London-based Canadian Saxophonist David Zucchi was recently announced as the winner of both the Mixed Ensemble Award and the Overseas Award, given to the top Commonwealth performer, from the Royal Overseas League Annual Music Competition, one of the UK’s most prestigious music competitions. You can read more about this news by click here.
David is pursuing a PhD in Music Performance at the University of Huddersfield’s acclaimed Centre for Research in New Music (CeReNeM). The competition successes and the recognition of David’s extraordinary musicianship will have a significant impact on David’s already impressive career, which includes performing classical, contemporary, experimental and improvised music across the UK, Europe and Canada.
David is the recipient of the CCSF’s 2021 Belle Shenkman Award for the Study of Arts. (photo credit Peter Tainsch)