"the ships shine at night"
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Composition competition as a cooperation of the Landesmusikrat Hamburg e.V. and the Landesjugendorchester Hamburg with the Hochschule für Music and Drama Hamburg
As part of a cooperation with the University of Music, the Hamburg State Youth Orchestra performed three works of new music, from which the winning piece was selected at a jury meeting. 1,000 euros in prize money was awarded by the University Foundation. The winner of the composition competition was Leon Zmelty with his piece "nachts leuchten die schiffe" (ships shine at night)
Martin Zieger from the University Foundation commented:
"The University Foundation is delighted to support this composition competition with prize money of EUR 1,000. Although we regularly enjoy the old masters, creating something new and supporting this creative process is very important to us. We are very much looking forward to the premiere."
Members of the jury were: Prof. Jörg Birkenkötter, Professor of Composition at the HFK Bremen, Prof. Ruta Paidere, Professor of Music Theory at the HfMT Hamburg, Ludger Vollmer, composer, President of the Landesmusikrat e.V. and Chairman of the Landesverband Nord of the German Composers' Association and Niklas Hoffmann, guest conductor at the Landesjugendorchester Hamburg. Gordon Kampe, Professor of Composition at the HfMT, acted as moderator on behalf of the HfMT.
The aim of the competition is also to gain a mutual feeling for the development of a composition and its implementation in orchestral work. Regular exchanges take place during rehearsals between the orchestra members, the conductor and the composers.
The winning piece selected by the jury will then be included in the LJO's autumn program and premiered alongside Mozart's 35th Symphony "Haffner" and the suite to "Love's Labours Lost" by Gerald Finzi in concerts on November 14, 2021 at 6.30 pm in the Forum of the HfMT and on November 19, 2021 at 6.30 pm and 9 pm in the Laeiszhalle.
The Hamburg State Youth Orchestra
The self-administered Landesjugendorchester Hamburg, which is sponsored by the Landesmusikrat Hamburg e.V., is the select orchestra of the Hanseatic City of Hamburg and is funded by the Ministry of Culture and Media. In times of Corona, the ensemble of around 70 musicians aged between 14 and 25 plays with half of its members. The ensemble, which was founded in 1968, is characterized by top-level work with young musicians and social interaction. Johannes Witt has been the artistic director of the Landesjugendorchester Hamburg since 2020 and has been engaged as 1st conductor at the Wuppertal Opera since this season.