Award ceremony for the 2022 ‘Music – Research and Practice’ PhD scholarship from the CNSMDP and the Sorbonne

The second ‘Music – Research and Practice’ PhD scholarship was awarded on 22 March by the Fondation Etrillard at the Paris National Conservatoire of Music and Dance.

Since 2021, the Fondation Etrillard has partnered with the Paris CNSMD and Sorbonne University to create the first “Music – Research and Practice” doctoral research scholarship. This annual scholarship is awarded to a performer-researcher who has gained entry, via competitive examination, to the third cycle – PhD programme at the Paris Conservatoire. Their work must encourage reflection on the art of performance, repertoire, composition or organology, whilst promoting the rediscovery of little-known musical works.

In its second year, the award was presented to PhD student Macha Kanza for her research project entitled ‘The idiosyncrasies of George Enesco’s musical language: comparative perspectives from the piano to the violin’.

During a musical presentation of her study, Macha Kanza outlined her project to shed light on the Franco-Romanian pianist, violinist and composer George Enesco (1881–1955), with the aim of raising awareness of his relatively unexplored piano works. Congratulations to her.

Our president, Gilles Etrillard, attended the award ceremony, along with Emilie Delorme, Director General of the CNMSDP, and Sylvie Douche, Professor of Musicology at Sorbonne University and Macha Kanza’s research supervisor.