Following heats in Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Brisbane, Auckland and London, the IFAC Australian Singing Competition under National Adjudicator Catrin Johnsson, have selected eleven impressive young singers to progress to the semi-finals of the 2017 event. Congratulations to tenors Damian Arnold (NSW) and Felipe Manu (NZ), sopranos Livia Brash (NSW), Lauren Lodge-Campbell (UK), Natasha Wilson (NZ),…
For over three decades the International Foundation for Arts and Culture (IFAC) Australian Singing Competition (ASC) has helped discover and fund career opportunities for some of our region’s finest talent in opera and classical singing. Last weekend, five young singers cams closer to realizing their dreams when they were selected to participate in the…
Countertenor Maximilian Riebl (23) from Victoria, took away the coveted winner’s spot in the annual IFAC Australian Singing competition held last weekend. It is the first time since the competition began in 1982, that a counter-tenor has been awarded first place. Maximilian Riebl has performed regularly in Sydney as soloist with the Australian Brandenburg…