A Look Back at the Highlights of Voice 2022
A Look Back at the Highlights of Voice 2022
One month since the grand finale of Voice 2022 and we are still inspired by the beauty of this edition! 🤩 We are very proud of our magnificent winners and all the exceptional competitors and collaborative pianists who took part in this fabulous edition! 🌟
Relive with us the highlights of Voice 2022 and find out what’s in store for some of the competitors very soon!
📖 Concours musical international de Montréal: Joyful energy and extraordinary talent [extracts]
By Elena Luporini, 27 June 2022 (Bachtrack)
Both based in New York, American soprano Meredith Wohlgemuth and South Korean pianist Jinhee Park have been collaborating as a duo for about a year. On stage they exhibited formidable chemistry: throughout their performance they vibrated together, Wohlgemuth’s warm tone and Park’s impassioned yet collected piano playing. The soprano’s fine musicality and sense for phrasing didn’t go unnoticed, securing her the first prize and the generous Joseph Rouleau Career Development Grant. “For me, the CMIM is not just a competition but also an occasion to pay homage to the composers whose music my pianist and I love to play,” she explained to me. “The German repertoire, as well as contemporary American music. It was a pleasure and an honour to share that with the audience.”
Certainly, fearless versatility and charisma seem to be Simone McIntosh’s trademark. As mentioned, the mezzo-soprano was awarded the first prize and met with roaring applause from the audience – and it’s not hard to understand why. Her voice promptly adapted to each piece, retaining its full, pleasant tone in both Strauss’ lyrical stirrings and Rossini’s challenging coloratura. “I love singing Mozart and Handel, but I also enjoy probing 20th- and 21st-century music,” she told me. “Schoenberg, Berg, Messiaen, as well as contemporary composers. I feel drawn to that repertoire”.
Finalists of the Concours musical international de Montréal 2022 on Radio-Canada OHdio
Catch up on the June 13 broadcast of Toute une musique. Marie-Christine Trottier and her team devoted an entire program to the finalists of Voix 2022 but also to former CMIM winners!
🎧 Listen to this program on OHdio
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✨ We are very proud of our competitors! Find out what is planned for some of them very soon:
- Rose Naggar-Tremblay is awarded the title of CBC Revelation 2022-2023
- Iida Antola and Xueli Zhou have been announced as semi-finalists for the IVC’s-Hertogenbosch
- Nils Wanderer, Jihoon Son, In-ho Jeong and Seonwoo Lee will participate in Operalia in October
- Simone McIntosh will participate in the 22/23 season of the Opernhaus Zürich as a member of the International Opera Studio
- Sarah Dufresne will join the Jette Parker Young Artists Programme at the Royal Opera House for the 22/23 season
- Hugo Laporte will be part of the opera Yourcenar-Une île de passions on July 28 and 30 in Quebec City and August 4 and 6 in Montreal
Congratulations to all! 👏🍾
Members of the Voice 2022 jury Ⓒ Tam Photography
We would like to sincerely thank everyone who made this edition possible! 💖
Thank you to our many public and private partners, donors, and sponsors without whom it would not have been possible to raise the curtain on such an ambitious edition in this challenging time. Your support is invaluable in many ways and we thank you for your renewed confidence in our mission.
Thank you to all our precious collaborators, volunteers and host families! This edition has countless guardian angels who have worked hard to make our events happen and to promote them!
You helped make this edition remarkable! 💖
We are already looking forward to seeing you at our next edition dedicated to the violin, which will take place from April 22 to May 4, 2023! 🎻
– The CMIM team
