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Sunday 23 November 2003, 8.00 p.m. City Hall Concert Hall

 

The Winners Series:

 

HYE-SOO SONN

Hye-Soo was born in S. Korea where he obtained his Bachelor of Music degree (voice) from the Seoul National University.During 2000-2002 he studied at the Berl�n University of Arts and since 2003 he has been attending the Hochschule Dreden working under Prof. H. Petzold.

Hye-Soo has won numerous prizes in competitions includlng the first prizes at the 1998 Seoul National Singing Competition and the 2002 Internationaler Mozart Wettbewerb in Salzburg, Austria, as well as prizes at the 2001 Concours International d'Opera Ville de Marseille, France and Concorso Internatlonale di Canto Maria Caniglia. Most recently in 2003 he won the first prize in the Opera section at the Maria Callas International Voice Competition in Athens.

 He has appeared in numerous opera roles as well as individual concerts and recitals in Germany, Austria, Portugal, Japan, Russia and S. Korea. His most recent engagements are with the Nuernberg State Opera House.

The Winners Series:

 

ELENA XANTHOUDAKIS

Elena was born and educated in Australia where she received in 2001 from the Victorian College of the Arts her Bachelor of Music Performance (Voice) with honours. In 2003 she completed her Master of Music Performance at the University of Melbourne. She is currently completing a graduate diploma of opera at the Victorian College of Arts

Elena has won numerous awards and scholarships in Australia and in 2003 she obtained the first prize in Lied-Oratorio at the Maria Callas International Voice Competition in Athens. She has appeared in numerous roles in operas in Australia as well as in Russia and will be appearing in the role of Pamina in the Magic Flute at the Melbourne Opera. She has also sung in various venues in Australia and several of her performances have been broadcast.

 

VALERY GERASIMOV

Piano accompanist, born in Russia and graduate of the Moscow Conservatory under T. Nikolaeva. Since 1992 he has been the leader of the opera troupe of the Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow and is at present professor at the Sakuyo University in Japan. Valery has won prizes in numerous international competition and has appeared in several countries both as a soloist and accompanist

The Maria Callas Competition for Opera and Oratorio-Lied

This competition is presented by the Athenaeum International Cultural Centre in Athens, Greece. The Athenaeum, a non-profit institution, was founded in 1974 with the primary aim of fostering the artistic and cultural heritage of Maria Callas, the world-famous Greek opera singer. The Athenaeum, in addition to the voice competition, runs a piano competition

Programme

Hye-Soo Sonn

G. Verdi                        Il lacerato spirito(From Simon Boccanegro)

 

W.A.Mozart                 La vendetta! (From le Nozze di Figaro)

 

H.Wolf                         Fuehlt meine seele

 

M.Ravel                       Chanson Romanesque

    

C. Gounod                   Vous qui faites l'endormie (From Faust)

 

W.A.Mozart                Madamina! Il catalogo e questo (From Don Giovanni)

 

G.F.Haendel                Ombra mai fu (From Xerxes) 

 

Intermission

 

Elena Xanthoudakis

 

W.A.Mozart                Exultate Jubilate

 

G.Faure                       Claire de Lune

                                    Au bord de L'eau

 

R.Strauss                     Nichts

                                   Seitdem dim Aug'in meines Schaute

                                   Die Nacht

                                   Cecilie

 

J.Rodrigo                    Cuatro Madrigales Amatorios

                                        Con que la lavare?

                                        Vos me matasteis

                                        De dondes venis amore?

                                        Da los alamos vengo, madre

 

B.Britten                     Be kind and courteous (From a Midsummer Night's Dream)

 

C.Gounod                  Jewel Song (From Faust)

 

Accompanied at the piano by Valery Gerosimov

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