Goodmesh Concours announces winners

Multidisciplinary competition the Goodmesh Concours has announced the winners of its 2022 iteration. The first prize was won by Hungarian competitors, Trio Silhouette, who combined classical piano and cello with lighting, visuals and dance.

Trio Silhouette, composed of pianist Róza Radnóti, cellist Mátyás Virág, and choreographer and dancer Rita Góbi, received a cash prize of €5,000 as well as a professional photo and video shoot and management from artist agency and competition hosts, Goodmesh management. The competition’s second prize of €3,000 went to Ensemble Emergenz from Germany, and the Audience Award of €1,000 went to Johannes Rydén and Simon Rydén from Sweden.

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Radnóti said: ‘Our goal was to make the audience feel the dramaturgy of our performance and the three amazing pieces by Kurtág and Janáček. We used simple, yet very sensitive tools to make our live performance, dance and video come to life. In the future I hope to work with people who I can share creative moments with and make performances or videos putting classical music pieces in a new context, so that the audience might be able to relate to them better.’

The competition’s five finalists took part in the competition’s final round at The Hague’s Theater De Regentes last week. They performed for a live audience as well as the competition jury including Goodmesh founder Jacques Goddijn; visual artist, Anke Order; PR and artist manager, Floor van der Holst; music journalist, Guido van Oorschot; editor, television and radio presenter, Melchior Huurdeman and percussionist Rachel Xi Zhang.

Commenting on the winning performance, the jury said: ‘With excellent performances of works by Kurtág and Janáček by cellist Mátyás Virág and pianist Róza Radnóti, the lighting, visuals and dancing came to life in a mesmerising way. The tension during the performance was equal to that of literally catching a fish. When you get a bite you get goosebumps and you want to keep the catch with you.’

Goodmesh Concours is the first competition of its kind, requiring participants to combine music with another art form in order to compete. Over the past three editions of the competition, the Goodmesh Concours has received applications from hundreds of artists, representing over 50 nationalities and over 100 art forms.