Successes for Alumni at the Prix d'Europe competition

Clarinettist David Dias da Silva (ArtDip'16) has won the 2016 Prix d'Europe.  Third prize, the Le Prix Québecor  and the Prix Guy Soucie  were awarded to violinist and DMus candidate Elizabeth Skinner (MMus'15).  Soprano Erin Berger (BMus'11, MMus'13) received the Prix du Lied et de la mélodie, and flutist Lara Deutsch (BMus'12, MMus'14) was awarded the Prix du Centre de musique canadienne au Québec.  Watch David Dias da Silva performing here.

The Québec Academy of Music has organized this annual competition since 1911, with the aim of awarding a major scholarship (le Prix d'Europe) and many other smaller scholarhips with a total value of over $50 000 annually.  This competition is designed to help young musicians perfect their art and to permit the winner to continue further studies outside of Québec.