The distinguished jury (including sopranos Dames Margaret Price and Anne Evans, and baritones Thomas Allen and Wolfgang Holzmair) has now whittled down the original 148 entrants (from 41 different countries) to 34 (including 6 from the US) and according to the Chairman and Wigmore Hall Director John Gilhooly, ‘There’s a terrific buzz about this year – it always takes about ten years for a competition to build, so we are now really at our peak, and I think I can promise you some exciting singing.’
Wigmore Hall / Kohn Foundation launches the Sixth International Singing Competition
The distinguished jury (including sopranos Dames Margaret Price and Anne Evans, and baritones Thomas Allen and Wolfgang Holzmair) has now whittled down the original 148 entrants (from 41 different countries) to 34 (including 6 from the US) and according to the Chairman and Wigmore Hall Director John Gilhooly, ‘There’s a terrific buzz about this year – it always takes about ten years for a competition to build, so we are now really at our peak, and I think I can promise you some exciting singing.’