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THE MONTREAL INTERNATIONAL MUSICAL COMPETITION
WILL HOST 24 CLASSICAL SINGERS FROM 9 DIFFERENT COUNTRIES
— 10 Canadians, including 4 Quebecers, are among those officially selected —
Montreal, March 4, 2015 – The Montreal International Musical Competition (MIMC) is very pleased to reveal the names of the candidates who will take part in the 14th edition of the Competition—the sixth dedicated to voice—this coming May 25 to June 5.
This year, the Competition received submissions from 123 classical singers of ages 20 to 33, from some thirty countries spanning five continents. The MIMC sincerely thanks all those who completed the online application, as well as the many professionals from major international schools who supported the candidates.
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| BELGIUM Cathy VAN ROY (soprano) CANADA CANADA / UNITED KINGDOM |
SOUTH KOREA Hwan AN (baritone) Kidon CHOI (baritone) Hyekyung CHOI (soprano) Byeong Min GIL (bass-baritone) Keonwoo KIM (tenor) Seung Jick KIM (tenor) Hye Sang PARK (soprano) Jongsoo YANG (bass) UNITED STATES FRANCE |
JAPAN Takaoki ONISHI (baritone) MACEDONIA TURKEY |
| QUARTER FINALS May 25-26-27 SEMI-FINALS May 29-30 ____________________________ BOURGIE HALL |
FINALS June 2-3 LAUREATES CONCERT June 5 ____________________________ MAISON SYMPHONIQUE |
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Preliminary jury (photo legend)
1st row:
Aline Kutan (soprano, professor at the Conservatoire de musique de Montréal and at the Schulich School of Music at McGill University)
Rosemarie Landry (soprano, professor co-head of the voice program at the Université de Montréal, Faculty of Music)
Chantal Lambert (soprano, Director of l’Atelier lyrique de l’Opéra de Montréal
2nd row:
Grégoire Legendre (General and Artistic Director of l’Opéra de Québec)
Richard Turp (Artistic Director − Concerts Lachine and Director of the Voice program at Le Domaine Forget)
Olivier Godin (pianist and vocal coach, Director of the opera workshop of the Conservatoire de musique de Montréal and vocal coach at the Schulich School of Music at McGill University)
Michael McMahon (pianist and vocal coach, professor and vocal coach at the Schulich School of Music at McGill University)
Photo: courtesy of the MIMC
