Fundació Ferrer - Luis Tabuenca Fernández wins the XLIII Queen Sofía Prize for Musical Composition

Luis Tabuenca Fernández wins the XLIII Queen Sofia Prize for Musical Composition

The jury has recognised “the clarity of their discourse, the richness of their gestures, and the effective use of orchestral forces”.

Luis Tabuenca Fernández wins the XLIII Queen Sofía Prize for Musical Composition

The jury, made up of the new artistic director of the Ferrer Music Foundation, Raquel García Tomás; the winner of the previous edition, Josep Planells Schiaffino; and also composers José Río-Pareja, Outi Tarkiainen, with Vasco Mendonça as president, has awarded the XLIII Reina Sofía Music Composition Prize to the work Rémanence, by Luis Tabuenca Fernández “for the clarity of its discourse, the gestural richness, and the effective use of orchestral forces.”.

The verdict was reached after hours of deliberation in which the 78 scores submitted for the competition were examined.

The winning work will premiere on 16 October 2026 at the Monumental Theatre in Madrid, premiered by the Spanish National Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra and attended by Her Majesty Queen Sofía. With €100,000, this prize, promoted by the Ferrer Music Foundation to encourage contemporary symphonic creation, is the best-endowed in Europe and enjoys great international prestige.

To offer the best experiences, we use technologies such as cookies to store and/or access device information. Consenting to these technologies will allow us to process data such as browsing behaviour or unique identifiers on this site. Not consenting or withdrawing consent may adversely affect certain features and functions.

Functional Always active

The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network.

Preferences

The technical storage or access is necessary for the legitimate purpose of storing preferences that are not requested by the subscriber or user.

Statistics

The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for statistical purposes. The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. Without a subpoena, voluntary compliance on the part of your Internet Service Provider, or additional records from a third party, information stored or retrieved for this purpose alone cannot usually be used to identify you.

Marketing

The technical storage or access is required to create user profiles to send advertising, or to track the user on a website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes.