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The Queen

Sonja

PROGRAMME International

Music

Competition

Oslo

16-23 august

2001

Vocal

1 Contents Innhold Introduction by Ellen Horn, Minister of Cultural Affairs 4 Hilsen fra kulturminister Ellen Horn Welcome – Per Ditlev-Simonsen, Mayor of Oslo 5 Hilsen fra ordfører Per Ditlev-Simonsen Welcome to the CompetitionOrder of Events 6 Velkommen til konkurransen Organisation of the Competition / Financial Contributors 7 Konkurransens organisasjon / økonomiske samarbeidspartnere Order of Events 8 Avviklingsplan / billetter Repertoire 8 Repertoar Prizes 8 Priser Jury 10 Jury Accompanists 15 Akkompagnatører Photo gallery 16 Fotogalleri Previous prizewinners 17 Tidligere prisvinnere National competition 17 Nasjonal konkurranse Participants 18 Deltakere The Norwegian Opera Orchestra / Gregor Bühl 22 Den Norske Operas Orkester / Gregor Bühl

Her Majesty Queen Sonja/Hennes Majestet Dronning Sonja

2 3 In 1984, a handful of influential people Det var i 1984 at sentrale aktører i in the Norwegian music world started norsk musikkliv startet arbeidet med å work on a project to set up an interna- etablere landets første internasjonale tional music competition in Norway. musikkonkurranse. Den første konkur- The first competition was for pianists ransen, den gang for pianister, only and was held in 1988. ble gjennomført i 1988.

Leading music institutions such as the Ledende musikkinstitusjoner som Norwegian Academy of Music, the Norges musikkhøgskole, Den Norske Norwegian National Opera, the Oslo Opera, Oslo-Filharmonien, NRK og Philharmonic Orchestra, the Norwegian Rikskonsertene ble involvert. Det var Welcome to Oslo ! Broadcasting Corporation NRK and the viljen og evnen til samarbeid blant It is a great pleasure for me as Mayor Norwegian Concert Institute were disse institusjonene som dannet grunn- of Oslo to welcome you all to this involved in the project. It was these laget for konkurransens fremvekst. year’s Queen Sonja International Music organisations’ willingness and ability to Competition. Oslo is very proud to host work together that laid the foundation Nå arrangeres konkurransen for sjette such a prestigious event. for the continued success and growth gang, og den har allerede bidratt til å of the competition. sette Oslo og Norge på det internasjo- Originally, the competition was for pia- nale musikk-kartet. Mange av konkur- nists, but since 1995 it has been a sing- This year, Oslo is hosting the sixth ransens prisvinnere har opplevd fine ing competition. This year, participants Queen Sonja International Music internasjonale karrierer. Enkelte er from 40 different nations expressed an Competition. The compe- sogar særdeles ettertrak- interest in the competition, and we tition has served to esta- tet og har oppnådd have the pleasure of welcoming con- blish Oslo and Norway as "stjernestatus". testants from 16 nations to Oslo. important names on the international music scene. Arrangørene legger vekt As a city, Oslo has a lot to offer visitors. Many of the competition’s på at alle deltakerne som I hope that audience and the partici- prizewinners have gone kommer til Oslo skal opp- pants alike will have the opportunity on to have impressive leve konkurransen som to visit some of Oslo’s attractions. international careers; faglig inspirerende. some of them are now Derfor får alle som ikke I would like to wish all the contestants particularly sought after, går videre til finalen the best of luck in the Queen Sonja and a few have even anledning til å hente råd International Music Competition 2001! become stars. og veiledning fra juryens medlemmer. I seg selv er The organisers attach par- dette et privilegium etter- Velkommen til Oslo ! ticular importance to som juryen representerer Det er en stor glede som ordfører å få making sure that all the participants en imponerende kompetanse med ønske velkommen til Dronning Sonja that come to Oslo experience the com- ledende personligheter fra den inter- Internasjonale Musikkonkurranse. I petition as inspiring. For example, all nasjonale operaverden. Oslo er vi stolte over å være vertskap the contestants that do not make it to for en konkurranse av et slikt format. the final round are given the opportu- Jeg ønsker alle deltakere og publikum nity to talk to the jury to gain advice givende dager. Etter at konkurransen de første and suggestions. This in itself is a major gangene var for pianister, har den privilege, as the jury members repre- siden 1995 vært en sangkonkurranse. sent an impressive group of professio- Dette året har deltakere fra hele 40 nal musicians, including top personali- nasjoner meldt sin interesse og 16 ties from the international opera nasjoner er representert. world. Oslo by har mye å tilby sine tilreisende. I hope the contestants and the audi- Det er mitt håp at publikum og delta- ence enjoy the week. kere får anledning til å oppleve noen av Oslos severdigheter.

Lykke til med Dronning Sonja Internasjonale Musikkonkurranse 2001!

Ellen Horn Minister of Cultural affairs/Kulturminister

Per Ditlev-Simonsen Mayor of Oslo/Ordfører

4 5 THE QUEEN SONJA DRONNING SONJA BOARD OF DIRECTORS FINANCIAL INTERNATIONAL INTERNASJONALE CONTRIBUTORS PRESIDENT Arild Erikstad MUSIC COMPETITION MUSIKKONKURRANSE Bjørn F. Boysen Head of Music Department, The Royal Ministry of Cultural Affairs Professor, the Norwegian academy the Norwegian Broadcasting Sigval Bergesen D.Y. and Wife Nanki’s Major international music competitions De store internasjonale konkurransene of Music Corporation (NRK) Foundation to Benefit the Public Good play an important role in the spiller en sentral rolle i etableringen av Eckbo’s Legacy establishment of networks for nettverk for aktører innen nasjonalt og MEMBERS Frederik Zimmer City of Oslo participants in the national and internasjonalt musikkliv. De fremste Kristian Nordberg The Lindeman Foundation The Lindeman Foundation international classical music world. talentene i etableringsfasen gis en Harald Tybring-Gjedde The foremost talents are given an anledning til å presentere seg for Elisabeth Wiser opportunity at the start of their careers innflytelsesrike jurymedlemmer som SECRETARIAT The Competition’s to present themselves to influential representerer musikklivets absolutte jury members who represent the elite toppsjikt. Og publikum kan stifte Secretariat COUNCIL EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR level of the music world, and the public bekjentskap med noen av vår tids mest Lars H. Flæten The Queen Sonja International Music is introduced to some of the most begavede utøvere. PRESIDENT gifted performers of our time. Competition Trond Okkelmo EXECUTIVE SECRETARY Dronning Sonja Internasjonale P.O. Box 5190 Majorstua Director, the Oslo Philharmonic Gjertrud Sand Lunde The Queen Sonja International Music Musikkonkurranse arrangeres for N - 0302 Oslo Orchestra Competition is held for singers every sangere annet hvert år, og er tuftet på Norway JURY SECRETARY other year and is based on a et samarbeid mellom Den Norske VICE PRESIDENT Kari Eikeli collaboration between the Norwegian Opera, Norges musikkhøgskole, Norsk Telephone: + 47 23 36 70 67 Jens Harald Bratlie National Opera, the Norwegian Rikskringkasting og Oslo-Filharmonien. Fax: + 47 22 46 36 30 Dean, the Norwegian Academy of PRESS OFFICER Academy of Music, the Norwegian E-mail: [email protected] Music Adam Powell Broadcasting Corporation and the Oslo Mange har bidratt til gjennomføringen www.nmh.no/sonja.html Philharmonic Orchestra. av årets konkurranse. MEMBERS STAFF Kulturdepartementet er The Queen Sonja International Music Bernt Bauge Solveig Elin Bru Many people have helped to bring hovedbidragsyter. I tillegg kommer en Competition is a member of the Managing Director, the Ellen Bjørnebye about this year’s competition. The rekke andre økonomiske World Federation of International Norwegian Opera Bodil Nørsett Ministry of Cultural Affairs has been støttepartnere. Vi vil takke alle våre Music Competitions. Magnus Rommertveit Staveland the main contributor, and a number of gode hjelpere for innsatsen. Ole Bøhn Dag Johannes Sunde other partners have provided generous President, the National Anne-Kari Tøien economic support. We would like to En spesiell takk går til Hennes Majestet Federation thank all of our excellent supporters Dronning Sonja. Hennes interesse har of Norwegian Music Artists for their efforts. vært en viktig inspirasjon i arbeidet med konkurransen. A special thanks goes to Her Majesty, Queen Sonja. Her interest has been an Vi ønsker konkurransedeltakere, STYRET SEKRETARIATET Konkurransens important source of inspiration in the jurymedlemmer og ikke minst sekretariat work of arranging the competition. publikum velkommen til spennende STYREFORMANN DAGLIG LEDER augustdager i Oslo. We would like to wish the contest Bjørn F. Boysen Lars H. Flæten Dronning Sonja Internasjonale participants, jury members and not least Professor, Norges Musikkhøgskole Musikkonkurranse of all the public a very special welcome PROSJEKTMEDARBEIDER Postboks 5190 Majorstua to these exciting days in August. MEDLEMMER Gjertrud Sand Lunde N - 0302 Oslo Kristian Nordberg Harald Tybring-Gjedde JURYSEKRETÆR Telefon: 23 36 70 67 Elisabeth Wiser Kari Eikeli Fax: 22 46 36 30 E - mail: [email protected] PRESSEMEDARBEIDER www.nmh.no/sonja.html RÅDET Adam Powell Dronning Sonja Internasjonale FORMANN STAB Musikkonkurranse er medlem av World Federation of International Trond Okkelmo Solveig Elin Bru Music Competitions. Direktør, Oslo-Filharmonien Ellen Bjørnebye Bodil Nørsett VARAFORMANN Magnus Rommertveit Staveland Jens Harald Bratlie, Dag Johannes Sunde Rektor, Norges musikkhøgskole Anne-Kari Tøien

MEDLEMMER Bernt Bauge ØKONOMISKE Direktør, Den Norske Opera BIDRAGSYTERE

Ole Bøhn Det Kongelige Kulturdepartement Bjørn F. Boysen Lars Hallvard Flæten Styreformann, Norsk Sigval Bergesen D.Y. og Hustru Nanki’s President/Styreformann executive director/ Tonekunstnersamfund Almennyttige Stiftelse daglig leder Eckbos Legater Arild Erikstad Oslo kommune Musikksjef, NRK Lindemans Legat

Frederik Zimmer 6 Lindemans Legat 7 Repertoire Repertoar Order of Prizes AVVIKLINGS- Priser Innledende runder, Preliminaries, August 17 – 18 events 1st prize: NOK 125 000 PLAN 1. pris: kr 125 000,- 2nd prize: NOK 75 000 16. – 23. august The repertoire will consist of 2. pris: kr 75 000,- Opening Ceremony 3rd prize: NOK 50 000 Åpningsseremoni Repertoaret skal omfatte et selv- 3. pris: kr 50 000,- Thursday, August 16 works chosen by the contestant Three finalist prizes: NOK 10 000 Torsdag 16. august The Free Mason Building, 19:00 3 finalistpriser kr 10 000,- Troldhaugen’s Grieg Prize: NOK 10 000 Den Norske Frimurerordens Store Festsal, valgt verk innen genrene opera og For invited guests within the genres opera and either kl. 1900 Troldhaugens Grieg-pris kr 10 000,- For inviterte gjester enten lieder eller oratorium. lieder or oratorio. Approximately Concert engagements Preliminaries The winner of the 1st prize will be Ca. 10 - 12 minutters effektiv Konsertengasjementer 10–12 minutes’ performance time Friday, August 17 offered engagements with the Innledende runder Vinneren av konkurransens 1. pris tilbys syngetid pr. deltaker. The Lindeman Hall, per contestant. following Norwegian institutions: Fredag 17. august engasjementer ved følgende norske The Norwegian Academy of Music Lindemansalen, institusjoner: 25 participants - The Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra Norges musikkhøgskole 11:00 – 13:00 - The Norwegian Concert Institute 25 deltakere Semifinale, 20. august - Bergen Filharmoniske Orkester 14:00 – 16:00 Semi-finals, August 20 - The Norwegian Radio Orchestra kl. 1100 – 1300 - Kringkastingsorkestret 16:30 – 17:30 - The Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra kl. 1400 – 1600 Repertoaret skal omfatte et verk - Oslo-Filharmonien The repertoire will comprise one - The Stavanger Symphony Orchestra kl. 1630 – 1730 - Rikskonsertene av Edvard Grieg, samtidsmusikk, Saturday, August 18 work of Edvard Grieg, contemporary - The Trondheim Symphony Orchestra - Stavanger Symfoniorkester The Lindeman Hall - Trondheim Symfoniorkester Lørdag 18. august opera og enten lieder eller oratorium. 25 participants music, opera and either lieder or The Norwegian Opera will offer one of Lindemansalen 11:00 – 13:00 the prizewinners an engagement. 25 deltakere Verket av Edvard Grieg og verket 14:00 – 16:00 oratorio. The contestant shall kl. 1100 – 1300 Den Norske Opera tilbyr en av pris- 16:30 – 17:30 The artistic directors of the following kl. 1400 – 1600 med samtidsmusikk velges av vinnerne engasjement. select one work by Edvard Grieg Nordic institutions will be present and kl. 1630 – 1730 The results will be announced deltakerne selv. Innen de øvrige Lederne for flere nordiske institusjoner and one work of contemporary consider engagements for the finalists: at approximately 20:00 Resultatene kunngjøres ca. kl. 2000 vil være tilstede og vurdere engasje- genrene velger juryen music. In the other genres, the -The Royal Danish Opera, Copenhagen menter er for finalistene: -The Royal Swedish Opera, Stockholm ut fra repertoarlisten som den Semi-finals jury selects works from the repertoire -The Bergen International Festival Semifinale - Det Kgl. Teater, København Monday, August 20 Mandag 20. august enkelte deltaker har satt opp. - Kungliga Operan, Stockholm submitted by the contestant. The Lindeman Hall The Edvard Grieg Museum offers a Lindemansalen - Festspillene i Bergen 15 participants Semifinalistene får beskjed om The semi-finalists will be notified concert engagement for the winner of 15 deltakere 14:00 – 15:15 the Troldhaugen’s Grieg Prize. kl. 1400 – 1515 Edvard Grieg Museum tilbyr konsert- juryens valg av dette repertoaret 15:45 – 17:00 of the jury’s choice of repertoire kl. 1545 – 1700 engasjement for vinneren av 17:45 – 19:00 kl. 1745 – 1900 etter gjennomføringen av innledende Troldhaugens Grieg–pris. after completion of the preliminaries. The results will be announced Resultatene kunngjøres ca. kl. 2030 runder. Ca. 15 minutters effektiv at approximately 20:30 Approximately 15 minutes’ actual syngetid pr. deltaker. performance time per contestant. Finalekonsert/ Finals and prisutdelinger awards ceremony Torsdag 23. august Finale, 23. august Thursday, August 23 Finals, August 23 Oslo Konserthus, kl. 1900 The Oslo Concert Hall, 19:00 6 deltakere synger opera-arier Hver finalist skal synge 2-3 6 finalists perform operatic arias Each finalist will sing 2 or 3 Den Norske Operas Orkester / The Norwegian Opera Orchestra / opera-arier. Ariene velges av operatic arias. The arias will be Gregor Bühl Gregor Bühl juryen fra deltakernes repertoar- selected by the jury from the Prisutdelinger ved H.M. Dronning Sonja Awarding of prizes liste. Finalistene får beskjed om by H.M. Queen Sonja contestant’s repertoire list. The dette repertoaret etter gjennom- finalists will be notified of the føringen av semifinalen.. choice of repertoire after completion of the semi-finals.

Her Majesty Queen Sonja and the 1st prize winner of the competition for singers in 1999, Virginia Tola from Argentina (soprano).

8 9 The Jury

National screening committee 194 singers from 40 nations applied to participate in the competition. A national screening committee consisting of Svein Bjørkøy (Chairman), Toril Carlsen, Barbro Marklund and Trond Halstein Moe considered the demo tapes submitted by the applicants. The screening committee chose 50 applicants, who have been invited to Oslo.

194 sangere fra 40 ulike nasjoner har søkt om deltakelse i konkurransen. En nasjonal uttakingsjury bestående av Svein Bjørkøy (formann), Toril Carlsen, Barbro Marklund og Trond Halstein Moe har valgt ut 50 deltakere som er invitert Members of the jury/Jurymedlemmer til Oslo.

grammes in general. He was also NOS’s INGRID BJONER specialist in vocal music. Feenstra stu- Norway died singing with Herman Woltman Soprano in The Hague, and gives classes in audition techniques for young singers in Ingrid Bjoner made her concert debut Ingrid Bjoner hadde sin konsertdebut i London, New York, Chicago and in Oslo in 1952 and her opera debut in Oslo i 1952 og sin operadebut i Oslo Amsterdam. Oslo and Stockholm in 1957. After that, og Stockholm i 1957. Siden var hun til- she was a member of the operas in knyttet operaene i Wuppertal og In addition to being a correspondent Wuppertal and Düsseldorf, and in 1961 Düsseldorf, og i 1961 ble hun ansatt for Opera News in New York, he has she was employed by the Bavarian ved Bayerische Staatsoper i München. also written for a number of maga- State Opera in Munich. That same year, Samme år debuterte hun på zines, including Entriact, Music, Opera she made her debut at the Metropolitan i New York der hun i 15 and Disc. Since 1977, he has been a Metropolitan in New York, where she år opptrådte med roller som spente fra member of the jury for the Edison performed for 15 years in roles ranging Mozart til Wagner. Hun har for øvrig Award, and since 1990 he has been the from Mozart to Wagner. She has been regelmessig gjestet de viktigste opera- Casting Controller of the Glyndebourne a regular guest performer at most of scener verden over foruten festspillene Festival in England. the major opera houses around the i Salzburg og Bayreuth. world in addition to performing at the I 1960 mottok hun musikk- kritikerprisen Menno Feenstra har sin bakgrunn som festivals in Salzburg and Bayreuth. i Oslo og ble i 1963 ridder av 1. klasse programleder, produsent og instruktør In 1960, she was awarded the av St. Olavs Orden. Samme år ble hun for NOS radio og TV i Nederland. Hans Norwegian Music Critics Prize in Oslo, utnevt til Bayerische Kammersängerin, viktigste ansvarsområder var sendinger and in 1963 she was made a Knight of og i 1966 mottok hun Bayerishe fra Holland Festival, Concertgebouw- the Order of St. Olav. Later that year, Verdiensorden. Hun ble kommandør av Chairman of orkesteret samt kultur- og musikk- she received the title of "Bayerische St. Olavs orden i 1980, og hun er Paul the jury/ programmer. Kammersängerin" from the Bavarian Harris Fellow. Hun har også mottatt Han var dessuten NOS’s spesialist på State Opera in Munich, and in 1966 she Augusta Jerwellprisen og Lindeman- Juryformann vokalmusikk. received one of the highest civilian prisen (1987) samt Anders Jahres Feenstra studerte sang med Herman honours given by the state of Bavaria, Kulturpris (1995). Woltman i Haag, og har selv the Bayerische Verdienstorden. In 1980, I den siste tiden har hun vært professor MENNO FEENSTRA undervist i auditionteknikk for unge she was made a Commander of the ved Norges musikkhøgskole i Oslo og The Netherlands sangere i London, New York, Chicago Order of St. Olav, and she is a Paul gjesteprofessor ved Det Kgl. Danske Casting Controller, og Amsterdam. Harris Fellow. She has also received the Musikkonservatoriet i København. Glyndebourne Festival Augusta Jerwell Award, the Lindeman I tillegg til å være korrespondent for Award (1987) and the Anders Jahre Menno Feenstra started out as a tele- Opera News i New York, har han også Cultural Award (1995). vision presenter, producer and director skrevet for tidsskrifter som Entriact, In recent years, she has worked as a for NOS radio and television in the Music, Opera, Disc mfl. Professor at the Norwegian Academy Netherlands. His main areas of respon- Siden 1977 har han sittet i juryen for of Music in Oslo and a guest lecturer at sibility were broadcasts from the Edison Award, og har siden 1990 vært the Royal Danish Academy of Music in Holland Festival, the Concertgebouw produksjonsleder for Glyndebourne Copenhagen. Orchestra and arts and music pro- Festival i England.

10 11 Members of the jury/Jurymedlemmer

JAMES KING BJØRN SIMENSEN USA Norway Tenor General Director The Norwegian National Opera James King made his professional James King hadde sin profesjonelle debut at Spring Opera Theatre in 1961. debut i Spring Opera Theatre i 1961. From 1980 to 1984, Bjørn Simensen was Bjørn Simensen var i perioden 1980 - 84 Since then, he has performed at most Han har siden gjestet de største opera- director of the Gothenberg Symphony direktør for Gøteborg Symfoniorkester of the major opera houses in the world, hus verden over, inkludert statsoperaen Orchestra and the Gothenberg Concert og Gøteborg Konserthus. including more than 500 performances i Wien (hvor han har opptrådt mer enn Hall. In 1984, he took over as General I 1984 ble han sjef for Den Norske at the State Opera in Vienna and 500 ganger), festspillene i Bayreuth, Director of the Norwegian National Opera og sørget da blant annet for frequent appearances at the Bayreuth The Royal Opera, Covent Garden og Opera and immediately set about flere bestillinger av nye sceniske verker Festival, the Royal Opera, Covent festspillene i Salzburg. Han har også making sure that more stage pieces av norske samtidskomponister. Garden and the Salzburg Festival. He feiret triumfer ved La Scala i Milano, were commissioned from contempo- I 1990 ble han sjefredaktør i avisen has enjoyed triumphs at La Scala in Teatro Colón i Buenos Aires og ved rary Norwegian composers. In 1990, he Dagbladet, men gikk i 1995 igjen tilbake Milan, Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires Bolshoi - operaen i Moskva. Han er den became editor in chief of the til stillingen som operasjef. and the Bolshoi Opera in Moscow. He is eneste amerikaner som innehar tittelen Norwegian daily newspaper Dagbladet, the only American to hold the title Kammersänger hos tre ledende opera- but returned to his position as the Kammersänger at three leading opera hus - Deutsche Oper i Berlin, og stats- General Director of the Norwegian houses – the Deutsche Oper in Berlin and operaene i Wien og Bayern. I 1966 Opera in 1995. the State Operas in Vienna and Bavaria. debuterte han ved Metropolitan, hvor In 1966, he made his debut at the han siden har vært å høre i roller som Metropolitan, where he has since been blant annet Siegmund, Lohengrin, heard in roles such as Siegmund, Calaf i Turandot, Captain Vere, Baccus Lohengrin, Calaf in Turandot, Captain og Cavaradossi i Tosca. Vere, Bacchus and Cavaradossi in Tosca. Diskografien hans inneholder mer enn His discography includes more than 20 20 komplette operaer i tillegg til en complete operas, as well as a number rekke konsertplater. of concert recordings.

REGINA RESNIK DAME JOAN SUTHERLAND USA Australia Mezzo-soprano Soprano

Regina Resnik was catapulted into ope- After her triumph in "Lucia di Regina Resnik ble kastet inn i operaens Etter sin triumf i "Lucia di Lammermoor" ratic stardom in 1942 when she, at 24 Lammermoor" at Covent Garden in stjerneverden da hun på 24 timers var- på Covent Garden i 1959, etablerte hours’ notice, went on as Lady 1959, Joan Sutherland established sel sang Lady Macbeth med New Opera Joan Sutherland seg som en av vår tids Macbeth with the New Opera herself as one of the foremost sopranos Company of New York i 1942. Etter 13 fremste sopraner og operapersonlig- Company of New York. After 13 years and operatic artists of our age. She has år som en ledende dramatisk sopran, heter. Hun har sunget ved alle de as a leading dramatic soprano, she sung in most of the major opera houses startet hun sin andre karriére som viktigste operahusene verden over, og began her second career as a mezzo- of the world and had one of the most mezzo-sopran i 1955. I en bemerkelses- hun kan se tilbake på en av de mest soprano in 1955. In a remarkable career prolific and distinguished recording verdig karriere som strakk seg over 50 markante karrierer innen grammofon- spanning more than 50 years and over careers in the history of the gramophone. år gjestet hun alle de ledende opera- innspillingens historie. Dame Joan har 80 roles, she was a regular guest at Dame Joan has received Honorary husene i USA og Europa. Siden 1971 mottatt æresprofessorater fra en rekke leading opera houses in America and Degrees from universities in Australia, har hun også regissert en rekke inter- universiteter i Australia, Europa og Europe. Since 1971, she has directed a Europe and America. In 1979, she was nationale opera- og filmproduksjoner. USA. I 1979 ble hun æret som "Dame numerous international opera and film created Dame Commander of the Regina Resnik har deretter viet sin tid Commmander of the British Empire" productions. In the last decade, British Empire and later awarded the til å undervise unge sangere på opera- og senere tildelt "Order of Merit" av Ms. Resnik has dedicated her time to Order of Merit by her Majesty the studios knyttet til blant andre den engelske dronningen. Hun har i de young singers, teaching at the Met’s Queen. Since retiring she has been Metropolitan, Bastille-operaen og San senere årene vært særlig etterspurt Young Artist Program, L’Opéra de la much in demand on the educating Francisco Opera samt ved undervisnings- som jurydeltaker i viktige internasjonale Bastille, the San Francisco Opera and panel of many important international institusjoner som Juilliard, Curtis, sangkonkurranser. the Curtis, Juilliard, Manhattan and vocal competitions. Mannes Schools of Music, among Manhattan og Mannes. others.

12 13 Official Accompanists/ Konkurransens akkompagnatører Members of the jury/Jurymedlemmer

HANS SOTIN Germany Bass

Hans Sotin had his first engagement in Hans Sotin hadde sitt første engasje- Essen from 1962 to 1964 and then ment i Essen i perioden 1962-1964 og became a member of the ensemble of ble deretter medlem av ensemblet ved TOR ESPEN ASPAAS ERLING R. ERIKSEN SIGMUND HJELSET HALDOR MÆLAND the Staatsoper Hamburg. Since 1970, Statsoperaen i Hamburg. Siden 1970 Tor Espen Aspaas received he has been working as a freelance har han gjestet operahus som Wiener Erling R. Eriksen is associate Sigmund Hjelset has a piano Haldor Mæland studied at his soloist diploma from the professor in piano and artist with guest contracts at the Staatsoper, Covent Garden i London, La degree from the New the Music Conservatory in Norwegian Academy of accompaniment at the England Conservatory in Rogaland, the Hanover Vienna State Opera, Covent Garden Scala i Milano, Deutche Oper i Berlin, Music i 1996 and gave his School of Arts Education of Boston and the Royal College of Music and the London, La Scala Milano, Deutche Oper Grand Opera Bastille i Paris og Operaen official debut recital in Oslo Stavanger University College. Academy of Music in Norwegian Academy of Berlin, Grand Opera Bastille in Paris i Genève. I Amerika synger han ved 1997. He has been soloist He studied with Nicolai Dirdal London, where he won Music. He made his debut in and Opera Geneva, to name but a few. Metropolitan Opera, the Lyric Opera with the Oslo Philharmonic in Oslo, Einar Steen Nøkleberg several prizes. He made his Oslo in 1987. He has been On the other side of the Atlantic, he Chicago, San Francisco Opera, samt Orchestra and several other and Hans Leygraf in Hanover debut in 1975, and since soloist with many symphony frequently performs at the Metropolitan Teatro Colon Buenos Aires. Norwegian symphony and Alfons Kontarsky in then he has been especially orchestras and he has given Opera New York, the Lyric Opera Siden 1972 har Hans Sotin vært fast orchestras. Aspaas has Munich, where he received noted as a singer accompanist. recitals in Norway, Sweden Chicago, San Francisco Opera and the medlem i ensemblet ved Bayreuther performed at the Bergen his Master Class Diploma in That has brought him to and Germany. Mæland has Teatro Colon Buenos Aires. Festspiele. International Festival and 1981. Since his debut in several of Europe’s most performed at the Stavanger From 1972, Hans Sotin was a perma- Blant de mange utnevnelser Hans Sotin the Chamber Music Festivals Oslo in 1978, he has been prominent concert halls, International Chamber nent member of the Ensemble of the allerede har mottatt, fremstår in Oslo and Hardanger several active as a soloist, a cham- and his CD recordings with Music Festival and the Bayreuther Festspiele. Oberdörfer-prisen, prisen fra times. In 2000, he accompanied ber musician and an accom- Norwegian singers have Festival of North Norway, Among the many honours Hans Sotin Nordrhein-Westfalen og utnevnelsen the Argentinean soprano panist. He has also recorded aroused international and has also frequently has received, the Friedrich Oberdörfer som "Kammersänger" ved statsope- Virginia Tola (who won the several CDs as an accompa- acclaim, including notices in toured with the Norwegian Prize, the Promotion Prize of Nordrhein- raen i Hamburg som de viktigste. Queen Sonja International nist. He has played at the Gramophone and Fanfare. Concert Institute. He is an Westfalen and nomination as Music Competition in 1999) Bergen International Festival, His many tours include accompanist at the "Kammersänger" at the State Opera in on a national tour of reci- Stavanger Chamber Music those of the previous prize- Norwegian Academy of Hamburg are the most outstanding ones. tals organised by the Festival and festivals in winners of the Queen Sonja Music and a piano teacher Norwegian Concert Institute. Belgium and Canada. International Music at Ski Comprehensive School. Tor Espen Aspaas is the Eriksen has performed at Competition. Since 1979, he artistic director of the concerts in a number of has been employed by the Haldor Mæland har studert Chamber Music Festival in European cities, in the USA Norwegian Academy of ved Rogaland LUCA TARGETTI Røros. He is also associate and Japan. He has been the Music as an accompanist Musikkonservatorium, Italy professor at the Norwegian pianist in the Stavanger and piano teacher. Hochschule für Musik i Casting Coordinator Academy of Music. Contemporary Music Ensemble Hannover og Norges Teatro alla Scala since it started in 1991. Sigmund Hjelset har sin musikkhøgskole hvor han Tor Espen Aspaas avla solist- pianistutdannelse fra New avla diplomeksamen i 1986. Originally, Luca Matteo Francesco Luca Matteo Francesco Targetti er diplomeksamen ved Norges Erling R. Eriksen er første- England Conservatory i Han debuterte i Oslo i 1987, Targetti trained as an architect at Milan utdannet som arkitekt ved Universitetet musikkhøgskole 1996, og amanuensis i klaver og Boston og Royal Academy samtidig som han var lands- han debuterte i Oslo 1997. Polytechnic. Later, he also studied Politecnico di Milano. Han har også akkompagnement ved of Music i London, der han delsmusiker i Nord-Norge. Han har vært solist med Høgskolen i Stavanger vant en rekke priser. Han Han har vært solist med music at Scuola Musicale di Milano. studert musikk ved Scuola Musicale di Oslo-Filharmonien og flere avdeling for Kunstfag. Han debuterte i 1975 og har flere symfoniorkestre og After working as an architect for a Milano. andre norske symfoniorkes- studerte med Nicolai Dirdal siden spesielt markert seg han har gitt en rekke solo- while, he decided to set himself up as Etter å ha arbeidet som arkitekt tre. Aspaas har flere ganger i Oslo, Einar Steen Nøkleberg som akkompagnatør for konserter og kammer- an impresario for singers in Milan in etablerte han seg som impresario for vært engasjert ved Fest- og Hans Leygraf i Hannover sangere. Dette har ført ham konserter i Norge, Sverige sangere i Milano i 1986. I 1991 ble han 1986. In 1991, he became director of a spillene i Bergen og kammer og Alfons Kontarsky i til flere av Europas viktigste og Tyskland. Han har spilt direktør for et konsert agentur i Napoli concert agency in Naples, and in 1992 musikkfestivalene i Oslo og München, hvor han tok sitt konsertsaler, og hans CD- under Stavanger Kammer- he moved to Munich, where he worked og i 1992 flyttet han til München hvor Hardanger. I 2000 akkom- "Meisterklassendiplom" innspillinger har vakt musikkfestival og Fest- for the Hilbert Agency. han arbeidet for Agentur Hilbert. pagnerte han den argentin- i 1981. Etter sin debut i Oslo internasjonal oppsikt, bl.a. i spillene i Nord-Norge, og Since 1997, Luca Targetti has been asso- Siden 1997 har Luca Targetti vært til- ske stjernesopranen Virginia i 1978 har han vært aktiv Gramophone og Fanfare. han har ofte turnert i regi ciated with the artistic management of knyttet den kunstneriske ledelsen ved Tola (vinner av Dronning som solist, kammermusiker Hans mange turneer innbe- av Rikskonsertene. Mæland Teatro alla Scala in Milan. Teatro alla Scala i Milano. Sonja Internasjonale og akkompagnatør. Som fatter også prisvinner turneer er akkompagnatør ved Musikkonkurranse 1999) på akkompagnatør har han for Dronning Sonja Norges musikkhøgskole og en landsdekkende turné for gjort flere cd innspillinger. Internasjonale er pianolærer ved Ski Rikskonsertene. Tor Espen Han har opptrådt under Musikkonkurranse. Siden videregående skole. Aspaas er kunstnerisk leder Festspillene i Bergen, 1979 har han vært knyttet for Vinterfestspillene på Stavanger Kammermusikk- til Norges musikkhøgskole Røros. Sitt daglige virke har festival og ved festivaler i som akkompagnatør og han som førsteamanuensis Belgia og Canada. Eriksen pianolærer. ved Norges musikkhøgskole. har konsertert i en rekke europeiske byer, samt i USA og Japan. Han har vært pia- 14 nist i Stavanger Samtids- 15 ensemble siden starten i 1991. PRIZEWINNERS 1988 (piano)

1. Nigel Hill, Great Britain 2. Jeffrey Biegel, USA 3. Sergei Schepkin, Russia 4. Eckhart Heilingers, Germany Photo gallery/Foto galleri PRIZEWINNERS 1992 (piano) 1. Simone Pedroni, Italy 2. Folke Nauta, The Netherlands 3. Sigurd Slåttebrekk, Norway 4. Victor Lyadov, Russia

A special price for the best performance of Norwegian Music was awarded to Francesco Libetta, Italy National competition Prior to the international competition, a nati- PRIZEWINNERS 1995 (vocal) onal competitive audition was arranged in April and May for Norwegian singers. Five of 1. Akie Amou, Japan 2. Tygran Martirosyan, Armenia 1 2 the contestants proceeded to the finals, which were held in the Olavs Hall in 3. Deng-Feng Zhao, China Trondheim. These finalists will take part in 4. Anette Seiltgen, Germany the preliminary rounds of the international competition. A special price for the best performance of Norwegian Music was awarded to Melanie Diener-Gabler, Germany.

1st prize: Isa Katharina Gericke Åshild Skiri Refsdal received, as the best Norwegian competitor, – soprano, Namsskogan a scholarship awarded by Postbanken. 2nd prize: Marita Kvarving Sølberg – soprano, Levanger Prizewinners 1997 (VOCAL)

1. Liao Changyong, China Finalists: Eli Kristin Hovdsveen Hagen 2. Valentina Kutzarova, Bulgaria – soprano, Brandbu 3. Ofelia Sala - Piqueras, Spain Eva Kristine Egede-Nissen Hernes – mezzo-soprano, Kristiansand A special price for the best performance of Edvard Grieg was Espen Langvik awarded to Valentina Kutzarowa, Austria – baritone, Larvik Hege Gustava Tjønn received a prize as the best Norwegian competitor. Nasjonal konkurranse I forkant av den internasjonale konkurran- 345 PRIZEWINNERS 1999 (vocal) sen ble det i april/mai arrangert en nasjonal 1. Virginia Tola, Argentina uttakings-konkurranse for norske sangere. 2. Oana-Andra Ulieriu, Romania Fem av deltakerne gikk videre til finalen 3. Ayk Martirosyan, Armenia som foregikk i Olavshallen i Trondheim. Disse er med i de innledende runder i den A special prize for the best performance of Edvard Grieg was internasjonale konkurransen: awarded to Helene Ranada, Sweden. 1. pris: Isa Katharina Gericke – sopran, Namsskogan 2. pris: Marita Kvarving Sølberg – sopran, Levanger 678 Finalister: Eli Kristin Hovdsveen Hagen – sopran, Brandbu Eva Kristine Egede-Nissen Hernes – mezzosopran, Kristiansand 1 - Ofelia Sala-Piqueras, soprano, Spain, 3rd prize 1997 Espen Langvik 2 - Valentina Kuyzarova, Mezzo-soprano, Bulgaria, 2nd prize 1997 – baryton, Larvik 3 - Akie Amou, Soprano, Japan, 1st prize 1995 4 - Virginia Tola, soprano, Argentina, 1st prize 1999 5 - Liao Hhang-young, baritone, China, 1st prize 1997 6 - Helena Ranada, mezzo-soprano, Sweden, Trollhaugen’s Grieg Prize 1999 7 - Oana-Andra Ulieriu, mezzo-soprano, Romania, 2nd prize 1999 From the competition for singers in 1999: Her Majesty Queen Sonja and from the left: Ayk Martirosyan (3rd prize), Virginia Tola (1st prize) and Oana-Andra Ulieriu (2nd prize) 16 17 eli kristin yang jing Participants/deltakere hovdsveen hagen MEZZO-SOPRANO SOPRANO China Norway 1972 1973

Lubana Al Quntar Tanja Donath akiko hayashida heather johnson Soprano MEZZO-SOPRANO SOPRANO MEZZO-SOPRANO Syria Germany Japan USA 1972 1971 1970 1972

Daniel` Behle Natalia Evstafieva Eva-kristine varduhi tenor MEZZO-SOPRANO edge-nissen hernes khachatryan Germany Russia mezzo-soprano MEZZO-SOPRANO 1974 1975 Norway Armenia 1976 1971

Jenny Carlstedt Louise Fribo sandra heymann jason kim MEZZO-SOPRANO SOPRANO mezzo-soprano tenor Finland Denmark Sweden Korea 1972 1970 1971 1975

Andrea Csereklyei Isa Katharina hsuan-wen huang tae-hyun kim SOPRANO Gericke soprano baritone Hungary soprano Taiwan Korea 1971 Norway 1969 1975 1973

jenny Diamond lisa graf mia huhta marita kvarving soprano SOPRANO soprano sølberg USA USA Finland SOPRANO 1971 1969 1969 Norway 1976

Ingrid Dominique be seok ha gabriel hwang sirrka susanna MEZZO-SOPRANO tenor tenor lampimaki Sweden Korea Korea SOPRANO 1972 1969 1969 Finland 1973

1818 19 pawel lawreszuk anna radziejewska yorCk felix speer silvia Aamodt bass mezzo-SOPRANO bass/baritone soprano Poland Poland Germany Norway 1976 1971 1969 1978

kwang-keun lee johanna rusanen patrycja strozyk baritone SOPRANO mezzo-SOPRANO Korea Finland Poland 1970 1971 1972

eleonore marguerre Daniil shtoda agnieszka-justyna SOPRANO tenor szumilo Germany Russia mezzo-SOPRANO 1978 1977 Poland 1969

ulla paakkunainen galina sidorenka asako soprano MEZZO-SOPRANO SOPRANO Finland Russia Japan 1969 1969 1970

hildegunn sylwia siwak victoria wolfe pettersen mezzo-SOPRANO SOPRANO SOPRANO Poland USA Norway 1973 1971 1969

robert pomakov marian sjölander yanyu wu bass SOPRANO SOPRANO Canada Canada China 1981 1969 1972

barbara quiNtiliani kee chang song tsai-wen yu SOPRANO baritone soprano USA Korea China 1976 1970 1972

20 21 THE NORWEGIAN NATIONAL OPERA ORCHESTRA

In 1959, the Norwegian National Today, the orchestra boasts 77 musici- Recordings include "Bergljot", songs by Opera opened with a 35-man ans. The Norwegian National Opera Grieg, orchestral pieces by Johan orchestra under the direction of Øivin Orchestra has given concerts in Halvorsen, the operas "Der Heilige Fjeldstad. Most of the original mem- Copenhagen and Stockholm and Berg" by Chr. Sinding and "Anne bers of the Norwegian National Opera toured extensively in Europe, per- Pedersdotter" by Edvard Fliflet Bræin. Orchestra were recruited from the forming in Berlin, Wiesbaden, Norwich, Olaf Henzold is the new chief conductor National Theatre Orchestra. Santiago de Compostela. of the orchestra as of this season.

DEN NORSKE OPERAS ORKESTER

I 1959 åpnet Den Norske Opera med et Operaorkesteret har gitt konserter i Grieg, orkesterverker av Johan 35 manns orkester under Øivin København og Stockholm i tillegg til Halvorsen, operaene "Der Heilige Fjeldstads ledelse. den øvrige turnévirksomheten (Berlin, Berg" av Chr. Sinding og "Anne Musikerne fra Nationaltheatrets orkes- Wiesbaden, Norwich, Santiago de Pedersdotter av Edvard Fliflet Bræin. ter utgjorde den gang grunnstammen i Compostela) Fra inneværende sesong er Olaf Den Norske Operas Orkester. I dag har CD- og plateinnspillinger inkluderer Henzold orkesterets sjefdirigent. orkesteret 77 musikere. Melodramaet "Bergljot", sanger av

GREGOR BÜHL

Gregor Bühl started his conducting Gregor Bühl startet sine direksjons- studies at the Robert Schumann studier ved Roberst Schumann Hochschule in Düsseldorf. He was chosen Hochschule i Düsseldorf. I perioden by Gerd Albrecht to be his assistant at 1991 - 1995 virket han som assistent for the Hamburg State Opera from 1991 to Gerd Albrecht ved Hamburger 1995. In 1995, he was awarded the Staatsoper. I 1995 vant han 2. pris i second prize of the Nikolai Malko Nikolai Malko-konkurransen i Conductors Competition in Copenhagen. København. Samme år ble han utnevnt In 1995, he was also rewarded the posi- som 1. Kapellmester ved Hannover tion of first Kapellmeister at the Staatsoper. Han arbeider nå regelmessig Hanover State Opera. Gregor Bühl ved Hamburger Staatsoper. Andre gjeste- works regularly with the Hamburg engasjementer omfatter operahus i State Opera. Other guest engagements Stuttgart, Køln, Lisboa og Gøteborg. include theatres in Stuttgart, Cologne, I løpet av sesongen 2000 - 2001 har Lisbon and Gothenburg. During the han også gjestet Deutsche Oper am 2000–2001 season, engagements Rhein, Komische Oper Berlin, Israel include guest appearances with Symfoni-orkester, Hannover Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Komische Radiosymfoni-orkester og her hjemme, Oper Berlin, Israel Symphony Orchestra, Den Norske Opera og Trondheim Radio Symphony Orchestra Hanover, Symfoniorkester. the Norwegian Opera and Trondheim Symphony Orchestra.

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