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Meet FEDORA's Prizes Winning Artists
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06 March 2023
FEDORA Artists Series
The FEDORA Artists Series
In this series we invite some of the creators behind the FEDORA Prizes’ winning projects to share with us their creative processes. Learn about what inspired them and what it takes to produce opera or dance projects that champion ingenuity and creativity.
In the interviews below you will get to learn about their creative projects and what drives these artists to create innovative pieces that are moving opera and ballet forward!
Meet the Artists…
Inge Lattré
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR OF PLATFORM-K
Winner of FEDORA - Education Prize 2021
Be inspired by Platform-K's work and discover how they are providing training and professional opportunities to dancers with a disability and advocating for a change of perception of dance companies and dance schools...
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Sivan Eldar, Cordelia Lynn and Maxime Pascal
COMPOSER, LIBRETTIST AND CONDUCTOR OF "LIKE FLESH"
Winner of the FEDORA Opera Prize 2021
Discover all about this new work, the links between the libretto and the score, and the challenges of creating a piece where electronic and acoustic music meet.
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Gabriela Carrizo
CHOREOGRAPHER OF "LA VISITA"
Winner of the FEDORA - VAN CLEEF & Arpels Prize for Ballet 2021
Discover all about the opportunities and challenges of creating a piece within a museum, where Gabriela Carrizo drew her inspiration, and what role sound effects and music played in this new work.
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Laila Soliman & Bushra El-Turk
STAGE DIRECTOR & COMPOSER OF “ WOMAN AT POINT ZERO”
Winner of the FEDORA - GENERALI Prize for Opera 2020
Be inspired by our interview about their new work "Woman at Point Zero", their inspirations and the challenges of being a female creator.
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Philip Venables
COMPOSER OF "DENIS & KATYA"
Winner of the FEDORA - GENERALI Prize for Opera 2019
Join us as we learn more about how Philip Venables was inspired by social media and how we tell stories today, to compose this award-winning piece...
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William Forsythe
CHOREOGRAPHER OF " A QUIET EVENING OF DANCE"
Winner of FEDORA - VAN CLEEF & ARPELS Prize for Ballet 2018
We talked to William Forsythe who told us how he strives to continue to reinvent the vocabulary of dance and how the audience reacts to his creative decisions...
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Sharon Eyal
CHOREOGRAPHER OF “LOVE CHAPTER 2"
Winner of FEDORA - VAN CLEEF & ARPELS Prize for Ballet 2017
Sharon Eyal explores the rich themes and inspiration behind her unique choreography and the importance of the expression of feelings through movement...
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Matteo Franceschini
COMPOSER OF “MILO AND MAYA AROUND THE WORLD”
Winner of FEDORA - Rolf Liebermann Prize for Opera 2015
Education in Opera is vastly important, Matteo Franceschini shares with us his thoughts on engaging younger audiences and how he is inspired daily...
