Violinist Iskandar Widjaja is to receive a €15,000 career
development prize at this year’s Rheingau Music Festival. The
27-year-old will receive the award during a concert at the festival
on 23 July. In a statement, the judges said that Widjaja’s playing
was ‘characterised by a rare artistic imagination and freedom’ that
‘leads the listener into a special sound experience’.
Born in Berlin to Indonesian parents, Widjaja (pictured) has
previously won a gold medal at the 2008 International Hindemith
Competition and has also received scholarships from the Deutsche
Stiftung Musikleben and the Gerd Bucerius Foundation. He plays a
Franz Geissenhof violin from 1793.
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