INNOVATION AWARD 2019

The Nominating Committee has submitted their chosen projects and Classical:NEXT is pleased to announce the 2019 Innovation Award Longlist. With 35 projects from 29 countries, the nominees represent the most forward-thinking activities worldwide.

The Classical:NEXT Innovation Award was designed to place the spotlight on forward-thinking activities taking place around the world and is presented at the closing ceremony.

2019 marks the 200th birthday of German pianist and composer Clara Schumann, known for her works for orchestra, chamber music and character pieces for solo piano. In her honour, the Classical:NEXT 2019 Innovation Award will celebrate women in music. The 2019 list of nominees is the most international yet, with nominations coming in from 26 countries across Europe, North America and Asia.

The Nominating Committee informs classical music professionals about potential winners outside of their own national or professional periphery.

The winner is chosen by the Classical:NEXT community. Everybody with a C:N NET account will be able to vote. The winner will be revealed and the award presented at the closing ceremony of Classical:NEXT 2019, which will take place at de Doelen on 18 May 2019.

The Innovation Award ceremony will be closed by Spark - The Classical Band.

Voting for the award will begin in March, 2019.

The Nominating Committee has submitted their chosen projects and Classical:NEXT is pleased to announce the 2019 Innovation Award Longlist. With 35 projects from 29 countries, the nominees represent the most forward-thinking activities worldwide.

Once the shortlist has been decided, it will be time to have your say! Each of the Classical:NEXT delegates have the opportunity to place an online vote to decide the winners of the Innovation Award 2019.

INNOVATION AWARD LONGLIST 2019

We are happy to present to you this year’s nominees for the Classical:NEXT 2019 Innovation Award. Each project or person has been singled out by theexpert members of the nominating committee for their outstanding profiles from amongst the myriad of other candidates in their respective home countries and across the globe. Longlist, shortlist, public vote - read here how our Innovation Award works.

Our Nomination Committee were given a theme for their selections. They were asked to choose the most outstanding projects celebrating women in music. The focus could be narrow or wide, the connection direct or indirect.

Patricia Martínez (Argentina)

Multi-awarded Argentinian/Spanish composer, pianist, performer, interdisciplinary artist, professor, producer and artistic director of Compañía Helada (new opera company), based in Buenos Aires, whose work, in her own words 'has emerged (...) from an experimental process of 'stripping-down' ', leaving as a result a work of extremely vulnerable, yet piercing sonority, able (and most willing) to push the limits of both the word (when thinking mainly of her stage work) and musical discourses.

Complete list of nominations http://www.classicalnext.com/programme/award/longlist