Leyla Gencer Voice Competition 1995

I. Leyla Gencer Voice Competition

03 - 09 September 1995 
 
Ramon Vald
Artistic Director Teatro alla Scala
President of the Jury

Klaus Bachler
Wiener Volksoper

Nicholas Joel
Artistic Director
Toulouse Opera

Helga Schmidt
Artistic Advisor
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London

Gianni Tangucci
Artistic Director
Teatro alla Scala, Milano

Vincenzo de Vivo
Artistic Director
Roma and Treviso Opera

FINALE

09 September 1995
Cemal Reşit Rey Concert Hall, Istanbul

Bilkent Academic Symphony Orchestra
Rauf Abdullayev, conductor

First Prize
Enkelejda SHKOSA, mezzosoprano
(Albania)

Second Prize
Marcello ÁLVAREZ, tenor
(Argentina)

Third Prize
Birgül SU, soprano
(Turkey)

Honorable Mention
Tuncay KURTOĞLU, bass
(Turkey)

PRESS CONFERENCE


Visiting Governor of Istanbul with the Jury Members                                       
Governorship of Istanbul

with Helga Schmidt, Dorethea Glatt, Ramon Vlad & Mrs Vlad, Hüseyin Şen, 
Aydın Güm, Leyla Gencer, Vincenzo de Vivo, Zeynep Yığcı, Elif 






















JURY AT WORK

SEMI-FINAL 
08 September 1995
Cemal Reşit Rey Concert Hall, Istanbul

FINALS & AWARD CEREMONY 
09 September 1995
Cemal Reşit Rey Concert Hall, Istanbul
with İsmail Cem İpekçi, Minister of Culture



GALA CONCERT
11.09.1995 
Cemal Reşit Rey Concert Hall, Istanbul

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