Another Competition in Vienna! Hilde Zadek Voice Competition April 2019

New in the post today, details of another competition in Vienna - this time for singers.

11th International Hilde Zadek Voice Competition

April 22-27, 2019

2019 Focus: Opera of the 21st Century

A collaboration between the Hildegard Zadek Foundation and the mdw - University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna.  

More details of the competition and its very valuable prizes:-

https://zadek-competition.jimdo.com/

A Music Competition in Vienna - Deadline extended to 20 December!

We received an email about a fabulous-sounding competition. Here are the details for you to pursue:-
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Application deadline extended: 20 December 2018
Vienna International Music Competition

Piano - Violin - Voice - Winds - Chamber Music

1st Vienna International Music Competition, open to ALL instruments - ALL ages (Piano - Strings - Voice - Winds - Chamber Music)

Recitals at MUSIKVEREIN

Prizes: Over 20.000€

Audio and video recordings

APPLICATION DEADLINE: 20 NOVEMBER 2018

Online Competition (Video Selection - No travel required)

www.viennacompetition.com
APPLY ONLINE



• Winners' recitals at MUSIKVEREIN on 9 March 2019:

• View event on Musikverein's calendar

• Professional fee for the winners (cash prize)
• Video and audio recording
• International management
• Over 30 awards

APPLICATION DEADLINE: 20 DECEMBER, 2018 www.viennacompetition.com

info@viennacompetition.com

Summer in Vienna: International Music Masterclasses

Somehow, brochures for music festivals regularly make their way to the Whittaker Library.  Today, we got two copies of an Austrian masterclass brochure.  Sharing the online link will attract more attention, so here it is ... offering opportunities for singers, pianists, solo instrumentalists, and chamber ensembles.

47th International Master Classes: Prof. Dichler-Competition

19 July - 20 September 2017

• Course location: University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna
• Registration until 30th June 2017, or four weeks before the start of your chosen course.
• Website: http://www.musikseminar.at/en/

Clarinettists! Late summer in Vienna at ClariArte

Clariarte 26 August - 3 September 2017

Vienna Clarinet Connection 

The final item in our library mailbox today - a clarinet convention in Vienna, with concerts, mastercourses and other events. Visit the website for further details:-

• http://clariarte.at/index.php/en/



Death of a Maestro: Conductor Georges Pretre, aged 92

• Obituary, Guardian
• Obituary, Telegraph
• Obituary, New York Times

French opera conductor Georges Pretre died on 4th January 2017, aged 92, after a career spanning six decades. He was particularly known for his recordings of Bizet and Poulenc, and worked regularly with Maria Callas.  You may have seen him conduct the televised New Year's Day Concerts in Vienna in 2008 and 2010, when he displayed remarkable verve and agility for a gentleman in his mid-80s.

Here at the Whittaker Library, we have a few recordings of his output (including a recording of Maria Callas' output from 1957-1963), but our staff and students will find further recordings online via Alexander Street Press Classical Music Library - particularly the Hommage a Georges Pretre 3 CD set released in 1995. 

Compete in Vienna in 2017 (String Quartet and Piano Trio)

We haven't shared details of a competition for a while, but we've just come across this one - sure to interest some of our RCS performers:-

7th International Joseph Haydn Chamber Music Competition, Vienna

String Quartet and Piano Trio

The competition is 20 February - 2 March 2017 and the application deadline is 1 September 2016, so hurry! Visit:- www.haydn-competition.com

Trondheim and Vienna (Wien) Summer Courses and Masterclasses

The Whittaker Library has received details of two summer courses for musicians, today.  Before passing details to the relevant course leaders, we'll share the online links here!

Trondheim International Chamber Music Festival presents:

• 8th Trondheim International Chamber Music Academy - Piano Trios, 22-28 September 2014. Application deadline 20 April 2014.  Details: www.ticc.no

Vienna Master Courses (Wiener Meisterkurse) 2014.  A range of courses (generally lasting about 10 days) between these dates:-

• Piano, 6 July - 14 August
• Lied, Oratorio, Opera, 19 July - 15 August
• Lied-Duo, 3 - 14 August
• Cello, 6 - 31 July
• Violin, 13 - 31 July
• Orchestral conducting, 3 - 15 August

Details: www.wiener-meisterkurse.at

Hogmanay (and Phil and Aly)

• Hogmanay wouldn't BE Hogmanay without Aly Bain and Phil Cunningham
• BBC - Hogmanay Live - play "I-Spy" the RSAMD/ Royal Conservatoire alumni!
• GlasgowLovesHogmanay.com
• ABOUT Hogmanay - on Historic UK.com
• Historic Hogmanay on SCRAN (just search Hogmanay)
• Royal Conservatoire of Scotland staff and students can get their fill of frothy Viennese musical extravagance via our database page - stream a few waltzes with Naxos or Classical Music Library, or sort out which Strauss is which at OxfordMusicOnline.