8th Nadia and Lili Boulanger International Voice-Piano Competition
12th – 15th November 2015
FINALISTS
Magali Arnault Stanczak – Soprano, France / Sanja Bizjak – Pianist, France
Adèle Charvet – Mezzo-soprano, France / Florian Caroubi – Pianist, France
Marianne Croux – Soprano, France / Bianca Chillemi – Pianist, France
Harmonie Deschamps – Soprano, France / Michalis Boliakis – Pianist, Greece
Lauren Swan Edwards – Soprano, USA / Anni Aurora Laukkanen – Pianist, Finland
Marta Fontanals-Simmons – Mezzo-soprano, Royaume-Uni-Espagne / Ricardo Gosalbo – Pianiste France-Espagne
Marie-Laure Garnier – Soprano, France / Célia Oneto Bensaid – Pianist, France
Armelle Khourdoïan – Soprano, France / Eloïse Bella Kohn – Pianist, France
Qianyun Lin – Soprano, China / Benjamin Brunet – Pianist, France
Marie Perbost – Soprano, France / Joséphine Ambroselli Brault – Pianist, France
WINNERS
GRAND PRIZE FOR A DUET VOICE-PIANO (€12,000)
Prince Rainier III of Monaco Prize with the support of H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco Marie Perbost, soprano and Josephine Ambroselli Brault, pianist
LIED PRIZE (€6,000)
Marta Fontanals-Simmons, mezzo-soprano and Ricardo Gosalbo, pianist
MELODY PRIZE (€6,000)
Adèle Charvet, mezzo-soprano and Florian Caroubi, pianist
SPECIAL MENTION for the best performance of Cabaret Voltaire by Graciane Finzi, a work composed especially for this edition of the Competition:
Magali Arnault Stanczak, soprano and Sanja Bizjak, pianist
Nota bene
Due to violent attacks the day before, a curfew entailed the closure of the Conservatory of Dramatic Art where the competition was taking place. Nevertheless, the final was held behind closed doors in the music room of the Singer-Polignac Foundation, which in a gesture of solidarity was gratefully welcomed the jury, the candidates, the competition team and the public.