FULL 13th Klaudia Taev Competition Final and Prel.Rounds Pärnu 2023

• Work Title: 13th Klaudia Taev Competition Final and Prel.Rounds  
• Composer: various  
• Libretto: various  
• Venue & Opera Company: Pärnu Concert Hall, Estonia  
• Recorded: September 10 – 15, 2023
• Type: Concert Live
• Singers: see prorgam below
• Conductor: ERKI PEHK  
• Orchestra: PÄRNU CITY ORCHESTRA  
• Stage Director:   
• Costume Designer:   

Information about the Recording

• Format: Streaming
• Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
• Subtitles: nosubs  
• Video Recording from: YouTube     FULL VIDEO
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE

MARIE-ANDRÉE BOUCHARD-LESIEUR (Mezzo-soprano, France)
Saint-Saëns – Samson et Dalila – Dalila – Amour! viens aider ma faiblesse!

TOMI PUNKERI (Baritone, Finland)
Tchaikovsky – Eugene Onegin – Eugene Onegin – Vy mne pisali

JUNOH LEE (Bass-baritone, South Korea)
Gounod – Faust – Mèphistophélès – Vous, qui faites l’endormie

GABRIELĖ BUKINĖ (Soprano, Lithuania)
Verdi – La traviata – Violetta – È strano.. Ah, fors’è lui

GAGIK VARDANYAN (Baritone, Armenia)
Rubinstein – Demon – Demon – Na vozdushnom okeane

ADRIAN JANUS (Baritone, Poland)
Rossini – Guglielmo Tell – Tell – Resta immobile

MARIE-ANDRÉE BOUCHARD-LESIEUR (Mezzo-soprano, France)
Bizet – Carmen – Carmen – Voyons, Que j’essaie – En vain pour éviter

TOMI PUNKERI (Baritone, Finland)
Rossini – La Cenerentola – Dandini – Come un’ape ne’giorni d’aprile

JUNOH LEE (Bass-baritone, South Korea)
Rachmaninov – Aleko – Aleko – Ves’ tabor spit

GABRIELĖ BUKINĖ (Soprano, Lithuania)
Puccini – Tosca – Tosca – Vissi d’arte

GAGIK VARDANYAN (Baritone, Armenia)
Rossini – La Cenerentola – Dandini – Come un’ape ne’giorni d’aprile

ADRIAN JANUS (Baritone, Poland)
Verdi – Macbeth – Macbeth – Pietà, rispetto, amore

The Klaudia Taev Competition was founded in 1996 by musician and writer Toomas Kuter with the aim of capturing the memory of his teacher, the legendary song teacher of Pärnu, Klaudia Taev. By now, the Competition has grown into a large-scale international event bringing to Pärnu numerous young singers from all over the world.

Klaudia Taev was a legendary singing teacher in a small resort town in Estonia – Pärnu. She had a large number of students she mostly taught for free because she believed that everyone is able to sing and must have the opportunity to learn how to sing. Naming the international competition by her name is definitely an homage to this dedicated woman, but also a symbolic bow to all of the so-called first teachers who every singer has had and whom nobody can do without.

This year marks the twelfth time that the Klaudia Taev Competition will be held, bringing to Pärnu, as it always does, numerous young singers from all over the world. The jury is made up of world-renowned opera experts: singers, teachers, conductors, representatives of opera theatres, and agencies. Barbara Hendricks, Edda Moser, Dolora Zajick, Yevgenii Nesterenko, Karan Armstrong-Friedrich, Teresa Zylis-Gara, Ileana Cotrubas, Sergei Leiferkus, Luana DeVol, Virgilijus Noreika, Cynthia Makris, Alexandr Vedernikov, Irina Arkhipova are those well-known singers who have been involved in the Competition.

The presence of artistic directors and casting managers on the Jury, as well as many agencies who are invited to follow the competition, will give unique opportunities for young singers to get engagements with many European opera companies and/or opera studios.

There are masterclasses for participating singers to improve their skills by studying with renowned singers, but also different kinds of lectures where singers can get hints about how to become successful singers.

The Artistic Director of The Klaudia Taev Competition is conductor Erki Pehk.