beautiful village, located between Lake Geneva (Lac Leman) and the Swiss Alps. Nearby cities are Montreux and Lausanne. The Hindemith Foundation is a fully-equipped music residence center, whose purpose is to present short-term international festivals and workshops on the highest level.

Daily blog posts covering the activities at the Music09 festival will be available at Kyle Werner's blog: kylewerner.com.

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