29.11.12

Belvedere Singing Competition 2013 on operamagazine.nl

"De finale van de gerenommeerde Internationaler Hans Gabor Belvedere Gesangswettbewerb vindt volgend jaar niet in Wenen plaats, maar in Het Muziektheater in Amsterdam. Dat maakte de competitie deze week bekend. De afgelopen 31 jaar werd het concours in Wenen georganiseerd"... (more on OperaMagazine.nl)

26.11.12

32nd International Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition 2013 in Amsterdam

Renowned talent pool with new concept   
Vienna / Amsterdam – The International Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition, held for the last 31 years in Vienna, Austria, is spreading its wings and beginning in 2013 will take place in the most renowned opera houses in the world on an alternating basis.  In June 2013 the city of Amsterdam will host the first event to take place outside of Austria since its founding in 1981. Plans for 2014 and subsequent years will take the competition to Germany, England, and across the Atlantic. 

Competition managers Isabella Gabor and Holger Bleck are thrilled about the new perspectives:  ''The City of Amsterdam is generously providing support to the Belvedere Competition, and is assisting in forming a foundation for the purpose of ensuring that this enormously important and prestigious singing competition which changes the lives of so many young singers will continue to exist.  This is a fantastic outlook, and we are extremely grateful."

The 2013 preliminary rounds will be held in more than 50 cities world-wide. These venues will be announced on the website  www.belvedere-competition.com in January 2013. The finals will take place in cooperation with the Nederlandse Opera Amsterdam on 6 July 2013 in the Het Muziektheater Amsterdam. The singers will continue to be judged by a jury conisisting of artistic and casting directors from the world's most prestigious opera houses including the Royal Opera House Covent Garden London, Barcelona Liceu, Deutsche Oper Berlin, New York Metropolitan Opera, Washington National Opera, to name a few.  

The International Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition is THE "springboard" for a career in opera: Past participants and prizewinners include Angelika Kirchschlager, Angela Gheorghiu, Ildikó Raimondi, Elisabeth Matos and Elina Garanča. Recent winners include Italian tenor Antonio Poli, who made his debut in 2011 at the Salzburg Festival in Tchaikovsky's Iolanta alongside Anna Netrebko and Piotr Beczala. Soprano Rachel Willis-Sörensen, the 1st Prize winner of the International Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition in 2011, made her highly-acclaimed Royal Opera House Covent Garden debut in February 2012 as the Contessa in W.A. Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro.  

The competition administration and headquarters will remain in Vienna.

09.07.12

PRIZE WINNERS 2012 - CONGRATULATIONS!


P R E I S E
Hauptpreise Oper

1. Preis: € 7.000,–
gestiftet in memoriam KS Teresa Stich-Randall
Beomjin KIM, Tenor, Südkorea

2. Preis € 3.500,–
gestiftet von Jan Meulendijks und Bart Schuil
Hlengiwe MKHWANAZI, Sopran, Südafrika

3. Preis € 2.500,–
gestiftet von der Valentin und Anni Leitgeb Stiftung
Sang-Ah YOON, Sopran, Südkorea

Preis der internationalen Medienjury
gestiftet von RBT Reisen- und
Business Tours GmbH München –
Jörg A. Bachmann
€ 1.500,–
Hlengiwe MKHWANAZI, Sopran, Südafrika

Publikumspreis
€ 1.500,–
gestiftet von Soroptimist International –Wiener Clubs
Hlengiwe MKHWANAZI, Sopran, Südafrika 
 
SONDERPREISE: Engagements der Opernjury und Geldpreise
 
Der Internationale Hans Gabor Belvedere Gesangswettbewerb gehört zu den renommiertesten und größten Sängerwettbewerben weltweit und bietet jungen Talenten die Möglichkeit, internationale Kontakte für ihre zukünftige Karriere zu knüpfen. Vorauswahlen finden in 50 Städten auf allen Kontinenten statt.
2012  waren wieder etwa 3000 junge Sängerinnen und Sänger am Start. 138 Sängerinnen und Sänger aus 38 Ländern konnten sich für den Hauptbewerb in Wien qualifizieren. Am stärksten vertreten sind wie in den vergangenen Jahren TeilnehmerInnen aus Russland (21) gefolgt von Südkorea (20) bzw. USA (8). 79 Soprane, 18 Mezzo-Soprane, 1 Alt, 4 Counter Tenöre, 17 Tenöre, 16 Baritone, 2 Bass-Baritone, 1 Bass - darunter auch 4 Kandidaten aus Österreich.
Für das Finale im Wiener Rathaus konnten sich 14 Sänger und Sängerinnen qualifizieren.

08.07.12

Live-Streaming July 8, 2012

Herzlichen Dank an Samantha Farber, Sono Artists Consulting, als Produzentin und Sponsor des ersten Live Streaming zum Finale des 31. Internationalen Hans Gabor Belvedere Gesangswettbewerbes am Sonntag, den 8. Juli um 12.00 Uhr. 


Participants of the Finals


No. 030 Jakob HUPPMANN · Countertenor, geb. 1984, Österreich
No. 043 Olga BUSUIOC · Sopran, geb. 1986, Moldavien
No. 052 Alla VASILEVITSKY · Sopran, geb. 1983, Russland,
No. 053 Eun-Kyong LIM · Mezzo, geb. 1985, Südkorea
No. 055 Daichi FUJIKI · Countertenor, geb. 1980, Japan
No. 056 Michal PARTYKA · Bariton, geb. 1985, Polen
No. 068 Dorottya LANG · Mezzo, geb. 1986, Ungarn
No. 083 Hlengiwe MKHWANAZI · Sopran, geb. 1984, Südafrika
No. 089 Kristina MKHITARYAN · Sopran, geb. 1987, Russland
No. 109 Caner AKIN · Tenor, geb. 1982, Türkei
No. 120 Sang-Ah YOON · Sopran, geb. 1988, Südkorea
No. 131 Heather ENGEBRETSON · Sopran, geb. 1990, USA
No. 132 Beomjin KIM · Tenor, geb. 1990, Südkorea
No. 134 Jeehye HAN · Sopran, geb. 1983, Südkorea

CONGRATULATIONS! 

06.07.12

Participants of the Semi Finals

No.1 Polina PASZTIRCSAK 
No.4 Tetiana MIIUS 
No.9 Minseok KIM 
No.11 Junho YOU 
No.15 Sunnyboy DLADLA 
No.19 Olga KULCHYNSKA 
No.27 Norma NAHOUN 
No.28 Thomas BLONDELLE 
No.30 Jakob HUPPMANN 
No.32 Eeva HARTEMAA 
No.35 Jaquelina LIVIERI 
No.39 Jegyung YANG 
No.43 Olga BUSUIOC 
No.49 Rita LYNNE 
No.52 Alla VASILEVITSKY 
No.53 Eun-Kyong LIM 
No.55 Daichi FUJIKI 
No.56 Michal PARTYKA 
No.67 Suzanne VINNIK 
No.68 Dorottya LANG 
No.70 Yungee RHIE 
No.74 Anastasiya TVERDOHLIB 
No.75 Youngmin SI 
No.76 Evgeniya SOTNIKOVA 
No.78 Zheng BIN 
No.82 Irina KOSTINA
No.83 Hlengiwe MKHWANAZI
No.89 Kristina MKHITARYAN
No.91 Jennifer DAVIS
No.94 Gaseul SON
No.98 Angela BRUN
No.101 Seyoung PARK
No.105 Linda BALLOVÁ
No.109 Caner AKIN
No.114 Anna PENNISI
No.118 Otar JORJIKIA
No.120 Sang Ah YOON
No.125 Deniz YETIM
No.126 Mariana HOCHELOVA
No.131 Heather ENGEBRETSON
No.132 Beomjin KIM
No.133 Maria KORYAGOVA
No.134 Jeehye HAN
No.135 Ana DIMITRIU
No.136 Rachel KELLY

CONGRATULATIONS! 

03.07.12

Pressemeldung über apa/ots: FINALE - Live-Streaming am 8. Juli 2012 um 12 Uhr

Erste Runde startet am Dienstag und Mittwoch

138 Teilnehmer starten am 4. und 5. Juli in die erste Runde des 31. Internationalen Hans Gabor Belvedere Gesangswettbewerb 2012 in Wien, darunter: 79 S, 18 M, 1 A, 4 C ,17 T, 16 BR, 2 BB, 1 B. TeilnehmerInnen aus 38 Ländern sind vertreten, darunter 21 aus Russland, 20 aus Südkorea, acht aus den USA und vier Österreicher. Die 1. Runde sowie das Semifinale findet vor einer internationalen Opernjury und Fachpublikum statt. Das FINALE am 8. Juli im Wiener Rathaus ist öffentlich und für Publikum zugänglich.

22.06.12

Vorauswahl am 30. Juni in Wien

Die letzte Vorauswahl des Internationalen Hans Gabor Belvedere Gesangswettbewerbes vor den Finalrunden findet traditionell in Wien statt und ist wie immer von den jungen SängerInnen stark frequentiert. Auch dieses Jahr hoffen gut 100 junge Sängertalente, sich am 30. Juni noch für die Finalrunden vom 2. bis 8. Juli qualifizieren zu können. Die Jurymitglieder für diese Vorauswahl - Ilmar Lapinsch, Vincenz Praxmarer, Erich Seitter und Alfred Willander - freuen sich auf die Entdeckung neuer Stimmen. Die Ergebnisse werden direkt am Abend per Aushang am Theatereingang der Wiener Kammeroper bekannt gegeben.

19.06.12

Pressemeldung über apa/ots: Finale des Int. Hans Gabor Belvedere Gesangwettbewerbs am 8. Juli 2012

"Wall Street der Kehle" - Hochrangig besetzte Opernjury kürt Opernstars von morgen 
Wien (OTS) - Zum 31. Mal singen ab 2. Juli rund 150 junge Sängerinnen und Sänger aus der ganzen Welt in der Wiener Kammeroper um die begehrten Preise und Engagements an die großen Opernhäuser rund um den Globus. Wenn die Opernhäuser dieser Welt [... weiter]

12.06.12

Accreditation as observer

Accreditation as observer - from July 4-8 in Vienna - for representatives of opera houses, concert venues, orchestras and agencies: please send an email to the Competition Management, Isabella Gabor and Holger Bleck: office@belvedere-competition.com. Thank you very much!

Für die Finalrunden in Wien qualifizierte SängerInnen - Qualified singers for the final rounds in Vienna: Bitte beachten! - Please note!

Liebe TeilnehmerInnen am 31. Internationalen Hans Gabor Belvedere Gesangswettbewerb, bitte beachten Sie bei der Planung Ihres Aufenthalts in Wien, dass Sie - sollten Sie am Finale teilnehmen - gegebenenfalls auch am Galakonzert am 12. Juli 2012 mitwirken. 

Teilnehmer, die aus VISA-pflichtigen Staaten kommen, müssen ein bis 13. Juli gültiges VISUM für Österreich haben.

Dear participants in the 31st International Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition, please keep in mind - when planing your stay in Vienna, that in case of your participation in the finals, you could also be chosen for performing  in the gala-concert on July 13, 2012. 

Participants from States where a VISA is needed, should have a VISA for Austria valid until July 13. 2012.

07.06.12

“Wall Street of Voices” - Schedule July 2-12


Final Rounds in Vienna - Schedule

Monday, July 2, 2012
10 a.m. to 1 p.m.: Candidates will register at Wiener Kammeroper with a valid identification document and will pay the registration fee of € 140.–
4 p.m.: Official opening with welcome address followed by drawing of ballots to determine the order of appearance.

Tuesday, July 3, 2012 – Coaching sessions
Before each round, each candidate has the opportunity of rehearsing for ten minutes with an accompanist in a separate coaching room, both of which are allocated free of charge by the Competition Management. Singers are free to bring their own coaches at their own expense.

Wednesday, July 4, 2012 – 1st heat, 1st day 
From 10 a.m. at Wiener Kammeroper: The candidates will choose and sing one of the three compulsory arias from their competition repertoire.

Thursday, July 5, 2012 – 1st heat, 2nd day
Procedure as on July 4, 2012

Friday, July 6, 2012 – Semi-finals, 1st day
From 10 a.m. at Wiener Kammeroper: Singers chosen for the semi-finals will sing one aria of the Competition Management´s choice from their competition repertoire. Singers will be informed about this aria on the evening of July 4 and July 5, 2012, respectively. The jury has the right to ask for an additional aria from the five in the repertoire.

Saturday, July 7, 2012 – Semi-finals, 2nd day
From 10 a.m.: Procedure as on July 6, 2012.

Sunday, July 8, 2012 – Finals at Vienna City Hall – open to public and press (Karten - Tickets)
Candidates will sing one aria from their competition repertoire of the Competition Management’s choice. The chosen aria will be made known in the evening of July 7, 2012.

Thursday, July 12, 2012 – public Gala Concert at the Stadttheater Baden (Karten - Tickets)

22.05.12

South African soprano Hlengiwe Mkhwanazi goes to Vienna

Congratulations to Hlengiwe Mkhwanazi, South African soprano, who was qualified from the renowned jury members Lize Coetzer, Christine Crouse, Angelo Gobbato and Kamal Khan at the Cape Town Opera for the the final rounds in Vienna. Thank you very much to the jury for their support of the 31st International Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition 2012.

18.05.12

The Israeli Opera Qualifying Round

Two sopranos, Lilia Gretsov and Alla Vasilevitsky, won the Qualifying Round of the 31st International Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition 2012 at the Israeli Opera in Tel Aviv - Jaffa. Artistic Administrator Michael Ajzenstadt will be a member of the international opera jury in Vienna from Juy 4-8.

13.05.12

Rome Qualifying Round

Zwei Sänger - Federica Nicotra (SopranItalien) und Hyeongseok Lee (TenorSüdkorea) - bestanden die Qualifikation für die Finalrunden des "31. Internationalen Hans Gabor Belvedere Gesangswettbewerbs Wien" im Österreichischen Kulturforum in Rom, ausgewählt von der Jury mit Isabella Gabor, Mike Fields (Foto v.l.n.r.) und Michael Miceli.

09.05.12

Cape Town Qualifying Round / II.

Please note that the South African Qualifying Round for the International Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition 2012 will take place at the Artscape Opera House on 17 May at 11.30h. Please ensure that pieces are prepared as prescribed by the Belvedere Competition (brochure). Kindly present yourself a half an hour prior to 11.30h at the stage door at Artscape. Also please note that should you proceed further in the competition, that there are no sponsored air-tickets available this year.

Online applications inclusive conditions and obligatory arias on this competition website: http://www.belvedere-competition.com.

08.05.12

04.05.12

kulturszene-berlin.de

Der 31. Internationale Hans Gabor Belvedere Gesangswettbewerb 2012 auf kulturszene.de.


Anmeldung zur Vorauswahl an der Deutschen Oper Berlin unter belvedere-competition.com.

30.04.12

Cape Town Qualifying Round / I.

The qualifying round of the 31st International Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition 2012 in Cape Town, South Africa, is scheduled for May 17. Information about time & place, please contact Christine Crouse, Artistic Director of the Cape Town Opera

Online applications inclusive conditions and obligatory arias on this competition website: http://www.belvedere-competition.com.

23.04.12

Daria Terekhova, winner of the 2nd operetta prize 2010

Daria Terekhova, Russian soprano and winner of the 2nd operetta prize in 2010, informes us about her current career steps after her participation at the International Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition.

At the present Daria Therekhova is a member of the soloist ensemble at Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Academic Music Theatre. Here she performes "Die Königin der Nacht" in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart´s opera "Die Zauberflöte", Tsarevna Swan-Bird in Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov´s "The Tale of Tsar Saltan" and Olympia in JaquesOffenbach´s "Les contes d'Hoffmann". Upcoming engagements include Lucia in Gaetano Donizetti´s "Lucia di Lammermoor", Adina in "L'elisir d'amore" in summer 2012 and Tytania in Benjamin Britten´s  "A Midsummer Night's Dream" in a Christopher Olden production in June 2012 also at Stanislavsky Music Theater in Moscow.

Congratulation!

London Qualifying Round

Two outstanding UK singers won the qualifying round of the 31st International Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition in London this year: Soprano Rebecca Goulden and Countertenor Magid El-Bushra, accompanied by our experienced pianist and opera coach Helen Crayford.

Member of the Jury: Holger Bleck, International Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition, and New Zealand composer Lyell Cresswell.

13.04.12

Internationaler Chorleiterverband e.V.

Der 31. Internationale Hans Gabor Belvedere Gesangswettbewerb 2012 auf der Website des Internationalen Chorleiterverbandes e.V. Vielen Dank für die Unterstützung!

10.04.12

Moscow Qualifying Round

84 young singers took part in the qualifying round at the Helikon Opera Moscow. Many thanks for the hospitality and great support to our partners (picture f.l.t.r): Dimitrij Bertman, Artistic Director of Helikon Opera / Holger Bleck, General Manager of Vienna Chamber Opera & International Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition / Alexandre I. Gussev, International Opera Management, together with Natasha and Zoia.

09.04.12

Paris Qualifying Round

The Italian mezzo soprano Anna Pennisi is one of six candidates, who are qualified for the final rounds of the 31st International Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition 2012 at the Atélier lyrique of Opéra Bastille Paris. The photo shows Anna Pennisi together with Daniel Hoyem Cavazza, Musical Director of Vienna Chamber Opera. Thank you very much for the support and hospitalty of Atélier lyrique and its director Christian Schirm.

29.03.12

Shanghai Conservatory of Music

Qualifying round at the Shanghai Conservatory Center of Music on April 19, 2012. Information and application: Shanghai Conservatory Center of Music, Voice and Opera department. E-mail: geyiusa@yahoo.com. Application form to be sent by April 5, 2012. 

26.03.12

Elena Laschenko

Thank you very much to Elena Laschenko, the owner of the newspaper Musical Klondike and Director of the Art Center Moscow, who supports the International Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition and it´s qualifying rounds in Moscow for many years.

22.03.12

Ekaterina Bakanova

After Bruno Michel, Artistic Director of the Théatre du Chatelet Paris, had heard the Russian Ekaterina Bakanova, he engaged the young soprano immediately. In 2011 Ekaterina Bakanova successfully took part in the renowned Viennese competition for young opera singers, the International Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition, and won the Prize of the Audience as well as the Special Prize of the Wiener Staatsoper and the Special Prize of the Chambre Professionelle des Directeurs d’Opera Paris, donated by the Jury. In the new production at the Théâtre du Châtelet Ekaterina Bakanova sings the role of Angelica of Haydn’s “Orlando Paladino”.

21.03.12

Vincent Schirrmacher

Der 3. Preisträger im Fach Operette beim Internationalen Hans Gabor Belvedere Gesangswettbewerb 2008 ist am 26. März und 1. April 2012 in der Rolle des Prinzen in "Rusalka" von Antonín Dvorák an der Volksoper Wien zu hören. [mehr]

20.03.12

kulturfreak.de

Der 31. Internationale Hans Gabor Belvedere Gesangswettbewerb 2012 auf kulturfreak.de.

15.03.12

I N F O L E T T E R

Interessenten können zusätzlich den INFOLETTER zum 31. Internationalen Hans Gabor Belvedere Gesangswettbewerb 2012 unter belvedere-competition.com downloaden.

Interested parties can also download information about the 31st International Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition 2012 from the INFOLETTER on belvedere-competition.com.

12.03.12

Gaston Rivero

Deuruguayanisch-amerikanische Tenor erhielt 2009 den 2. Preis des Internationalen Hans Gabor Belvedere Gesangswettbewerbes im Fach Oper und wird 2012 u.a. in Klagenfurt, Leipzig, Graz, Berlin und Tokyo zu hören sein. [mehr]

07.03.12

Pretty Yende

Pretty Yende ist Preisträgerin aller vier Hauptpreise des Internationalen Hans Gabor Belvedere Gesangswettbewerbs 2009: 1. Preis Oper und Operette sowie des Publikums- und des Medienpreises 2009.

Pretty´s Debuts an der Mailänder Scala 2012

04.03.12

Latonia Moore

Rising Soprano Latonia Moore makes her Metropolitan Opera Debut as Aida on March 2012. She has won the special price of the International Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition 2003[more]

Competitions 2012

The 31st International Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition 2012 on Waltmans International Music Services and on europemusicandart.blogspot.com.

01.03.12

Rachel Willis-Sørensen

"Soprano Rachel Willis-Sørensen is quickly gaining international recognition as one of the outstanding voices of her generation. A winner of the 2010 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, the New York Times hailed her “gleaming voice, capped with big top notes”. She was also the first prize winner of the 2011 Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition, earning the top honors in both the opera and operetta categories. In the 2011 – 2012 season, Ms. Willis-Sørensen made her Royal Opera House-Covent Garden debut as Countess Almaviva in 'Le nozze ... " [more]

27.02.12

Junge Künstler auf NDR.de

"Antonio Poli, der 2010 den Ersten Preis sowie den Publikumspreis beim Internationalen Hans Gabor Belvedere Gesangswettbewerb in Wien gewann, debütierte 2011 bei den Salzburger Festspielen. Dort war er in Peter Steins Neuinszenierung von "Macbeth" (Leitung: Riccardo Muti) sowie in konzertanten Aufführungen von Strawinskys "Le Rossignol" und Tschaikowskys "Jolanthe" unter Ivor Bolton zu hören – letzteres an der Seite von Anna Netrebko..." [mehr]

Claudia Boyle - Rising Star 2012 at The National Concert Hall, Dublin

"Irish soprano, Claudia Boyle, who made her debut on opening night at  the Wexford Festival Opera just last year, is The National Concert Hall’s ‘Rising Star’ for 2012 ... In September 2010 she travelled to  the Netherlands where she won the opera category at the International  S’Hertogenbosch Opera Competition and in July 2009 was awarded third prize at the Belvedere International Singing Competition in Vienna." 
[more]

26.02.12

Ildikó Raimondi live aus dem ORF KulturCafe

"Eine der vielseitigsten und erfolgreichsten Stützen des Wiener Opern- und Konzertbetriebs zu Gast bei Renate Burtscher im Ö1 Klassik-Treffpunkt: Ildikó Raimondi. Die Sopranistin stammt aus Arad, Rumänien, erhielt dort ihre musikalische Ausbildung und schloss ihr Gesangsstudium in Italien bei Flaviano Labo und Carlo Bergonzi ab. 1988 gewann sie den 1. Preis beim Hans Gabor Belvedere Gesangswettbewerb in der Kategorie Operette. Seit der Saison 1991/92 ist die Sängerin Ensemblemitglied der Wiener Staatsoper..." [mehr]

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24.02.12

Moscow qualifying 2012








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