12:00 UK time, 14:00 local time in Riga

NORDEM, the Nordic Early Music network, is excited to have received entries of such a high calibre this year for the sixth NORDEM EAR-ly competition for young musicians, and is proud to present a new generation of young Nordic professional musicians who are genuinely interested in revitalising the performance of the baroque, renaissance and medieval repertoires. The overall aim of the EAR-ly competition is to encourage the formation of new early music ensembles and to stimulate an interest in Early Music among young musicians throughout the Nordic and Baltic countries.

Judging for the first round of the EAR-ly 2020 competition has now taken place, and we are pleased to announce that the shortlist comprises:

Jonatan Bougt, Sweden - theorbo Augustina Vizbaraitė, Lithuania - violin Maija Kļaviņa, Latvia - baroque flute Gertruda Jerjomenko, Latvia - cembalo 

The NORDEM Jury this year will be:

 Lisa Beznosiuk, UK Paolo Pandolfo, Italy Catalina Vicens, Chile/Switzerland Mats Lillhannus, Finland (NORDEM representative) 

The final round of the competition will take place in Riga on 20 June 2021, hosted by NORDEM and The International Bach Chamber Music Festival, in conjunction with the next NORDEM Members' meeting. The final concert, open to members of the public, will take place on Sunday 20 June.

Link to livestream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lq85HPAj8_I

More info: https://www.nordem.org