Selection for IYCA Ticino 2023

I am very honored to have been selected among the emerging composers to attend IYCA Ticino (CH) this summer.

Here’s the announcement by composer and artistic director Oscar Bianchi:

“After reviewing more than a hundred applications, on behalf of Clara Iannotta, Lisa Streich, Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart, the soloists of Ensemble Musikfabrik, and myself, I'm delighted to share the selected composers of the 7th International Young Composers Academy Ticino (June 23 – July 2, 2023):

Amaranth group

Włodzimierz Żukowski (PL - 2000)

Kitty Xiao (Australia / USA 1989)

Çağdaş Onaran (TK - 1999)

Jing Wang (China/Hong Kong - 1999)

Bernat Pont Anglada (CH/ES - 1998)

Hattie Grainger (UK - 1994)

David Carrillo (CH/CO - 1992)

Linxi Chen (CN/USA -2000)

Beltrán González (AR/SE - 1991)

Julia Constance Wiger-Nordås (CH/NO - 2001)

Botticelli group

Kevin Kay (USA - 1995)

Jiyoung Lee (KR/FR- 1993)

Arda Bayram (TK - 2001)

Niki Harlafti (GR/USA - 1987)

Amund Bramness Vaage (NO - 1997)

Joan Tan (SG - 2000)

Julius von Lorentz (DE - 2003)

Dilay Doğanay (TK/AU - 1999)

Lautaro Figueroa Balcarce (CH/AR - 1999)

Katie Tang (CN/Hong Kong - 2003)

Darren Xu (Canada - 1996)

For our selection, we embraced the wish to represent the most diverse spectrum of styles, gender, provenance, and different stages of the candidate’s intellectual and artistic maturity. We are all more than thrilled to be meeting you soon in Ticino!”