On Oct.14and Oct.15, twelve of Japan's finest young singers showcased their vocal talents at the fifth IFAC-Juilliard Prize Singing Competition held at the Playhouse auditorium, part of the New National Theatre in Tokyo.
On the first day, seven of the twelve competitors participated in a competition-cum-workshop in which they sang selections from a prepared repertoire and received on-the-spot vocal coaching from Brian Zeger, famous artistic director of vocal arts at Juilliard School.
On the second day, the remaining five competitors took part in the second round of this competition and workshop. Thereafter announcements were made about who would proceed to the finals in the evening.
Zeger made strict but encouraging comment on the performance of the competitors."Morzart is repeating this text in order to intensify and show a different dimension of the emotion," explained Zaeger to one of the singers, Miho Washizu, during the competition on Wednesday.
(source: THE JAPAN TIMES, Oct.24, 2014)
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2014/10/24/general/singing-hearts-chance-lifetime/#.VFRIEqmChMs
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