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Lea Shaw wins the Grand Prize and three other prizes in this year's International Vocal Competition ’s-Hertogenbosch, Gary Beecher becomes the fourth consecutive Samling Artist to win the RPS Gerald Moore Award and five Samling Artists are appointed Associate Artists with The Mozartists. We also have news of even more competition successes, new recordings, opera debuts and Samling Artists in the North East.
Our 30th anniversary celebrations across the year have shone a spotlight on the people whose lives have been changed by Samling Institute’s work. Samling Artists and Academy Singers came together in Gateshead this summer for the first of our celebratory concerts, 'The Party’ and the birthday year ends with a special showcase at Wigmore Hall on 6 November.
Swedish soprano Camilla Tilling joined us for the first time at this summer's Samling Artist Programme week, alongside pianist Roger Vignoles and actor James Garnon.
A special 30th anniversary edition of Samling Shorts with our founding Artistic and Executive Director Karon Wright MBE who has been the driving force behind all our work since the very beginning.
Our Samling Academy Singers and guests celebrated our 30th anniversary in style with a glamorous semi-staged concert inspired by the 1920s, in a cabaret setting that drew the audience right into the action.
Nicky Spence OBE leads the Last Night of the Proms, the second year running that a Samling Artist has been chosen for this honour. This month's news also includes the Samling Artists appearing in the Spring season at Wigmore Hall, opera news from across Europe, new duo recordings of British song by Nick Pritchard and Ian Tindale and Kitty Whately and William Vann and a new recording of Giulio Cesare.
Dafydd Jones returns to his roots to win the Pendine International Voice of the Future at Llangollen International Eisteddfod; title role debuts for Emma Roberts and Lauren Fagan; interviews with Louise Alder and Nicky Spence, new recordings and all our Samling Artist news for July.
Louise Alder receives an MBE in the King's Birthday Honours, Svetlina Stoyanova receives outstanding reviews for her house debut at Covent Garden and our regular round-up of news from opera houses, concert stages and recording studios.
Ted Black and Sid Ramchander make their debuts at The Glasshouse as part of our 30th birthday celebrations; Samling Artists at Scottish Opera and Oxford Song and a look ahead to Glyndebourne's 2027 festival.
To celebrate 30 years of musical excellence, we are shining the spotlight on the people at the heart of our work with two special concerts in Gateshead and London