Caio de Azevedo

1st Prize ex aequo Composition 2024

Caio de Azevedo is a Brazilian composer based in Germany. His compositions have been performed by ensembles such as the MIVOS Quartet, the Ensemble Recherche and the Staatsorchester Rheinische Philharmonie. Notable works include the Music Theater piece Finita (2018) and the three-act ballet for orchestra Macbeth (2019). He holds a master’s degree in composi- tion from the Musikhochschule München, where he stud- ied with Moritz Eggert. In 2023, he was a resident at the Cité des Arts in Paris.

HIS WORK
"Marionnette" for viola and chamber orchestra

Marionnette is a work for solo viola and chamber orchestra, subtitled “bagatelle-concertante”. It evokes stories of illusion, freedom and the pseudo-fantastic, translated into music as a puppet theatre, yet without a stage, puppets or puppeteers.

It was performed during the final round on October 20th by violist Georgy Kovalev and the Orchestre de Chambre de Genève, conducted by Pierre Bleuse.