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the 2009 edition
ACCADEMIA MUSICALE EUROPEA
proudly presents
2009 "SACRED MUSIC" INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
Rome, Italy 3rd - 7th November
Basilica SS. XII Apostoli - Church S. Caterina da Siena
AWARDS 10,000 EURO
SPECIAL PRIZE "ORATORIO" "PROVINCIA DI ROMA" & "YOUNG HOPE"
FINAL-GALA CONCERT
Broadcast worldwide by SAT and WEB TV Dedicared to Vatican: TELEPACE and RADIO VATICANA
7th November - Roma, Basilica SS. XII Apostoli
With the patronage and the support of:
PONTIFICAL COUNCIL FOR CULTURE
PROVINCE OF ROME - Council Of Political Finance
PONTIFICAL INSTITUTE OF SACRED MUSIC
TELEPACE - RADIOVATICANA
CONFEDERAZIONE Delle CONFRATERNITE - DIOCESI D'ITALIA
ORANGE HOTEL - MANCINI PIANOFORTI
Rome, July 30th 2009
The art and the talent of young blood of the International music as pass key to peace, hope and integration among people.
It's coming back the 2009 "Sacred Music" International Competition, the one and only in the world dedicated to young singers of sacred music conceived, promoted and directed by Prof. Daniela de Marco, and announced by the Accademia Musicale Europea. It will be in the Capital of Italy, Rome, from the3rd to the 7th of November 2009.
The Competition, born in the year 2001, already had during these years the adherence of more than 800 singers coming from 5 continents with more than 80 different nations involved in the event, aims to improve and develop the Sacred Music genre throught discovering new talents to introduce in the international musical network by means of a jury composed by agents and artistic directors of some of the most important European organizations that, besides offering their proven experience in the environment are, above all, able to help concretely the participants
For many promising youngs this means the realization of a dream.
"I can proudly tell you - says Daniela De Marco, Artistic Director and Creator of the event - that this is an honest and fair competition, that realise a great dream: to push forward the precious repertoire of the Sacred Music by means of the young talents; I'm also convinced that this is really the chance to find the best voices of the world. Those who studies singing for years, hardly finds in the lyrics a testing ground Sacred Music, instead, is a wonderful trait d'union between the end of the studies and the beginning of a brilliant career. During the competition, as a matter of fact, the participants have the chance to perform in front of Directors and Critics of an outstanding level. Talent and professionalism is the alchemy that blows up during the Competition between the young talens and the professionals. The result is, for many of the participants the birth of a new and great future. All of that happened even in the 2008, with the winning of a young anglo-sudanese Countertenor, Magid El-Bushra: after few months he was on stage during the last Glyndenbourne Festival, he was engaged for the next season in Dido and Aeneas at Concertgebouw and Theatre des Champs Elysees and for 14 acts at the Oldenburgisches Staadtsteater in Germany. Our Competition is, moreover, a important event, that stands as a meeting point of the various cultural and religious realities of the world, ad it is not held just for case in Rome, Capital of the Cristianity."
Since 2001, all the winners of the competition, from promising youngs have yet become wonderful realities, having had the opportunity, thanks to this event, to perform with success on some of the most important stages of Europe, such as Salzburg Festival (the 2009 production directed by Riccardo Muti, the Demoofonte by Jommelly and the Paisiello's Requiem was performed by several past winners and finalist), as well as La Scala, La Fenice, Maggio Musicale , the Hamburgishe Staatsoper, the Frankfurt Opera, the Rossini Opera Festival and many others.
With the support and the patronage of the PONTIFICAL COUNCIL FOR CULTURE, PROVINCE OF ROME - Council of Political Finance, PONTIFICAL INSTITUTE OF SACRED MUSIC - TELEPACE, CONFEDERAZIONE delle CONFRATERNITE - DIOCESI D'ITALIA ,VIA GIULIA 500th ANNIVERSARY COMMITTEE the Competition offers grants for a total amount of 10.000 Euro , among which, the Special Prizes "Youngest Hope", reserved to the youngest finalist of the Competition and the Special Prizes Oratorio" reserved for the best performance of Oratorio's arias during the Competition.
The participants, that can join the Competition until the 24th of October 2009 (Rules of the Competition and registrations conditions available on the website www.sacredmusicinternationalcompetition.org, email info@sacredmusicinternationalcompetition.org) will try themselves out during the Eliminatory round and the Semifinals from the 3rd to the 6th of November 2009 that will take place in the Church of S. Caterina da Siena in Via Giulia, till the proclamation of the winners that will take place during the Final - Gala Concert that will be held the 7th of November in the Basilica SS Apostoli at the presence of the Honour Committee, composed exclusively of Ambassadors or Cultural Counsellors and Ecclesiastic Authorities, journalists and politicians. The admission free Evening event will be broadcasted worldwide by SAT and WEB tv TELEPACE (TV channel dedicated to the Vatican) and by Radio VATICANA. The winners of the 2009 edition, moreover, will become members of the modular solistic lyric ensemble "I Virtuosi della Musica Sacra" composed of the winners of the past and future editions of the competition, and active in the main Italian and European festivals.
The Jury of this year will be composed of : Cristina Ferrari Artistic Director Foundation Teatro Carlo Felice - Genoa; Thomas Barthel Musical Director International Opera Studio Zurich Opera House; Aris Christoffellis, Director Opera Studio Greek National Opera - Athens; Christian Lorenz, General Intendant Internationale Bachakademie and Musik Fest - Stuttgart; Simone Brunetti, General Intendant Theater della Fortuna - Fano; Andrea Penna Ornella Cogliolo Management - Roma and Daniela de Marco, Competition's Creator and Artistic Director and "Virtuosi della Musica Sacra".
FOR FURTHER INFORMATIONS:
ACCADEMIA MUSICALE EUROPEA
Artistic Director Daniela de Marco
www.sacredmusicinternationalcompetition.org
info@sacredmusicinternationalcompetition.org
PRESS OFFICE
Romina Lombardi
Cell. +39 347 1917818
romina_lombardi@virgilio.it
MUSIC: THE 2009 "SACRED MUSIC" INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION AWARDS ALL THE PRIZES TO THE YOUTH
THE WINNERS ARE BETWEEN 19 AND 26 YEARS OLD
THEY TRIUMPHED OVER 100 NEW TALENTS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD
Roma, November 25th, 2009 - Common denominator: youth and talent. And so, the youngest finalists won the 2009 SACRED MUSIC International Competition, the only competition all over the world which is conceived for and dedicated to the young solo sacred music singers, during the "Gran Gala" - Gran Final, which was held in Rome in the SS. XII Apostoli Basilica, on November 7th.
First prize was awarded to the Hungarian Bass Levente Pāll, 24, who had excellently performed the Confutatis from Verdi's Requiem. The 2nd prize was awarded to the very young French Soprano Melissa Laura Petit, only 19, who has performed "Et incarnatus est" from Mozart's Mass KV 427, really impressive for her young age.
The 3rd prize was awarded to Italy, which was represented by the Countertenor Flavio Ferri Benedetti, who was greatly applauded during his "Fac ut portem" from Pergolesi's Stabat Mater. The special prizes "Young Promise" and "Oratorio" were awarded respectively to the Israeli male soprano David Feldman, 23, with a piece from Händel's Messiah and to the German Baritone Maximilian Lika, 24, who performed a touching performance of "Gott sei mir gnadig" from F. Mendelssohn's Oratorio "Paulus".
The Competition offered as a prize some scholarships for a total value of 10,000 euros. It was conceived, promoted and directed by the Professor Daniela de Marco and called by the Accademia Musicale Europea, with sponsorship and support of the Pontifical Council of the Culture, of the Provincia di Roma, of the Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music, of Radio Vaticana, as well as the Vatican Channel "Telepace - that broadcasted worldwide the event.
The winners of this year's Competition will join the winners of the past to become members of the solo ensemble "I Virtuosi della Musica Sacra", active in major Italian and European festivals.
During the Gala Concert, the last 11 competing singers were heard to and applauded by a large public which filled the Basilica, like other years. There were reporters, a lot of Ambassador and Cultural Consellour to the Holy See and to the Italian Repubblic members of the Honor Committee (Brazil, Australia, Mexico, Russia, Germany and many others from all European Country) and the Jury which decreed the winners: Christian Lorenz General Intendant Internationale Bachakademie and Stuttgart Musik Fest -President of the Jury; Thomas Barthel Musical Director International Opera Studio Zurich Opera House; Aris Christoffellis Director Opera Studio Greek National Opera - Athens; Cristina Ferrari Outgoing Artistic Director Foundation Teatro Carlo Felice of Genoa; Simone Brunetti General Intendant Theater della Fortuna - Fano ; Giuseppe de Spirito A Voce Sola Management - Fribourg - Switzerland and Daniela de Marco Founder and Artistic Director of the Competition" & of "I Virtuosi della Musica Sacra"
The Competition, established in 2001, has seen - including this edition - more than 900 singers from 5 continents, with more than 80 nations involved and, as its aim, seeks to encourage and promote Sacred Music and the discovery of new talent and these singers' launch into the international music world. The winners of the past editions of the Sacred Music Int.l Competition, who were young promises, have already become important professionals because they have had the opportunity, thanks to this competition, to perform successfully in some of the most important European Theatres, e.g. Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Teatro la Fenice of Venice, Theatre Champs Elysees of Paris, Maggio Musicale of Florence, Hamburgishe Staatsoper, Frankfurt Oper, Rossini Opera Festival, and many others.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATIONS:
ACCADEMIA MUSICALE EUROPEA
Artistic Director Daniela de Marco
www.sacredmusicinternationalcompetition.org
info@sacredmusicinternationalcompetition.org
PRESS OFFICE
Romina Lombardi
Cell. +39 347 1917818
romina_lombardi@virgilio.it