Launch of the MIMC’s Voice 2012 edition
Press release: Tuesday, May 22, 2012
MONTREAL INTERNATIONAL MUSICAL COMPETITION – VOICE 2012 FROM May 28 TO JUNE 8
CANDIDATES, PROGRAMMING AND OFF COMPETITION
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HIGHLIGHTS
– 26 candidates (12 women and 14 men). Average age: 28.
– Candidates from 7 different countries. 13 candidates from Canada including 5 from Quebec.
– Explore 26 individual portraits of the candidates, from around the world via Skype, at www.concoursmontreal.ca and to highlight our 10th anniversary, discover messages from our previous laureates at Facebook.com/concoursmontreal.
– Compulsory Canadian Work: Daybreak, by John Estacio, poem by John Murrell.
– Total prizes and engagements: over $150,000.
– The $5,000 Radio-Canada People’s Choice Award will be awarded during the gala evening on June 8. It is possible to vote online at Radio-Canada.ca/cmim.
– The competition is moving: The quarter finals (May 29 to 31) and the semi-finals (June 1 and 2) will take place at the Bourgie Concert Hall in the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, and the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal conducted by Alain Trudel will accompany the finalists (June 5 and 6), and the winners at the Gala concert (June 8), at the Maison symphonique de Montréal.
– Radio-Canada is offering a coverage of the semi-finals and finals on Espace Musique, official broadcaster of the MIMC, and also over the web at Radio-Canada.ca/cmim.
– CBCmusic.ca/classical, Radio One and Radio 2 are also offering coverage of the Competition as part of their programming.
– In addition to these broadcasts, the Final round will be heard in several countries around the world through Radio-Canada’s association with the European Broadcasting Union (EBU).
– Spokesperson : tenor Marc Hervieux.
OFF COMPETITION, OPEN TO ALL AND FREE OF CHARGE
Several voice-related activities are also being held, free of charge and open to one and all. These activities take place from June 2 to 8, in Place des Arts’ Espace culturel Georges-Émile-Lapalme:
MEGAPHONE | 3 to 9 year-olds
Saturday June 2 & Sunday June 3
1 p.m. to 3 p.m. | Duration: 20 min.
Crafts and voice workshop | Families welcome!
ENCHANT YOUR VOICE | 3 to 5 year-olds
June 4 to 7 | 9:30 p.m. & 10:15 p.m. |Duration: 30 min.
For daycare & preschools only
Reservations required : 514-845-4108, ext. 0
DISCOVER YOUR INNER VOICE | 7 to 12 year-olds
June 4 to 7 | 1:30 p.m | Duration: 55 min.
For schools only
Reservations required : 514-845-4108, ext. 0
HAPPY HOUR CONCERTS
At the Place Deschamps Wine Bar
June 2 & 3 and June 5 to 8 | 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Renata Scotto and Sir Thomas Allen, two of the international jury members, will offer master classes open to the public at the Bourgie Concert Hall, in Montreal Museum of Fine Arts:
MASTER CLASSES | June 3
2:30 p.m.: Renata Scotto (In French)
7:00 p.m.: Sir Thomas Allen (In English)
THE 26 CANDIDATES
BELARUS
Mr. Yuri Gorodetski, tenor
Mr. Anatoli Sivko, bass-baritone
CANADA
Ms. Caroline Bleau, soprano
Ms. Irina de Baghy, mezzo-soprano
Ms. Sasha Djihanian, soprano
Ms. Emily Duncan-Brown, soprano
Mr. Cosimo Eliseo, baritone
Ms. Miriam Khalil, soprano
Mr. Karel Martin Ludvik, bass-baritone
Ms. Ileana Montalbetti, soprano
Ms. Simone Osborne, soprano
Ms. Andréanne Paquin, soprano
Mr. Philippe Sly, bass-baritone
Ms. Jennifer Taverner, soprano
Ms. Jacqueline Woodley, soprano
SOUTH KOREA
Mr. Won Whi Choi, tenor
Mr. Insu Hwang, baritone
Mr. Dongshin Lee, tenor
Mr. Yohan Yi, bass-baritone
UNITED STATES
Mr. John Brancy, baritone
Mr. Eric Jurenas, counter-tenor
Mr. Tim Mix, baritone
Mr. Sidney Outlaw, baritone
POLAND
Ms. Magdalena Wór, mezzo-soprano
RUSSIA
Mr. Viktor Antipenko, tenor
SWITZERLAND
Ms. Olga Kindler, soprano
THE MEMBERS OF THE JURY
CANADA
Mr. Joseph Rouleau
Mr. Kwamé Ryan
Ms. Edith Wiens
FRANCE
Mr. Jean-Pierre Brossmann
Mr. Dominique Meyer
ITALY
Ms. Renata Scotto
RUSSIA
Mr. Dmitry Vdovin
UNITED KINGDOM
Sir Thomas Allen
UNITED STATES
Ms. Edith D. Bers
President of the jury: Mr. André Bourbeau
WHERE AND WHEN TO HEAR THE CANDIDATES
CONCERT HALLS
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QUARTER FINALS
Bourgie Concert Hall, in Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
MAY 29, 30 & 31, 1:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
Per session: $15 / $7.50 student
SEMI-FINALS
Bourgie Concert Hall, in Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
JUNE 1, 7:30 p.m.
JUNE 2, 1:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
Per session: $20 / $10 student
FINALS
Maison symphonique de Montréal
JUNE 5 & 6, 7:30 p.m.
$50, $35, $20
$25, $17.50, $10 student
Orchestre symphonique de Montréal
Guest Conductor: Alain Trudel
GALA CONCERT
Maison symphonique de Montréal
JUNE 8, 7:30 p.m.
$65, $45, $30
$32.50, $22.50, $15 student
Orchestre symphonique de Montréal
Guest Conductor: Alain Trudel
Prices are exclusive of all taxes and services.
RADIO
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ESPACE MUSIQUE | 100.7 FM in Montreal
MONDAY, MAY 28, 8 p.m.
Soirées classiques: Concert by Nareh Arghamanyan, 1st Prize, 2008 | Host: Michel Keable
SATURDAY, JUNE 2 , 12 p.m.
L’Opéra du samedi: The jury performs! | Host/Producer: Sylvia L’Écuyer
SUNDAY, JUNE 3, 10 p.m.
Le Printemps des musiciens
Past laureates – Where are they now? | Host: Françoise Davoine
MONDAY, JUNE 4, 8 p.m.
Soirées classiques: Meet the finalists | Host: Michel Keable | Guest: Mario Paquet
TUESDAY, JUNE 5 AND WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6, 7:30 p.m.
Live broadcast of final round | Hosts: Mario Paquet and Françoise Davoine
CBC RADIO ONE | 88.5 FM in Montreal
HOMERUN, TUESDAY, JUNE 5 – FRIDAY, JUNE 8, 3 to 6 p.m.
Daily coverage of the competition | Journalist: Lindsay Michael | Host: Sue Smith
CBC RADIO 2 | 93.5 FM in Montreal
IN CONCERT, SUNDAY, JUNE 10, 11 a.m.
Highlights from the competition | Host: Bill Richardson | Guest: Lindsay Michael
TEMPO, TUESDAY, JUNE 5 – THURSDAY, JUNE 7, 12 p.m.
Daily coverage of the competition | Host: Julie Nesrallah
WEB
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RADIO-CANADA.CA/CMIM
Starting May 22, browse the MIMC 2012 exclusive content
FRIDAY, JUNE 1, 7:30 p.m
SATURDAY, JUNE 2, 1:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m
Live audio webcast of tne Semi-finals
TUESDAY, JUNE 5 AND WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6, 7:30 p.m.
Live audio webcast of the Finals
CBCMUSIC.CA/CLASSICAL
MONDAY, MAY 28 – FRIDAY, JUNE 8
Online coverage of the competition
INFORMATION AND BOX OFFICE
PASSPORTS AND PACKAGES:
Montreal International Musical Competition
514-845-4108, extension 0
SINGLE TICKETS:
Bourgie Concert Hall, in Montreal Museum of Fine Arts: 1339, rue Sherbrooke Ouest
514-285-4108, ext. 0
Maison symphonique de Montréal: 1600, rue Saint-Urbain
Place des Arts Box office : 514 842-2112
NEWS FROM THE WINNER OF THE 2011 PIANO EDITION
Italian pianist Beatrice Rana is among the Competition’s youngest laureates. The winner of the MIMC’s First Prize in 2011, at just 18 years of age, dazzled us all with her great virtuosity, musicality, and inner sensibility. In April, as part of the Career Development Program included with the First Prize, she recorded her first CD for the ATMA label. On the program: all of Chopin’s preludes and Scriabin’s Sonata No. 2, also titled “Sonata-Fantasty”. The disc is scheduled for release in the fall of 2012.
More details can be found at www.concoursmontreal.ca
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Source : Montreal International Musical Competition
Information : Isabelle Ligot
Communications Manager
514-845-4108, ext. 236
iligot@concoursmontreal.ca
