Cardiff Singer of the World

Revision as of 18:55, 7 June 2017

Host

Brian Kay (1983-7)

Chris Stuart (1989)

Humphrey Burton (1991)

Natalie Wheen (1993-7)

Petroc Trelawny (1999 to present)

Huw Edwards (live final host, 2003-9)

Aled Jones (BBC2 Wales, 2007-9)

Catherine Bott (Radio 3, 2007-9)

Josie D'Arby (co-host, 2009 to present)

Fiona Talkington (Radio 3, 2009)

Iain Burnside (Radio 3, 2011 to present) with Donald Macleod (2011-13), Susan Bullock (2015)

Tim Rhys-Evans (BBC2 Wales, 2011 to present) with Connie Fisher (2011-13)

Angel Blue (co-host, 2015 to present)

Wynne Evans (Radio Wales, 2015 to present) with Nicola Heywood Thomas (2015), Rebecca Evans (2017)

Siân Pari Huws (Radio Cymru, 2015)

Kate Molleson (Radio 3, 2017)

Nia Roberts (Radio Cymru, 2017)

Broadcast

BBC Radio 3, 18 July 1983 to present

BBC 2, 18 July 1983 to 19 June 2011

BBC Knowledge (qualifying rounds), 2001

BBC Four (qualifying rounds, also final since 2013), 2003 to present

BBC 2W / BBC Two Wales, 11 June 2007 to present

BBC Radio Wales and Radio Cymru, 16 June 2015 to present

Synopsis

Young classical singers from around the world converge on Cardiff and, well, sing. The contest was first held in 1983, to mark the opening of St David's Hall, and has been held every second year since. There are two categories, "Opera" and "Song" (formerly "Lieder" - roughly anything that is not opera), and 25 singers aged between 18 and 36 take part in the televised stages. The Song final has been staged as a separate event since 2005.

The competition takes place in odd-numbered years, with Young Musician of the Year running in the even-numbered years.

Champions

Year	Opera prize	Lieder prize (from 1989)	Audience prize (from 2003)
1983	Karita Mattila, soprano, Finland
1985	David Malis, baritone, USA
1987	Valeria Esposito, soprano, Italy
1989	Dmitri Hvorostovsky, baritone, USSR	Bryn Terfel, baritone, Wales
1991	Lisa Gasteen, soprano, Australia	Neal Davies, baritone, Wales
1993	Inger Dam-Jensen, soprano, Denmark	Paul Whelan, baritone, New Zealand
1995	Katarina Karnéus, mezzo-soprano, Sweden	Kirsi Tiihonen, soprano, Finland
1997	Guang Yang, mezzo-soprano, China	Christopher Maltman, baritone, England
1999	Anja Harteros, soprano, Germany	Dae-San No, baritone, Korea
2001	Marius Brenciu, tenor, Romania	Marius Brenciu, tenor, Romania
2003	Tommi Hakala, baritone, Finland	Ailish Tynan, soprano, Ireland	Angela Marambio, soprano, Chile
2005	Nicole Cabell, soprano, USA	Andrew Kennedy, tenor, England	Ha-Young Lee, soprano, Korea
2007	Shen Yang, bass baritone, China	Elizabeth Watts, soprano, England	Jacques Imbrailo, baritone, South Africa
2009	Ekaterina Shcherbachenko, soprano, Russia	Jan Martiník, bass, Czech Republic	Giordano Lucà, tenor, Italy
2011	Valentina Nafornita, soprano, Moldova	Andrei Bondarenko, baritone, Ukraine	Valentina Nafornita, soprano, Moldova
2013	Jamie Barton, mezzo, USA	Jamie Barton, mezzo, USA	Ben Johnson, tenor, England
2015	Nadine Koutcher, soprano, Belarus	Jong-Min Park, baritone, South Korea	Amartuvshin Enkhbat, baritone, Mongolia

Web links

BBC show page

Wikipedia entry

Feedback

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