International Antonín Dvořák Competition
The International Antonín Dvořák Competition ( Czech "Mezinárodní pěvecké soutěže Antonína Dvořáka" ) is a singing competition for graduates of music academies and conservatories that has been held in Karlovy Vary since 1966 . While participation in the competition was limited to young singers from the Eastern Bloc until 1989 , the Dvořák competition has developed into an internationally open event since the " Velvet Revolution " in the 1990s. The two main categories of “lieder performance” and “opera singing” are scored, the latter divided into men and women. In addition, prizes in the “Junior” category and changing special prizes are awarded.
History and process
The idea of a competition for young concert and opera singers was developed in the 1960s by singing teachers Marie Budíková-Jeremiášová, Vlasta Linhartová and Karel Leiss together with the Karlovy Vary city administration. Originally, the competition was intended for the current graduates of music schools in Czechoslovakia. Today this restriction no longer exists, instead there are age limits depending on the pitch of the voice. Tenors and basses in the main song and opera categories can be a maximum of 32 years old, for soprances and altos the age limit is 30 years. In the junior rating, men may be a maximum of 24 years old, women 23 years old.
The competition takes place every November, and in the last few years around 100 candidates have been invited to Karlovy Vary. The competition takes place in two rounds, the finalists of the first round with piano accompaniment sing an operatic aria with orchestral accompaniment in the second round. The award winners include Edita Gruberová and Olaf Bär . The winners will perform in an opera concert at the Prague State Opera . In each of the five categories (“opera singing” men / women, “lieder lecture” and “junior” men / women) a maximum of one first place is awarded, the second and third places are less often occupied twice. In some years, an overall winner is determined from the category winners.
Selection of award winners
- 1982 (17th competition): Olaf Bär (baritone, 1st prize)
- 1995 (30th competition): Marina Vyskvorkina (overall victory)
- 1997 (32nd competition): Roman Janál (overall victory)
- 2000 (35th competition): Pavol Breslik (tenor, 1st prize)
- 2003 (38th competition): Jan Martinik (bass, 1st prize opera, 2nd prize lied)
- 2006 (41st competition): Jung-Heyk Cho (tenor, 1st prize), Susanna-Irina Bozhenko (soprano, 1st prize), Rena Fujii (soprano, 1st prize)
- 2008 (43rd competition): Ju-Eun Jeon (tenor, 1st prize)
- 2009 (44th competition): Min Seok Kim (tenor, 1st prize, special prize for the best interpretation of a baroque aria, prize of the National Theater Prague)
- 2010 (44th competition): Nicola Proksch (soprano, 1st prize opera / women), Jan Morávek (1st prize opera / men), Aneta Mihályová (soprano, 1st prize singing), Barbora Perná (soprano, 1st prize Junior / women). The 1st price junior / men and the overall victory were not awarded.
Web links
- International Antonín Dvořák Competition on the website of the Antonín Dvořák International Singing Center in Karlovy Vary (MPCAD)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b The opera concert of the participants of the A. Dvořák singing competition at the Prague State Opera . Concert announcement on November 13, 2006 on the occasion of the 41st International Antonín Dvořák Competition. (Retrieved December 6, 2010.)
- ↑ Profile Jan Martinik ( Memento of the original dated November 30, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at the Komische Oper in Berlin. (Accessed December 6, 2010)
- ↑ Results 2006 ( Memento of the original from January 16, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the competition website
- ↑ a b Competitions / Prize Winners ( Memento of the original dated May 23, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at the Dresden University of Music . (Retrieved December 6, 2010.)
- ↑ Results of the 2010 competition ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the MPCAD website. (Retrieved December 6, 2010.)
