The Ravinia Steans Music Institute’s Bridges Composition Competition concert was streamed live on YouTube last week, and the complete event can be rewatched here. This year’s concert featured the world premieres of three winning compositions from the 2020 competition, as well as an encore performance of 2019’s winner Michael Orenstein.
Composers Steven Feifke, Addison Frei and Zachary Rich were awarded the David Baker Prize for Composition and saw their pieces receive their world premieres from the Bennett Gordon Hall stage.
Introduced in 2018 to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Steans Music Institute, the annual Bridges Composition Competition challenges young professional composers to write new works for string quartet and jazz trio, bridging the worlds of classical and jazz.
RSMI fans can look forward to yet another electrifying performance on June 11, when the Jazz Grandstand concert will be livestreamed on Ravinia’s YouTube channel at 6:00 p.m. (Central). Find out more.