Cesti competition
The international singing competition for baroque opera Pietro Antonio Cesti is an international singing competition for young singers of baroque operas , which has been held since 2010 as part of the Innsbruck Festival of Early Music . It is named after the Italian composer Pietro Antonio Cesti . The competition takes place annually in August and is divided into three rounds, the last being the public final with the ten best participants. The jury consists of around seven renowned representatives of the baroque opera world. The following prize money is awarded (as of 2014):
- 1st prize: 4,000 euros
- 2nd prize: 3,000 euros
- 3rd prize: 2000 euros
- Audience award: 1,000 euros
There are also special prizes in the form of engagements at renowned opera houses.
Prize winners and participants
| 1st Prize | 2nd prize | 3rd prize | Young Talent Award, Young Artists Award (CMBV Award) |
Audience award | Attendees | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Anna Gorbachyova | Anna Alàs Jové | Hanna Herfurtner | Anna Gorbachyova | - | 58 singers from 19 nations |
| 2011 | Emöke Baráth | Tehila Nini Goldstein | Romina Tomasoni | Anna Maria Sarra | Emöke Baráth | 120 singers from 34 nations |
| 2012 | Sophie Junker | Edward Grint | Natalia Kawałek-Plewniak | Einat Aronstein | Natalia Kawalek-Plewniak | 75 singers from 29 nations |
| 2013 | Emilie Renard | Christina Gansch | Fernando Guimaraes | Christina Gansch | Emilie Renard | 125 singers from 34 nations |
| 2014 | Rupert Charlesworth | Giulia Semenzato | Daniela Skorka | Miriam Albano | Rupert Charlesworth | 98 singers from 31 nations |
| 2015 | Anthea Pichanick | Constantine Derri | Alice Rossi | Arianna Vendittelli | 67 singers from 26 nations | |
| 2016 | Morgan Pearse | Sophie Rennert | Eric Jurenas | Sophie Rennert | 85 singers from 33 nations | |
| 2017 | Emily D'Angelo | Eleonore Pancrazi | Giulia Bolcato | Emily D'Angelo | 170 singers from 39 nations | |
| 2018 | Marie Lys | Cameron Shahbazi | Kathrin Hottiger, Mariamielle Lamagat | William Howard Shelton | Theresa Pilsl | 74 singers from 26 nations |
| 2019 | Grace Durham | Dioclea Hoxha | Theodora Raftis | Miriam Kutrowatz | Miriam Kutrowatz |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Innsbruck Festival of Early Music: Cesti Competition ( Memento of the original from August 26, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ; Retrieved on Aug. 22, 2014
- ↑ Innsbruck Festival of Early Music: Jury ( Memento of the original from August 26, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ; Retrieved on Aug. 22, 2014
- ↑ Innsbruck Festival of Early Music: Prices ( Memento of the original from August 26, 2014 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. ; Retrieved on Aug. 22, 2014
- ↑ Innsbruck Festival of Early Music: Innsbruck Festival of Early Music: prices. Retrieved February 27, 2017 .
- ↑ Kleine Zeitung : Russian woman won the first Innsbruck Cesti competition. ( Memento from August 26, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) from August 25, 2010.
- ^ ORF : Hungarian wins Cesti competition. Retrieved Aug. 22, 2014.
- ↑ Der Standard : Belgian soprano wins competition singing. Retrieved Aug. 22, 2014
- ^ Tiroler Tageszeitung : Britin won the International Baroque Singing Competition. Retrieved March 4, 2020
- ^ Tiroler Tageszeitung : British tenor won Innsbruck Baroque Opera Competition. Retrieved Aug. 22, 2014.
- ^ Tiroler Tageszeitung Online: The fresh Cesti voting material. In: Tiroler Tageszeitung Online. Retrieved March 8, 2020 .
- ↑ Austria Journal. Retrieved February 27, 2017 .
- ↑ Innsbruck Festival of Early Music: Cesti Competition 2018. Accessed on September 21, 2018 .
- ↑ Innsbruck Festival of Early Music: British mezzo-soprano Grace Durham wins 10th Cesti competition. Retrieved October 21, 2019 .
