Edison for Three Concerti by Martijn Padding

The Edison Foundation has announced that Martijn Padding is the recipient of the Edison in its new category De Ontdekking (The Discovery) for his work ‘Three Concerti’. The jury was unanimous: “…so, contemporary music can sound sunny, playful and uncomplicated.”

The category The Discovery is new to the Edisons. To this end, record labels and members of the  jury may enter works for this category.

From Chopin to Monk
Winning this Edison is recognition for Padding’s extensive oeuvre. The Dutch composer Martijn Padding was born in 1956, the year in which Elvis and rock' n-roll conquered the world. He grew up with pop music and Beethoven, without any influences from the fictitious dividing line between pop and classical music.

Chopin and Thelonius Monk are equally valued and in his compositions Padding also inspires himself with everything from Balinese gamelan to the work of Stockhausen. Padding studied composition with Louis Andriessen at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague. He also studied piano with Fania Chapiro and musicology at the University of Utrecht.

Three Concerti
De CD ‘Three Concerti’ is een co-production of Codaex en Music Center the Netherlands (MCN) on the Etcetera label, a serie promoting contemporary music byDutch composers. This is one of the methods with which Music Center the Netherlands attempts to strengthen the Dutch music (cultuur) nationally and internationally. Musicians on this release are Asko|Schönberg under the direction of Etienne Siebens, Heleen Hulst (violin), Dirk Luijmes (harmonium) and Martine Sikkenk (mandoline).

Edison Classical Gala
On June16, 2011 the classical Edisons will be presented for the second time in a row at the Kurhaus in Scheveningen. The AVRO television recording of this event will be broadcasted on Sunday June 19, 2011. 

In the MCN Music Encyclopedia

• Martijn Padding
• Asko|Schönberg

You can order various works 

In the MCN Webshop

• First Harmonium Concerto
• Eight Metal Strings