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7th LEYLA GENCER VOICE COMPETITION KICKS OFF
The new stars of the opera world will rise once more in the Istanbul skies at the 7th Leyla Gencer Voice Competition. The application period now opens for the 2012 competition!
Organised by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (IKSV) together with Accademia del Teatro alla Scala, the competition's preliminary auditions will be held in Berlin, London, Madrid and Vienna, besides Istanbul and Milano, in April and May 2012. The finals are then to be held in Istanbul in September 2012.
Dedicated to the estimable memory of "La Diva Turca" LEYLA GENCER, and held under her patronage before she passed away in 2008, the competition has earned worldwide reputation fast and sound. »»
SHINING STARS OF THE OPERA WORLD
After winning the 6th Leyla Gencer Voice Competition, soprano Pretty Yende went on to collect all the major awards at the Operalia in 2011 and launched on a dazzling career that took the world opera scene by storm. Coloratura soprano Pervin Çakar, who was the third prize winner at the same competition, recently crowned her international achievements by the first prize she received at the 28th International Singing Competition Maria Caniglia. The Leyla Gencer Voice Competition's previous winners Nino Machaidze, Anita Rachvelishvili, Marcello Alvarez and Nikola Mijailovic are now counted amongst the brightest stars of the opera world. »»
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HEADLINES
Academie Disque Lyrique Grand Prix International du Disque Lyrique Special Award was bestowed upon Leyla Gencer in 2011. İdil Biret received the award on behalf of the deceased "La Diva Turca".
Zeynep Oral's cult book, which has reached the 11th edition in Turkish, is now in English: Leyla Gencer - A Story of Passion. The enriched photography and the exquisite design make this edition even more charming for all readers.
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