INTERNATIONAL VOCAL COMPETITION SPRINGBOARD SINGING CAREER
Semi-finals and final live in 's-Hertogenbosch in November
In November International Vocal Competition 's-Hertogenbosch (IVC) will be organizing the 54th edition of the competition, which this year will focus on the Lied Duo. Fourteen duos consisting of a singer and his/her regular pianist will compete for the Eugène Pannebakker Prize. Almost 100 duos applied for the international singing competition by means of a YouTube video. From these, only fourteen candidates were selected. The semi-finals and finals will take place from 16 to 21 November 2021 at various locations in 's-Hertogenbosch.
Duos Semi Finals
Ilya Aksionov, tenor (Lithuania, 1996)
Gustas Raudonius, pianist (Lithuania, 1996)
Vassia Alati, soprano (Netherlands/Greece, 1992)
Yuto Kiguchi, pianist (Japan, 1989)
Heidi Baumgartner, soprano (Austria, 1998)
Asuka Tagami, pianist (Japan, 1991)
Sophia Burgos, soprano (USA, 1991)
Daniel Gerzenberg, pianist (Germany, 1991)
Ekaterina Chayka-Rubinstein, mezzo-soprano (Germany, 1998)
Maria Yulin, pianist (Israel, 1988)
Ana Carolina Coutinho, soprano (Brazil, 1993)
Megumi Kuroda, pianist (Japan, 1989)
Arvid Fagerfjäll, baritone (Sweden, 1991)
Hikaru Kanki, pianist (Japan, 1993)
Alisa Fedorenko, soprano (Russia, 1999)
Evgenii Sergeev, pianist (Russia, 1986)
Sara Gouzy, soprano (France, 1991)
Seri Dan, pianist (South Korea, 1992)
Matthias Hoffmann, bass baritone (Austria, 1991)
Lisa Ochsendorf, pianist (Germany, 1991)
Geng Lee, baritone (China, 1994)
Nils Basters, pianist (Germany, 1989)
Anna Lautwein, mezzo-soprano (Germany, 1993)
Laura Pitz, pianist (Germany, 1992)
Zhuohan Sun, tenor (China, 1993)
Sara Pavlovic, pianist (Serbia, 1996)
Isabel Weller, soprano (Germany, 1994)
Yuriko Watanabe, pianist (Japan, 1994)
The jury of the pre-selections via YouTube video consisted of:
- Roberta Alexander, soprano
- Charlotte Margiono, soprano
- Jard van Nes, mezzo-soprano
- Henk Neven, baritone
- Roger Braun, pianist
- Hans Eijsackers, pianist
- Reinild Mees, pianist
- Jury chairman: Ivan van Kalmthout, general manager IVC
Main Jury November
The main jury in November is of an exceptionally high international level. Mezzo-soprano Dame Sarah Connolly, IVC prizewinner, will preside over the jury. The other jury members are tenor Howard Haskin, tenor Christoph Prégardien, pianist Charles Spencer, pianist Roger Vignoles and programmer of the Concertgebouw Mirjam Wijzenbeek. Unlike the Opera | Oratorio Competition where only the vocalists are judged, during the LiedDuo Competition both the vocalists and the pianists are judged. The winning duo will therefore share the first prize worth €7,500. The total prize money of the competition is € 20,000.
Around the competition IVC organizes a 'festival of the art song' in November. At various locations in 's-Hertogenbosch - including Het Noordbrabants Museum, Verkadefabriek and Willem Twee toonzaal - the public will be able to enjoy various concerts and recitals. Tenor Christoph Prégardien, for example, will give a recital with the complete Dichterliebe by Schumann, and there will be recitals by laureates, as well as master classes, a children's performance about the classical song and the world premiere of the new prize song Vermeer's Gold by composer Bart Visman and lyricist Marc Pantus.
Online ticket sales are via the Verkadefabriek website and start September 21. www.verkadefabriek.nl