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2019-08-31 08:13:26
The success of a competition is nothing more than the success and career development of the competitors: I chat to Lars Flæten, director of the Queen Sonja International Music Competition
Queen Sonja International Music Competition 2019 - Astrid Nordstad, Natalia Tanasiiciuc, Sergey Kaydalov, Meigui Zhang, Stefan Astakhov, Adam Kutny and Theodore Browne (Photo Adrian Nielsen) The Queen Sonja International Music Competition in Oslo, Norway celebrated its 30th anniversary this year [see my review of the final at Oslo Opera House], and during my visit to Oslo I was able to sit down with Lars Flæten, the current director of the festival, to chat about its history and its place in the current busy climate of international competitions. Final of the Queen Sonja International Music Competition 2019 First prize winner, Sergey Kaydalov (Russia) & H.M. Queen Sonja of Norway(Photo Adrian Nielsen) I was attending the competition as part of a group of journalists from six different countries, Belgium, USA, Spain, Germany, France and the UK, and Lars emphasised that the international recognition of a music competition is […]
2019-08-25 08:18:38
Final of the Queen Sonja International Music Competition in Oslo
[…] down to which particular characteristics of the dramatic art were the most important to you. It is worth bearing in mind, also, that all of the singers and their voices are on a journey which has really only just begun, and this is particularly true of the young baritones some of whom might have 20 years to wait until they finally come into their prime. Queen Sonja International Music Competition 2019 - Astrid Nordstad, Natalia Tanasiiciuc, Sergey Kaydalov, Meigui Zhang, Stefan Astakhov, Adam Kutny and Theodore Browne (Photo Adrian Nielsen) At the prize-giving portion of the event, Queen Sonja was first interviewed by the presenter Mari Lunnan with the Queen effortlessly switching into English when it came to the point when she discussed the creation of the prints which formed part of the prizes. The Ingrid Bjoner Scholarship, awarded to the best Norwegian performance in the competition, went […]
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