#Belvedere2018 - QUALIFIED SINGERS FOR THE FINAL ROUNDS 2018

#Belvedere2018 - QUALIFIED SINGERS FOR THE FINAL ROUNDS 2018 are published on http://www.belvedere-competition.com

Singers of the last qualifying round in Jurmala on 1 June will be add after the audition. This qualifying round is closed since the registration deadline on May 10, 2018.

Pruebas clasificatorias del International Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition

#Belvedere2018 - Press Conference for the Final Rounds 2018 at Dzintari Concert Hall, Jurmala

37th International Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition 2018

The first qualification rounds of the 37th Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition will start on 16 February 2018. Registrations for all international qualifying rounds of this prestigious opera singing competition will be open from January to May. In total, there will be 70 qualifying rounds worldwide. The finals gala concert will take place on 10 June 2018 at the Dzintari Concert Hall in Jurmala, Latvia. 

“We are thrilled that we are once again able to provide an opportunity to young people to showcase their talent in front of a large audience and start an international career”, say the competition’s general managers Isabella Gabor and Holger Bleck. In addition to the three main prizes, an audience prize as well as a media prize will be awarded. However, the Belvedere Singing Competition offers a lot more to young talents besides the possibility of winning prizes. The jury members of the final rounds are exclusively opera and casting directors of international renowned opera houses, who award additional engagements to the participants. Numerous singers’ agents and representatives of international opera and concert houses visit the final rounds as observers. This is what makes this competition such an exceptional experience. 

The Belvedere Singing Competition was the steppingstone for numerous internationally successful singers, who today perform at the world’s most renowned opera and concert houses. By entering the competition, they did not only earn prize money but also received permanent engagements. Last year’s winner Aigul Akhmetshina already charmed opera-goers as Bizet’s Carmen in London, where she is now an ensemble member of the Jette Parker Young Artists Programme at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden. In Austria, she will be debuting at this year’s Carinthian Summer Music Festival. 

Another musical whizz kid is soprano singer Lise Davidson, one of the 2015 winners, who has since performed leading parts at renowned opera houses such as the Metropolitan Opera New York, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Bayreuth Festival, Bayerische Staatsoper, Opera Zürich, Deutsche Oper Berlin and Wiener Staatsoper as well as at Glyndebourne Festival Opera and Wexford Festival Opera. Sponsors play an important role in the success of the competition, which is solely financed by patrons and music enthusiasts. “They not only give young people an opportunity to follow their dream career but also make a valuable contribution to the continued existence of high quality music theatre”, says Bleck. Guntars Ķirsis, Director of the Dzintari Concert Hall, is happy about this collaboration. "The International Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition is an important springboard for young opera singers into a professional career and well known as ´wall street of voices´. We are proud to host the final rounds of this renowned international singing competition for the first time in Latvia.“

ONLINE REGISTRATION HERE

Press release by Monika Unegg
Press Officer of the International Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition
Email: unegg@belvedere-competition.com

#Belvedere2018 - Final Rounds in Jurmala, Latvia

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The opera jury 2016 in Cape Town, more on http://www.belvedere-competition.com/jury/

#Belvedere2016 - Michael Williams, Managing Director of the Cape Town Opera, South Africa

Very proud to be associated with the Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competiton. I attended last years event in Amsterdam...
Posted by Michael Williams on Freitag, 19. Februar 2016

#Participants_in_the_spotlight_2016 - Vasko Zdravkov, Baritone, Macedonia

Photo made available by the singer.

I am Vasko Zdravkov and believe that my participation in the Belvedere Singing Competition 2016 will give me a chance to present my voice and vocal technique and that there will be important people to here my voice and to meet them as well. 
That will be a great experience for me as an singer. I wish to meet Dmitri Hvorostovsky, because he is my type of voice baritone and because he has big charisma as an artist. 
I see myself as a main role singer in some opera house in 5 years.

#Participants_in_the_spotlight_2016 - Masha Salimi, Soprano, Iran

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My name is Masha Salimi, soprano. I'm from Iran and now am living in Italy.   
To come to Vienna and participate in the contest of Belvedere is an indescribable emotion. I 'm so happy and thankfull to have a chance to sing in such an important contest, a great opportunity that not many of  my people have. I would like to meet so many singers and artists who all are a source of inspiration and motivation for me . 
My goal right now is to find a position where I can grow and take on new challenges over time and in 5 years from now  I’d like to a get involved in more production . But most important: I want to work for the passion and love that i feel inside for music and i 'd like to build a  career on that. Please find me on YouTube.

#Belvedere2016 - allowance for qualified participants of up to 50% of the airfares to Cape Town

#Belvedere2016 - International Singing Competition for young opera singers -> more than 65 qualifying rounds...
Posted by International Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition on Donnerstag, 25. Februar 2016

#Participants_in_the_spotlight_2016 - Jessie Nguenang, Soprano, France

Photo made available by the singer.

My name is Jessie Nguenang, I am a French soprano living in the U.S. 

The Belvedere is one of the most renowned international competition in the world, I feel very special to have a chance to sing for it this year and cannot wait to perform. I would like to meet so many singers that I cannot start to quote them all, they are all a source of inspiration and motivation. In 5 years I hope to be able to meet new artists and share music and creativity with them. 

 Here is my YouTube Chanel.

#Belvedere2016 - Final Rounds 2016: participants will be supported for travel costs

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Posted by Holger Bleck on Montag, 15. Februar 2016

#Belvedere2016 - Final Rounds and Finals in Cape Town, South Africa

Posted by Holger Bleck on Montag, 15. Februar 2016

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