Prize winners

2012 / 49th competiton

 

Grand Prix of the city of ’s-Hertogenbosch

Nadine Koutcher – soprano –  Belarus

€ 10.000 (best singer)

With the support of Gemeente ’s-Hertogenbosch

 

1st Prize Opera

Gulnara Shafigullina – soprano – Russia

€ 5.000 (best opera interpreter)

 

1st Prize Oratorio

Dashon Burton – baritone – USA

De Toonkunst Oratorium Prize

€ 5.000 (beste oratorium interpreter)

With the support of Maatschappij tot Bevordering der Toonkunst

 

1st Prize Song-Lieder

Peter Gijsbertsen – tenor – Netherlands

Margie Weideman Song Prize 

€ 5.000 (best song interpreter)

With the support of Van Nederveen Meerkerk

 

Arleen Auger Prize

John Chest – baritone – USA

€ 5.000 (best all-round interpreter)

With the support of mister Wim Scherpenhuijsen Rom

 

The Prize of the Province of Noord-Brabant

Ex-aequo: Bernadeta Astari – soprano – Indonesia

Maria Fiselier – mezzo soprano – Netherlands

€ 3.500 (best young talent under 25 years)

With the support of the Province of Noord-Brabant

 

Et Fit Lux Song Award

Ex aequo: Nadine Koutcher – soprano – Belarus

Peter Gijsbertsen – tenor – Netherlands

€ 2.500 (best interpretation IVC song composition 2012)

And a concert at November Music

 

NTR Media Prize

Hannah Bradbury – soprano – England

€ 2.500 (handed out by the press jury)

 

The Staetshuys Fonds Prize

Peter Gijsbertsen – tenor – Netherlands

€ 3.500 (encouraging prize handed out by the Staetshuys Fonds commission)

With the support of Jan Meulendijks & Bart Schuil

 

Rabobank Audience Prize

Nadine Koutcher – soprano – Belarus

€ 2.500

 

Junior Jury Prize

Maria Fiselier – mezzo soprano – Netherlands

€ 500 (handed out by students of the Fontys Conservatorium Tilburg and pupils of St. Jans-Lyceum ’s-Hertogenbosch)

 

Bursary of the Association of the IVC Friends

Florieke Beelen – mezzo soprano – Netherlands

€ 3.500

 

Engagement Prizes

 

Omroep Max Recital Prize

Maria Fiselier – mezzo soprano – Netherlands

 

Engagement with the Rotterdams Opera Koor

Gulnara Shafigullina – soprano – Russia

 

The Project Prize of Opera Zuid

Kitty de Geus – soprano – Netherlands

 

The Prize of the Alban Berg Ensemble

Maria Fiselier -  mezzo soprano – Netherlands

 

Prize of the Nederlandse Händel Vereniging

- Dutch Handel Choir Award

Maria Fiselier – mezzo soprano – Netherlands

- Handel Award for Most Promising Talent

Annelies Van Gramberen – soprano – Belgium

 

The Recital Prize of the Vrienden van het Lied

Maria Fiselier – mezzo soprano – Netherlands