HELSINKI 〓 474 people applied for Mirjam Helin International Singing Competition

2019/01/06
【最終更新日】2020/02/13

The application for “Miriam Herin International Singing Competition” held in Helsinki was closed at the end of last year, and it was announced that there were 474 entries. In 1984, the contest was founded by Professor Miliyam Herin who was in charge of teaching young singers at the Sibelius Conservatory for a long time with the feeling of “a world-class voice contest for Finland”. Male is 32 years old and female is under 30 years old, it is held every 5 years. The past winners include Andrea Lost, Elina Garancha, Rene Papé and others. The secretariat of the competition talks to “the largest applicant in the history of the competition.”

2019 is held from 20th to 29th May. There are applications from 62 countries and regions. The largest numbers were from South Korea, Russia, China, Finland and the United States. The results of the preliminary examination will be announced on January 25. Eight people will participate in the final at the Finnish National Opera, and will perform with the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra. The Jury chairman is Jorma Silvasti of tenor, and the judges gathered with Kiri Te Kanawa, Waltraud Meier, Deborah Polaski, Vesselina Kasarova, Ben Heppner, Olaf Bär.

Photo:Mirjam Helin International Singing Competition


How about this ?

  1. PARIS 〓 A couple of opera singers have set up a fund to support Australian freelance artists

  2. VIENNA 〓 Vienna Philharmoniker announced that they will start Bruckner’s symphony cycle by Thielemann

  3. BAYREUTH 〓 Gergiev will make his Bayreuth debut next summer for “Tannhuiser”

  4. BERLIN 〓 Barenboim announced that he will be taking a break from performing for the time being

  5. BRUSSELS 〓 Queen Elisabeth Competition has postponed

  6. Verbier Festival 〓 Festival celebrates 25th anniversary in 2018

  7. SALZBURG 〓 Nikolaus Bachler will be appointed as the Artistic director of the Easter festival

  8. SANT’AGATA 〓 Italian government acquires Verdi’s former residence at risk of auction, and the opera world joins forces in a charity campaign.

  9. WARSAW 〓 Krzysztof Urbański named Music Director of the Warsaw State Philharmonic

  10. TORONTO 〓 Toronto Symphony Orchestra announced that Gustavo Gimeno will be greeted by the music director

  11. HELSINKI 〓 Sibelius Competition cancels participation of two Russians

  12. BOLOGNA 〓 City of Bologna Renamed “Piazza Claudio Abbado” to Commemorate the 10th Anniversary of the Master’s Death

  13. LONDON 〓 Royal College of Music awards Honorary Doctorate to Pappano and Kaufmann

  14. CHICAGO 〓 Riccardo Muti has extended his contract with the Chicago Symphony. The extension is one year

  15. NEW YORK 〓 Metropolitan Opera gives special concert on the first anniversary of Russia’s armed invasion of Ukraine

  1. No comments yet.

  1. No trackbacks yet.