Trumpet wins first Fanny prize

Trumpet wins first Fanny prize

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norman lebrecht

November 05, 2014

They set up a Fanny Mendelssohn prize in Berlin, in memory of a fabulous woman composer who couldn’t break the glass ceiling.

Nice idea. But they’ve given the inaugural prize and ten grand in Euros to a male trumpet player, Tamás Pálfalvi.

So much for good intentions.
palfavi

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