14th International Art Song Competition 2024 Competition rules
»Singing songs requires an almost daring honesty. To sing songs, the singer needs a great imagination – the possibility to send his imagination on a journey without interruption and to create a world in the shortest possible time from an introspective view, which the listener can experience almost vividly. Singing songs is – if successful – the greatest artistic satisfaction a performer can experience.« BRIGITTE FASSBAENDER „Komm’ aus dem Staunen nicht heraus“
14th INTERNATIONAL ART SONG COMPETITION STUTTGART September 24 – September 29, 2024 The art song is among the most intimate and personal genres in music – and one of the most demanding ones. It requires extreme technical and vocal facility and at the same time a profound understanding of the texts – and it centers the musical partnership as cooperation between singer and pianist. Therefore the International Art Song Competition Stuttgart, which will be held in Stuttgart in 2024 for the 14th time, is announced exclusively for liedduos. It focuses not only on technical skills, quality of sound, textual adherence, articulation and the artistic realization but also on the musical partnership in performing. To quote Brigitte Fassbaender once again: »The musical discourse between singer and accompanist is inexhaustible, and one interpretation will never be the same as the next as long as the imagination also remains inexhaustible.« The competition, which will completely be livestreamed, offers a huge platform for all young singers and pianists, born after December 31st 1990, to dedicate themselves to this beautiful and difficult art form and to present art song in front of a large, international audience. In addition to Franz Schubert and Hugo Wolf as a constant »basis«, the competition 2024 is dedicated to Arnold Schoenberg (in the 150th year of his birthday) and his students of the so called Zweite Wiener Schule: Alban Berg, Anton Webern and Hanns Eisler. An Englishlanguage focus centers on British and American women composers of the 19th and early 20th century and of course contemporary art song of the 20th/21st century is also a fixed component of this competition’s repertoire.
03.02.2024
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