2020 GUIDE TO TOP COMPETITIONS
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International Music Cologne 2020
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ABOUT THIS COMPETITION
This year's discipline will be a singer's competition with the main focus opera/operetta. This important international music competition is devoted to promoting young professional music talents, and serves as a stepping stone for young artists on their way to an international career.
MAIN OFFICE
Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln Unter Krahnenbäumen 87 50668 Köln
GERMANY
+49 17698317400
WEBSITE
ELIGIBILITY
Besides a technical virtuosity the aim of the competition is to award contestants who wish to find new interpretation approaches. Along with a high level of artistic achievement, the competition requires artists to present themselves in a self-confident manner, to be prepared being innovative and act as versatile artistic personality.
ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE(S)
Voice
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| Travel Covered? | No |
| Frequency | Triennial |
| First prize | €10,000 to €50,000 |
| Smallest prize | Less than €5,000 |
| Additional prizes | Performances |
| Jury chair(s) | Prof. Kai Wessel, chairperson; M.Hofstetter; Prof. Kusiewicz; M. Lipovsek; Prof. Lindner; Dr. B. Meyer; J. Mannov |
| Additional jurors | Prof. Kai Wessl Prof. Mechthild Georg |
| Jury size | 6 to 10 |
| Application deadline | May 15, 2020 |
| Application notes | Applications need to be filled out by May 15, 2020. Applicants under consideration will notified by July 15, 2020. |
SEMIFINALS (live rounds)
Concert Hall, Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln, Köln, Germany
September 29-30, 2020, first round
October 1, 2020, second round
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FINALS (live rounds)
October 2, 2020, with the WDR Radio Orchestra, Cologne Concert Hall
Prize winners' concert:
October 3, 2020, 7:00 pm, with the WDR Radio Orchestra Cologne
WDR large concert studio (Großer Sendesaal)
Wallrafplatz 5
50667 Köln, Germany |
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COMPETITION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC?
| ✔ Semifinals | ✖ Semifinals streamed |
| ✔ Finals | ✔ Finals streamed |
PAST COMPETITION WINNERS
2017 Hyejin Lee
2017 Panagiota Sofroniadou, Orchesterpreis WDR
2011 Han-Sung Yoo
2014 Theodore Browne
2014 Coline Dutilleul, Prize of the WDR Radio)
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