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In case you didn't know,
@Hugh_Cutting
made competition history by becoming the first countertenor to win first prize.
Congratulations once again to Hugh!
📷: Emma Brown
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We wish Dame Janet Baker a very happy 90th birthday today 🎉
Mezzo-soprano Dame Janet competed in the very first Ferrier Awards in 1956!
#DameJanetBaker
#MezzoSoprano
#BOTD
#Singing
#KathleenFerrier
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We are delighted to announce the winners of The Kathleen Ferrier Awards 2024:
First Prize: Matthew McKinney, tenor
Second Prize: Madeline Boreham, soprano
Ferrier Loveday Song Prize: Charlotte Jane Kennedy
Help Musicians Accompanist's Prize: Firoze Madon
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We are delighted to announce our Finalists for the 2022 Kathleen Ferrier Awards:
Elena Zamudio (Soprano)
@CharlesCunliffe
(Baritone)
Emma Roberts (Mezzo-soprano)
@LottieLBowden
(Soprano)
Joel Terrin (Baritone)
@esmebsmith
(Mezzo-Soprano)
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We are delighted to announce the winners of the 2023 Kathleen Ferrier Awards from
@wigmore_hall
!
First Prize:
@FelixGygli
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... Song Prize goes to Ema Nikolovska who has given so many songs to choose from.
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It's Sunday afternoon, in a different venue and 7 months late but here we are at the 2020 Finals of
@ferrierawards
cameras ready on a screen near you soon
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After 4 days of splendid performances we now have our 11 talented semi-finalists for 25 April at Wigmore Hall. See our website for details
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We are delighted to announce our Finalists for the 2023 Kathleen Ferrier Awards:
@georgeecurnow
- Tenor
@SamHarris_EB
- Tenor
Felix Gygli - Baritone
@DafJones_Tenor
@rebecca_leggett
- Mezzo-Soprano
Anita Monserrat - Mezzo-Soprano
Matina Tsaroucha - Soprano
(1/4)
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Currently studying at the
@RCMLondon
Opera Studio with Rosa Mannion (who also taught 2020 winner Jessica Cale),
@LottieLBowden
's recent highlights include Susanna (Le nozze di Figaro) as a young artist at
@operahollandpk
and Pamina in (Die Zauberflöte) for RCM.
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Congratulations again to the winners of the 2022 Kathleen Ferrier Awards 👏🎶
If you'd like to keep up to date with news of the 2023 competition, sign up to our mailing list here 👇
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Toi toi toi to our Ferrier semi-finalists performing today
@wigmore_hall
. Come join us at 1.30pm.
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From 15 accompanists applying for the Help Musicians UK Accompanists Prize we are delighted to award it jointly to Ella O'Neill and William Green. Although William was not playing this evening the pianists are considered from both the semi and the final.
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THE KATHLEEN FERRIER AWARDS 2019 – RESULTS
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The shortlist of the 11 semifinalists performing at the
@wigmore_hall
on 26th April is announced!
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Founded in 1953, the Kathleen Ferrier Awards has given prizes and helped contribute to the career development of many incredible singers throughout the years.
The competition now offers 1st, 2nd and Song prize, as well as an Accompanist's prize!
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Winners of the 2021 Competition
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The winners of the Kathleen Ferrier Awards 2023 - after their terrific performances on Friday!
L to R
@DafJones_Tenor
(Ferrier Loveday Song Prize)
@Rylance_Harry
(
@HelpMusicians
Accompanist's Prize)
Matina Tsaroucha (Joint 2nd)
Felix Gygli (1st)
George Curnow (Joint 2nd)
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First day of preliminary auditions for the 2022 Kathleen Ferrier Awards. A whole week of glorious singing and playing ahead!
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2017 Ferrier winners: 1st Prize
@julienvmnz
, 2nd Prize
@JamesBWay
, Song Prize
@patrickEterry
, Accompanist's Prize
@gamalpiano
. CONGRATS!
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Anita Monserrat is a British mezzo-soprano who recently graduated from
@RoyalAcadMusic
. She appears as the soloist on Kerensa Briggs’ Requiem, soon to be released on
@delphianrecords
. Roles include Sesto (Giulio Cesare), Ino (Semele) and Tisbe (La Cenerentola).
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Great News! Ferrier winners
@WillThomasBass
and
@mikeypandya
are performing live today on Radio 3 from 5pm
@BBCInTune
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With a record number of applications for this year's competition, we're going to focus on the most recent winners, in our 68-year history of the competition.
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Results from the 2021 Semi-Finals
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Calling all singers aged 28 or under currently resident in UK: closing date for this year's Kathleen Ferrier Awards is Monday 3 February.
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Congratulations Manon Ogwen Parry, winner of this year's
@KFSoc
Bursary, pictured alongside this year's judges
@nickythespence
Alison Wells and Linda Hirst. Leif Tse 2nd Prize, Molly Beere won Norma Procter Song Prize for beautiful solo of Dove's My Love is Mine......
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The finalists for the Ferrier Awards, with the accompanists that will be competing for the Help Musicians prize.
@SamHarris_EB
and accompanist
@ArchieBonham
Anita Monserrat and accompanist
@jackredmanmusic
Matina Tsaroucha and accompanist
@FHickland
Felix Gygli
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The only Bass-Baritone in the Semi-Finals,
@CharlesCunliffe
is currently studying at the
@RoyalAcadMusic
. He will be accompanied by Francesca Orlando 🎹 Charles performed alongside Dame
@spconnolly
at last year’s
@OxfordLieder
Festival.
#KathleenFerrier22
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Soprano
@LottieLBowden
, accompanied by Roelof Temmingh, perform Mozart’s ‘Quanti mi siete intorno...Padre, germani, addio!’ (Idomeneo)
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Our 2017 winners!
@julienvmnz
1stPrize,
@JamesBWay
2ndPrize,
@patrickEterry
SongPrize,
@gamalpiano
PianoPrize. Proud of you!
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Our final day of preliminary auditions at Henry Wood Hall for this year's
@FerrierAwards
. Over 80 singers will have sung to the highest of standards. Not forgetting the 40 pianists who have played so brilliantly and supported and encouraged their singers.
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Look what we've just discovered for the start of the new year - our 2019
@FerrierAwards
Loveday Song Prize winner
@emanikolovska
@wigmore_hall
- 4th January
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The joint winners of the Kathleen Ferrier Memorial Scholarship Fund 2016 are James Newby & Alessandro Fisher
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“I still feel like the 23-year-old, just about to audition for the first round of the Ferrier, always learning. Winning the Ferrier Award was a life-changing event, and one that hasn’t really been surpassed by any other experience so far!" — William Thomas, 2018 winner
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From great drama to a sleeping child... thank you
@etaylorsoprano
and
@pianoleo
who started the second part of our Final.
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Congratulations to this year's twelve semi-finalists. See you at the
@Wigmore_Hall
in April!
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This evening we should have been
@wigmore_hall
giving 6 young singers and their pianists the opportunity to showcase their talents and help them in their careers. We hope we shall be able to do this later in the year and wish all competitors well in their current endeavours.
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@wigmore_hall
:
@julienvmnz
@JamesBWay
@Daniel_Shelvey
EMasBacardit FChiejina PTerry, with
@gamalpiano
@somikimpianist
NBurch DPerez
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Ferrier Loveday Song Prize - sponsored by Mark and Liza Loveday: Emma Roberts and
@LucyCQ
for Debussy’s ‘Colloque sentimental’
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Mezzo-soprano
@esmebsmith
will be singing at tomorrow’s semi-finals for
#KathleenFerrier22
. She has sung for song festivals such as
@OxfordLieder
and
@LeedsLieder
, where she won the 2021 Leeds Lieder Young Artist/
@SIUK_Offical
Song Prize.
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Accompanists competing for
@HelpMusicians
Prize:
@ArchieBonham
@FHickland
@GIrelandPianist
Jack Redman
@Rylance_Harry
(2/4)
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Thank you to all our finalists so far!
Closing off the performances, tenor
@DafJones_Tenor
and accompanist Caroline Dowdle.
Photos: Emma Brown
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1st Prize: Swiss Baritone Felix Gygli is a Young Artist at the
@natoperastudio
London and a recent graduate of
@guildhallschool
In the 2023/24 season, he will be a member of the International Opera Studio of the
@operzuerich
Photo: Emma Brown
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Just announced! The final six singers and pianists for this year's competition at
@Wigmore_Hall
. Good luck to all.
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Introducing the 2024 Ferrier Awards pianists competing in the semi-final for the
@HelpMusicians
Accompanist’s Prize:
Francesca Lauri is a current collaborative piano masters student
@RCMLondon
, studying with Simon Lepper, Roger Vignoles & Kathron Sturrock.
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Last night's winner, tenor Matthew McKinney, is being interviewed this morning on Tom Service's
@BBCRadio3
Saturday Morning show - he'll be on sometime after 11:30am. Be sure to listen in to hear a clip of his winning performance! 🏆
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Day 1 of preliminary auditions for the 2021
@FerrierAwards
at the wonderful Henry Wood Hall. We are ready!
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Only three weeks to go until the application deadline for the 2023 Kathleen Ferrier Awards. All applications must be received by 23:59 on Wednesday February 1st 2023. We are really looking forward to hearing some amazing young singers!
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Calling all singers, 28 and under. Nine days left to enter The 2019 Kathleen Ferrier Awards. Full details on . Wonder where this might take you - see some recent winners
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Mezzo-soprano
@rebecca_leggett
now takes to the stage, with accompanist
@GIrelandPianist
,
who will be competing for the
@helpmusicians
Accompanists Prize.
Photos: Emma Brown
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We're all set here for today's semi-finals of the Kathleen Ferrier Awards 2023 from
@wigmore_hall
In the area? Get your last minute tickets here:
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Here’s a breakdown of the applicants we have heard:
39 sopranos
15 mezzos
11 tenors
7 baritones
1 countertenor
1 bass-baritone
1 bass
…and at the piano there were 23 Help Musicians UK Accompanist’s Prize applicants. All Semi-finalists will be announced tomorrow!
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We are thrilled to announce the 2024 Ferrier Awards Finalists:
Charlotte Jane Kennedy, soprano
Steven van der Linden, tenor
Mariana Fernandes, soprano
Matthew McKinney, tenor
(cont.)
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Welsh tenor
@DafJones_Tenor
, is studying for his Master’s degree at
@RCMLondon
and will sing the Title Role in Albert Herring for
@Opera_North
in their 2023/24 season
He won the Ferrier Loveday Song Prize for his performance of Schubert’s "Die Liebe Farbe" and "Die Böse Farbe...
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Since winning the 2020 competition, Jessica Cale
@jessicacalesop
became an Associate Artist of
@TheMozartists
, debuting at Wigmore Hall & Cadogan Hall. Further competition success saw her gain 2nd prize in the
@bamptonopera
Competition. She performs with
@SCOmusic
this month.
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Recital partner and repetiteur in Opera and Choral music,
@GIrelandPianist
accompanied the winning recitals of
@jessicacalesop
and
@Hugh_Cutting
at the 2020 and 2021 Ferrier Awards, and with
@rebecca_leggett
won the 2022 British Art Song competition at the
@LondonSong
.
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& also CONGRATS to Ferrier winner JAMES NEWBY
@jamesn103
awarded the singer's prize at the Gerald Moore Award earlier this month.
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We leave Henry Wood Hall after our first day of auditions for this year's
@FerrierAwards
. Ranging from the very top of the range of the human voice right down to the depths presenting a great breadth of emotions. We look forward to the rest of the week.
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We are delighted to announce the winners of the 2022 Kathleen Ferrier Awards… 🥁 🥁 🥁
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Finally, we'd like to announce the Chair of the 2024 Ferrier Awards Jury, David Syrus. We are very grateful to David for taking on this crucial role. The jurors' work begins at the Henry Wood Hall in the Preliminary Rounds from 6-10th March. More info at
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What a marvellous Semi-Final. Bravo to everyone! The list of finalists will be posted on our website & the
@wigmore_hall
this evening.
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This afternoon we were due to be
@wigmore_hall
for the Semi-Final of the 65th Kathleen Ferrier Awards. Sadly that isn't happening. Hope all competitors are keeping safe and well and it won't be too long before we are able to hear you perform again.
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Well done to
@patrickEterry
our 2017 Song Prize winner who will join the
@RoyalOperaHouse
Jette Parker Young Artists company in September 2018.
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Introducing our 2024 Ferrier Awards semi-finalists.
Scottish tenor Matthew McKinney is a graduate of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and will sing with the Glyndebourne Festival Chorus in 2024.
Book your tickets for 24th April
@wigmore_hall
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We're delighted to announce that soprano Susan Gritton will be a member of our 2024 Ferrier Awards Jury Panel. The jurors' work begins at the Henry Wood Hall in the Preliminary Rounds from 6-10th March.
More info at
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After a week of wonderful music-making from a total of 90 singers, our judges have chosen 12 to go forward to the semi-finals at the
@wigmore_hall
on Tuesday 18 April. Those singers are:
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A huge congratulations to all singers and pianists who have performed in the Semi-Finals and Finals of the 2022 Kathleen Ferrier Awards 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
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Meet mezzo-soprano and semi-finalist Hannah Bennett, who will be accompanied by
@RichardGowers
. Hannah is an alumna of the
@RoyalAcadMusic
and is currently studying at
@RCStweets
. She made her debut at
@wigmore_hall
in 2019 in a concert of Carl Loewe Lieder.
#KathleenFerrier22
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Introducing another of our jurors - the wonderful pianist Christopher Glynn - who will be joining our 2024 Ferrier Awards Jury Panel. The jurors' work begins at the Henry Wood Hall in the Preliminary Rounds from 6-10th March. More info at
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We are deeply saddened to hear about the passing of soprano Kathryn Harries.
We are honoured that Kathryn was able to join the jury on the Preliminary Rounds this year, and grateful for her generous support to the Kathleen Ferrier Awards and her contribution to music and opera.
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Congratulations to James Newby, joint 1st prize winner 2016, on your BBC broadcast. To this year's entrants... you have one month to apply for the 2019 Kathleen Ferrier Awards.
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Up next, soprano Matina Tsaroucha and accompanist Frasier Hickland (
@FHickland
) will take to the stage.
Frasier is competing for the
@HelpMusicians
Accompanist's Prize.
Photo: Emma Brown
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What an astounding competition we've had this year!
A huge thank you to everyone who helped make this year's competition possible.
The semi-final and final performances will be available to watch from the 29th of November.
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An impassioned ending to
@TedLBlack
and
@AnaManastireanu
performances of Duparc, Mozart, Mendelssohn, Dutilleux and Greg. Thank you.
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Welsh tenor
@georgeecurnow
is currently studying at the
@RoyalAcadMusic
. Having performed in operas such as La Boheme and Don Pasquale, he will be performing the role of Agenore in Mozart’s 'Il re pastore' at the
@BuxtonFestival
later this year.
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Finals Day today for
@FerrierAwards
! 6pm at Wigmore Hall - not many tickets left. We to hear six wonderful singers again along with their amazing accompanists. Here are three of them.....
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Listen to
@BBCRadio3
in 10 mins, where we’ll feature as part of today’s
@BBCInTune
, where you can hear this year's winner Hugh Cutting in discussion.
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It's Final day! We kick off at 6pm
@wigmore_hall
with seven duos competing for four prestigious Ferrier prizes:
First Prize £12,500
Second Prize £6,000
Ferrier Loveday Song Prize £5,000
Help Musicians Accompanist's Prize £5,000
Follow us for live updates!
@ferrierawards
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Introducing the pianists competing for the Help Musicians Accompanist’s Prize in the 2024 Ferrier Awards semi-final:
Frasier Hickland is a graduate of the Royal College of Music. He has been featured on BBC Radio 3, BBC Radio Ulster and RTE Lyric FM.
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Ferrier Semi-final at
@wigmore_hall
on 26th April. 11 singers & their pianists competing for the Final on 28th!
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Audience tickets are still available for the 69th annual Ferrier Awards Semi-final and Final at the
@wigmore_hall
Semi-final Wednesday 24th April: £22 (£15 concessions/£12 students)
Final 26th April: £40 £38 £36 £32 £18
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Introducing the 2024 Ferrier Awards semi-finalists:
Richard Decker is a 25-year-old countertenor from Kent, studying
@RCMLondon
with
@tenorbenjohnson
as a Theo Max van der Beugel scholar.
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This is a busy time for
@FerrierAwards
winners... Ema Nikolovska
@wigmore_hall
this morning, the start of
@OxfordLieder
Festival which later this week features
@BaritoneBenson
, and
@Sviceridor
and
@kittywhately
at
@BrittenPears
which I look forward to hearing in person today.
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HURRAH for
@julienvmnz
's sensational win at
@wigmore_hall
Song Comp +
@GemmaLois1
and
@IanTindale
: 3 FERRIER Winners in 1 night can't be bad
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Our second semi-finalist on stage now is Hannah Bennett, who performs works from Mendelssohn, Massenet, Poldowski, Poulenc, Korngold and Jake Heggie.
She is accompanied by
@HelpMusicians
Accompanist prize candidate
@RichardGowers
🎹
#kathleenferrier22
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Masters graduate of the
@RCMLondon
,
@rebecca_leggett
, played the role of Cupid (Venus and Adonis) for
@BlackheathHalls
in 2021. In 2023/24, she will be on Le Jardin des Voix, the young artist programme of
@lesartsflo
.
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British tenor
@SamHarris_EB
studies at the
@RCMLondon
. Beginning his musical career as a chorister at Winchester Cathedral, Sam’s highlights include the role of Fenton (Sir John In Love) with
@BYOpera
, and a performance with
@londonsymphony
, amongst others
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Here are our 2024 Ferrier Awards semi-finalists!
Watch the Semi-final with us at the Wigmore Hall on Wednesday 24th April, starting at 1pm:
Tickets:
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