Raoul Steffani is the brand new winner of the Dutch Music Prize. The prestigious prize is the highest award bestowed by the Performing Arts Fund, on behalf of the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, on a musician working in classical music. The prize will be presented by State Secretary Gunay Uslu (Culture and Media) at Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ on Friday 13 October.
The committee on Steffani
'Raoul Steffani does not just sing, but speaks and communicates with his audience through music. Diction, intelligibility, sense of language and, above all, a very own and personal sound signature characterise his performances. He reaches out to his audience singing his lyrics and draws the audience to him in a very expressive and personal way.'
Concert and award ceremony on 13 October
Prior to the ceremony, Raoul Steffani will showcase the diverse facets of his voice in a self-composed concert with Asko|Schönberg, conducted by Ed Spanjaard. The evening is dedicated to music from the Baroque and Viennese fin de siècle, alternating between works by Bach and songs by Alma Mahler and Hans Pfitzner. The concert and award ceremony are open to the public. Tickets for the festive evening are available from today via Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ.
Biography Raoul Steffani
Steffani studied singing at the conservatories in Amsterdam and Vienna and made his international debut at the Opéra National de Lyon. He is in great demand as a soloist at home and abroad and has a wide repertoire, from Baroque music to late Romantic and contemporary. Steffani has sung at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris, Bozar Brussels, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London and De Nationale Opera in Amsterdam, among others. Soon he will make his debut at Wigmore Hall in London and the Bregenzer Festspiele. He won several awards, was heard at the Prinsengracht Concert and appeared in various radio and television programmes. He recently collaborated on the CD Sehnsucht By Barbara Hannigan with Camerata RCO.
About the Dutch Music Prize
Winners of the Dutch Music Prize follow a study programme focusing on personal musical development. They work together with musicians from home and abroad. At the end of the course, the Dutch Music Prize committee advises the Performing Arts Fund whether the prize can be awarded. The committee consists of: Mauricio Fernandez, Hans Ferwerda, Ingrid Geerlings, Ad 's-Gravesande, Marcel Mandos, Simone Meijer, Bart Visman, Larissa Groeneveld, Ralph van Raat and Karin Manuel as independent chairman.
Previous winners of the Dutch Music Prize included pianist Thomas Beijer, trombonist Sebastiaan Kemner and recorder player Lucie Horsch.
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