DVD 20809 KATHLEEN FERRIER AWARDS 2021

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Europe, 11/2021. The jury for the Awards was chaired by Sir Thomas Allen, star for 50 years of the major opera houses of the world and a Trustee of the Ferrier since 1994. He was joined by mezzo Alice Coote, a leading artist of our time; soprano Valerie Masterson whose career spanned Monteverdi to Henze; Ian Partridge, the distinguished tenor recitalist; and James Baillieu, leading song and chamber music accompanist.

The finals will take place at Henry Wood Hall on Sunday 14th November 2021
The jury for the Awards was chaired by Sir Thomas Allen, star for 50 years of the major opera houses of the world and a Trustee of the Ferrier since 1994. He was joined by mezzo Alice Coote, a leading artist of our time; soprano Valerie Masterson whose career spanned Monteverdi to Henze; Ian Partridge, the distinguished tenor recitalist; and James Baillieu, leading song and chamber music accompanist.
Finalists
*below denotes a pianist competing for the Help Musician’s Accompanist’s Prize
Michael Lafferty – Baritone/*Ashley Beauchamp – Accompanist
Hugh Cutting – Counter Tenor/*George Ireland – Accompanist
Helen Charlston – Mezzo-soprano/*Natalie Burch – Accompanist
James Atkinson – Baritone/*Ana Manastireanu – Accompanist
Edward Jowle – Bass Baritone/Lucy Colquhoun – Accompanist
Laura Persivana – Soprano/*Joseph Beesley – Accompanist
Jack Lee – Baritone/Chad Vindin – Accompanist
The prize winners of the 66th Kathleen Ferrier Awards were announced at the end of the final round on Sunday 14th November 2021, after a competition which saw the semi-finalists and finalists perform at Southwark’s Grade II listed Henry Wood Hall.
This year, British countertenor Hugh Cutting won the first prize of £12,500, the first countertenor ever to win first prize in the 66 years in which the Ferrier has been running.
Latvian soprano Laura Peresivana won the second prize of £6,000.
The Ferrier Loveday Song Prize of £5,000 went to British mezzo Helen Charlston.
Lastly, the Accompanist’s Prize – funded by Help Musicians – went to Israeli pianist Ilan Kurtse