2020 GUIDE TO TOP COMPETITIONS
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Wilhelm Stenhammar International Music Competition
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ABOUT THIS COMPETITION
Wilhelm Stenhammar International Music Competition (WSIMC) was started in 2006 in Norrköping, Sweden, by Sonja Stenhammar and has since been held every second year. Contestants are required to perform a work of Wilhelm Stenhammar, the famous Swedish composer.
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Holmengatan 14 602 32 Norrköping
SWEDEN
+46 11 218668 +46 11 218669 cell +46 706167806 cell +46 730356854
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ELIGIBILITY
Critera:
6 opera arias from different periods, 2 from WSIMC obligatory repertoire
3 arias from oratorio,passion, mass, cantata or concert aria repertoire
4 Lieder/songs in different styles
1 piece by Wilhelm Stenhammar
ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE(S)
Voice
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DETAILS |
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| Travel Covered? | No |
| Frequency | Biennial |
| First prize | €10,000 to €50,000 |
| Smallest prize | Less than €5,000 |
| Additional prizes | Performances |
| Jury chair(s) | TBD |
| Additional jurors | Nader Abbassi, conductor, Kairo/Geneva Georges Delnon, opera director, Hamburg, Germany Göran Gademan, casting director, Gothenburg, Sweden Franziska Maria Kaiser, casting director, Copenhagn, Denmark Olga Kondina, soprano/professor, Sankt Petersburg, Russia Karin Veres, soprano/former artistic director, Norrköping Symphony Orchestra, Sweden One more jury member will be named. |
| Jury size | 6 to 10 |
| Application deadline | February 15, 2020 |
SEMIFINALS (live rounds)
June 6-8, 2020, Louis de Geer Concert Hall, Norrkoping, Sweden |
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FINALS (live rounds)
June 10, 2020, 6 pm-9 pm, Louis de Geer Concert Hall, Norrköping, Sweden—finals and awards ceremony |
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COMPETITION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC?
| ✔ Semifinals | ✖ Semifinals streamed |
| ✔ Finals | ✔ Finals streamed |
PAST COMPETITION WINNERS
2018 Yohan Kim, tenor, South Korea
2016 Christina Nilsson, soprano, Sweden
2014 Chrystal E Williams, mezzosoprano, USA
2012 Daniel Johansson, tenor, Sweden and Alexandra Popandopulo, soprano,
Russia
2010 Jeasig Lee, tenor, South Korea
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