Salina Fisher, youngest ever winner of the SOUNZ Contemporary Award - AUDIO

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"Thank you for making it possible for me to follow my dreams."

At just twenty two years-old, Salina Fisher is the youngest ever winner of the SOUNZ Contemporary Award, New Zealand’s premier classical composition prize. Established in 1998, the SOUNZ Contemporary Award recognises outstanding compositional excellence, creativity and inspiration.

Salina's winning entry is 'Rainphase', an orchestral work which captures her experience of the “beauty and chaos of Wellington rain”.