Kathleen Ferrier Awards 2021 (Vocal Competition): Final Part 2
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Exceptionally talented young singers compete to win coveted awards set to escalate their careers.
The Kathleen Ferrier Awards Competition 2021 come from the bright and beautiful Henry Wood Hall, an elegant regency church used as an orchestral rehearsal space and recording studio in London’s Southwark.
The free-to-view awards are presented by BBC Radio 3 Presenter Martin Handley.
The jury for the Awards will be chaired by Sir Thomas Allen, star for 50 years of the major opera houses of the world and a trustee of the Ferrier since 1994. He will be joined by mezzo Alice Coote, a leading artist of our time; soprano Valerie Masterson whose career spanned Monteverdi to Henze; Ian Partridge, the distinguished tenor recitalist; and James Baillieu, leading song and chamber music accompanist
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Your donations go toward supporting singers at this crucial initial stage in their careers. The prizes and recital scheme provides a unique opportunity for the winners that enables them in many career advancements, such as studying a role abroad, learning a language, or taking special coaching.
Even for those who don’t win a prize, your donation helps us pay the competition costs. The competition gives all singers a rare and vital opportunity to sing at Wigmore Hall to an audience including casting directors and agents. Winning the Ferrier Awards is a calling card to any agent or opera house.
Please support us with a donation. Any amount is greatly appreciated.
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Broadcast Schedule
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Watch the Kathleen Ferrier Awards 2021 on CZcams:
Semi-Finals:
Monday 29 November, 7:30pm
Tuesday 30 November, 7:30pm
Wednesday 1 December, 7:30pm
Thursday 2 December, 7:30pm
Finals:
Saturday 4 December, 7:30pm
Sunday 5 December, 7:30pm
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About
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The Kathleen Ferrier Memorial Scholarship Fund was founded in 1953 in memory of the much-loved contralto from Lancashire who died at the tragically young age of 41 and whose career as a singer lasted just 12 years.
The initial purpose of the Fund, known as the Kathleen Ferrier Awards, was to make an annual award to a young British singer sufficient to cover the cost of a year’s study and general support. The first competition was held in 1956 and it has continued to provide a few outstanding talented young singers each year since then with the opportunity of making a start in what is a most difficult and demanding career.
The competition now offers three prizes, a 1st prize of £12,500, a 2nd prize of £6,000 and a Song Prize of £5,000, sponsored in perpetuity by Mark and Liza Loveday. There is also an Accompanist’s Prize of £5,000 provided by Help Musicians in memory of Arthur and Gwyneth Harrison.
The competition is now usually open to singers of any nationality who have completed at least one year of study in the UK or the Republic of Ireland: they must be aged 28 or under at the time of the final of the competition. Pianists competing for the Accompanist’s Prize must also be 28 or under. For 2021 these rules have been adjusted slightly to make allowances for change of circumstances due to Covid-19.
Contact
info@ferrierawards.org.uk