Eesti väljapaistvamaid tšelliste Marcel Johannes Kits võitis esimese Eesti tšellistina klassikalise muusika solistide olümpiaks peetud kuninganna Elisabethi nimelisel konkursil kolmanda preemia.
Tšaikovski konkursi kõrval on see üks mainekamaid tšellokonkursse maailmas.
Kolmele konkursi voorule eelnevad väga nõudlikud eelvoorud ning 66-st osalejast jõudis finaalvooru 12 tšellisti. Marcel Johannes Kitse esituses kõlas Dmitri Šostakovitši tšellokontsert nr 1 ja Jörg Widmanni spetsiaalselt konkursiks kirjutatud uudisteos. Viimase teose õpivad muusikud koha peal – nimelt pannakse nad nädalaks sõna otseses mõttes luku taha ilma telefoni ja muude kommunikatsioonivahenditeta.
Finaalkontserti Marcel Johannes Kitse esinemisega Brüsseli Kaunite Kunstide keskusest vahendas ERR Klassikaraadio 31. mail kell 21 ja esinemist saab ka järele vaadata Kuninganna Elisabethi Konkursi kodulehelt https://queenelisabethcompetition.be
Intervjuud Marcel Johannes Kitsega, mille tegi Nele-Eva Steinfeld Brüsselis toimuva konkursi eel aprillis saab kuulata lingilt: https://tinyurl.com/y7tu5p24
The Queen Elisabeth Competition
One of the most demanding and also one of the most widely publicised international competitions, the Queen Elisabeth Competition has established itself as a springboard for young violinists, pianists, singers, and cellists on the threshold of an international career. The Competition aims, above all, to serve as an intermediary between those young virtuosos and the world’s great musical venues.
The Queen Elisabeth Competition was founded in 1937 at the instigation of Her Majesty Queen Elisabeth of Belgium and the Belgian violinist Eugène Ysaÿe. Originally called the Eugène Ysaÿe Competition, it adopted its current name in 1951, thus paying tribute to its Honorary President and initiator.
The Queen Elisabeth Competition seeks to discover complete artists; it owes its reputation to a prestigious jury, strict rules, and unparalleled media coverage, as well as to the friendly and enthusiastic hospitality offered by an entire country and its Royal Family.
For the finalists, one of the highlights of the Competition is their stay at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel, which offers them an opportunity to spend a whole week studying, without any external assistance, a new work to be performed with an orchestra.
https://queenelisabethcompetition.be
Monument to the 1944 Great Flight Opened in Pärnu