The International Vocal Competition (IVC) is the sole international classical singing competition in the Netherlands. Every two years the IVC commissions a new composition by a Dutch composer which will be sung by all participants in the Semi-finals. Special prizes for performance of repertoire by Richard Wagner and for young talent under the age of 25.

€ 42,000 prize money • Engagements • Concerts for prize-winners • Travel refund for semi-finalists • Board and lodging at host families • Feedback from jury members • Master classes and workshops • International casting directors and agencies • All rounds open to the public • Finals with the South Netherlands Philharmonic, conductor Hartmut Haenchen • Competition pianists: Lyubov Orfenova, Hans Eijsackers, Somi Kim

Participants wishing to enter the Competition must take part in the Preliminary Selections (live auditions) in Łódź (11 February 2020), Beijing (23 & 24 April 2020), ’s-Hertogenbosch (16 & 17 May 2020), Amsterdam (August/September 2020 tbd) or online via YouTube.

PRELIMINARY ROUNDS
11 February 2020
10 February 2020 (rehearsals)
Academy of Music Łódź, Poland
10 am - 7 pm
Applications open: www.ivc.nu/en/competition
Application deadline: 21 January 2020

Jury:

• prof. Ewa Biegas (soprano / Akademia Muzyczna - Katowice)
• prof. Urszula Kryger (mezzo-soprano / dean Academy of Music Łódź)
• Jard van Nes (mezzo-soprano)
• prof. Artur Stefanowicz (countertenor / Uniwersytet Muzyczny F. Chopina - Warsaw)
• Albert Bonnema (tenor)
• Ivan van Kalmthout (general manager IVC / Jury President)

Masterclasses
12 & 13 February 2020
10 am - 5.30 pm
“Akademia Muzyczna im. Grażyny i Kiejstuta Bacewiczów w Łodzi”
Adress: ul. Gdańska 32, 90-716 Łódź

Candidates of the preliminary selections are invited to inscribe for lessons with the Dutch jury members.
Apply for these lessons by sending an email to info@ivc.nu.

• 2 x 45 minutes private lessons with Jard van Nes (mezzo-soprano) or Albert Bonnema (tenor)
• Presentation, Q&A about opera casting with Ivan van Kalmthout (general manager IVC)

Tuition fee: € 60
Direct inscription and payment Masterclasses