Watch: Award-winning Nielsen concerto performances
Friday, July 9, 2021
Joséphine Olech and Blaz Sparovec release their Orchid Classics debuts today
The most recent edition of the Carl Nielsen International Competition - 2019 - produced three impressive winners who all went on to be named One to Watch artists in our pages. Two of them - flautist Joséphine Olech and clarinetist Blaz Sparovec - release their debut albums today on the Orchid Classics label, a part of their prize.
Both albums feature the Nielsen concertos (for which they're joined by the Odense Symphony Orchestra and Anna Skryleva) which had featured in their final rounds of the 2019 competition - and to mark the albums' releases, we're delighted to bring you films of those performances below.
The Carl Nielsen International Competition recently unveiled details of its 2022 edition - of which Gramophone is a media partner - and you can find out more about it in our news story here: Carl Nielsen International Competition unveils 2022 plans
You can listen to Joséphine Olech and Blaz Sparovec's new albums below on Apple Music.