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May 22 to June 1, 2007
The Montreal International Musical Competition, voice 2007
Tend days of great voices!
Ten days of pure musical magic!
Admission outlets: 514.790.1245
www.concoursmontreal.ca
IMPORTANT FACTS
32 candidates age 25 to 33 (14 Canadians)
19 women, 13 men
11 countries
Total prize money: nearly $100,000; First Grand Prize $25,000
Two new prizes this year:
--The Poulenc Prize for French song: $4,000
--The Prize from the Chambre professionelle des directeurs
d’opéra: $1,500
The Audience Prize 2007 in tribute to Léopold Simoneau, $2,500
Semi-finals: Wednesday, May 23 to Saturday, May 26 at 2 p.m. and
7:30 p.m. in Salle Pierre-Mercure
Master classes by Sherrill Milnes (2 p.m.) and Dalton Baldwin
(7:30 p.m.), Sunday, May 27 in Salle Claude-Champagne
Finals: Monday, May 28 to Wednesday, May 30 at 7:30 p.m. in
Théâtre Maisonneuve with the Orchestre Métropolitain du Grand
Montréal conducted by Daniel Lipton
Gala concert with the winners: Friday, June 1 at 7:30 p.m. in
Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier with the Orchestre Métropolitain du
Grand Montréal conducted by Daniel Lipton
Broadcasters:
-- Espace Musique, official broadcaster of the competition
-- CBC Radio Two
-- Euroradio
For details, see following pages
From May 22 to June 1, 2007, Montreal plays host to the elite of
the planet’s young vocal talent. The sixth Montreal
International Musical Competition presents:
Awet Andemicael, Soprano (United States)
Peter Barrett, Baritone (Canada)
Julie Boulianne, Mezzo-soprano (Canada)
Leslie Ann Bradley, Soprano (Canada)
Leticia Brewer, Soprano (Canada)
Danielle Dudycha, Soprano (Canada)
Étienne Dupuis, Baritone (Canada)
Steven Ebel, Tenor (United States)
Erika Escriba-Astaburuaga, Soprano (Spain)
Raphaël Favre, Tenor (Switzerland)
Antonio Figueroa, Tenor (Canada)
Marianne Fiset, Soprano (Canada)
David Salsbery Fry, Bass (United States)
Matthew Garrett, Tenor (United States)
Evgenia Grekova, Soprano (Russia)
Rachael Harwood-Jones, Soprano (Canada)
Shigeko Hata, Soprano (Canada)
Joshua Hopkins, Baritone (Canada)
Aileen Itani, Soprano (Ireland)
Hein Jung, Soprano (South Korea)
Seil Kim, Tenor (South Korea)
Susanne Ellen Kirchesch, Soprano (Germany)
Yuriko Komai, Soprano (Japan)
Daniel Ihn-Kyu Lee, Baritone (South Korea)
Iris Louise Luypaers, Soprano (Belgium)
Patrick Mallette, Baritone (Canada)
Kimy McLaren, Soprano (Canada)
Cosimo Oppedisano, Baritone (Canada)
Sung-Hee Park, Soprano (South Korea)
Jordan Shanahan, Baritone (United States)
Peiyi Wang, Mezzo-soprano (China)
Amelia Watkins, Soprano (Canada)
Complete schedule of the Competition
Semi-finals
May 23 to 26, 2007
Salle Pierre-Mercure, Centre Pierre-Péladeau
2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
$5 and $10
Semi-final Passport: $30 and $60
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Tickets: 514.987.6919
Admission: 514.790.1245
www.admission.com
Master Classes
Sunday, May 27, 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.
Salle Claude Champagne, Faculté de musique de l’Université de
Montréal
Sherrill Milnes, 2 p.m.
Dalton Baldwin, 7 p.m.
Admission free
Finals
May 28 to 30, 2007, 7:30 p.m.
Orchestre Métropolitain du Grand Montréal
Daniel Lipton, conductor
Théâtre Maisonneuve, Place des Arts
$5, $18 and $30
Gala Concert
Friday, June 1, 2007, 7:30 p.m.
Orchestre Métropolitain du Grand Montréal
Daniel Lipton, conductor
Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier, Place des Arts
$10, $30 and $45
The competition step by step
Open to young singers of every nationality who, as of January 1,
2007, were age 33 or less, the 6th MIMC drew 194 applicants from
33 countries. Three selection committees composed of
Louise-Andrée Baril, Gilles Bellemare, Lyne Fortin, Alexis
Hauser, Chantal Lambert, Grégoire Legendre, Michael McMahon,
Joseph Rouleau and Richard Turp first conducted a blind audition
of the recordings submitted by the applicants without knowledge
of the identity or origin of the candidates.
The preliminary programme:
• One aria from an oratorio or cantata
• One song in French
• One song in German
• One operatic aria or concert aria
Based on these auditions, 35 candidates from 11 countries were
invited to proceed to the semi-final round.
The semi-final programme:
• The imposed Canadian work by Julien Bilodeau
• A song or group of songs in French
• A song or group of songs in German
• Two operatic arias, including one from a pre-1800 opera
The international jury, chaired by André Bourbeau and composed
of pianist Dalton Baldwin, opera director Rudolf
Berger,mezzo-soprano Judith Forst, conductor Joji Hattori,
director Pierre Médecin, baritone Sherrill Milnes and bass
Joseph Rouleau, reserves the right to hear only a part of a
candidate’s programme.The order of appearance of the candidates
is determined by random draw. This drawing will take place on
Monday, May 21 at the Jeunesses Musicales of Canada building.
Twelve candidates will be selected for the final round and they
will be accompanied by the Orchestre Métropolitain du Grand
Montréal conducted by Daniel Lipton.
The final programme:
• Three operatic arias, including one taken from a pre-1800
opera
• An orchestrated work that is not an operatic aria
The Prizes
Prizes totaling nearly $100,000 from the MIMC will officially be
handed out to the winners at the Gala Concert on June 1 in Salle
Wilfrid-Pelletier at Place des Arts. Details of the prizes may
be found at www.concoursmontreal.ca.
Two new prizes this year
• Poulenc French Song Award, $4 000, offered by l’Association
des Amis de Francis Poulenc and Dalton Baldwin, pianist-accompanist
• The Professional Chamber of Opera Managers Award, $1500, given
to the finalist showing the most promise
Espace musique, official broadcaster
Espace musique, in collaboration with CBC New Media and CBC
Radio Two, is proud to be associated with the Montreal
International Musical Competition as its official broadcaster.
Through its commitment to the artistic milieu and its
competitions, public radio is considered to be one of the
principal players in the country’s cultural development. Thanks
to its association with the European Broadcasting Union, which
brings together some sixty public broadcasters around the world,
Espace musique also ensures that the MIMC will reach millions of
listeners at a global level.
• Live audio/video broadcast on the Web for the semi-final
round:
www.radio-canada.ca/cmim
• Live broadcast on Radio-Canada’s Espace musique for the final
round
(100.7 FM in Montreal)
• Sunday, May 27, 7 p.m.: Special Program
The best of the semi-finals
(100.7 FM in Montréal)
•Highlights from the 2007 Montreal International Musical
Competition
will be heard on Thursday,May 31 at 8 p.m.on CBC Radio Two's
Canada
Live (93.5 FM, in Montreal)
n addition to these live broadcasts, the final round of the
Competition will be aired in numerous countries on June 26,
2007, as part of the Euroradio Summer Festivals. This coverage
is made possible by Radio-Canada radio’s association with the
European Broadcasting Union.
Euroradio is the label for the very prestigious concerts
exchanged among the Radio Members of the European Broadcasting
Union (EBU). The Euroradio satellite network covers all of the
European broadcasting area, from Reykjavík to Cairo, from
Madeira to Moscow. Each concert is taken on an average of at
least ten organizations, meaning that a Euroradio concert has an
audience of some 1.7 million listeners.
The partners
No artistic event with the scope of the Montreal International
Musical Competition can be established, or hope to survive,
without the support of major partners in the artistic, political,
media and financial communities. The MIMC has been able to rally
the support of some exceptional partners: Jeunesses Musicales of
Canada, the Government of Québec, TELUS, Gaz Métro, Alcoa,
Espace musique, Radio-Canada’s music radio network, the
Orchestre Métropolitain du Grand Montréal and Hydro-Québec.
Thanks in large part to their contributions, the Competition
will be able to offer young artists from around the world a new
stage on which to display and gain recognition for their talent.
The Montreal International Musical Competition (MIMC) was
founded in 2002 at the initiative of the Jeunesses Musicales of
Canada Foundation. From its very first competition, dedicated to
voice, the MIMC has succeeded in creating together the ideal
conditions to ensure the highest possible level of artistry and
an international reach as broad as it is exceptional.
Today, the MIMC has emerged as one of our country's great
artistic achievements. Upcoming competitions will be dedicated
to piano, from May 20 to 30 2008, to voice in 2009, and to
violin in 2010.
Fore more information:
www.concoursmontreal.ca
Place des Arts : 514. 842.2112 or 1-866-842-2112
www.pda.qc.ca
Admission Outlets: 514.790.1245
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Martin Boucher
Communications Director
Montreal International Musical Competition
514.845.4108, ext. 223
mboucher@jeunessesmusicales.ca
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