The IFAC Handa Australian Singing Competition Finals Concert will be held on 1 October 2022 at 7pm.
Concert Hall, The Concourse
409 Victoria Avenue
Chatswood NSW 2067
Following the performances at the ASC Semi-Finals Concert, National Adjudicator Graham Pushee, supported by his fellow Semi-Finals Adjudicators (Cheryl Barker AO, Brian Castles-Onion AM, Michael Halliwell, and Nöemi Terracini-Nadelmann) named the 2022 ASC Finalists: mezzo Kristin Astouroghlian (VIC), bass Jake Bigwood (WA), baritone Jeremy Boulton (NSW), soprano Billie Tumarkin (VIC), and soprano Younji Yi (NSW).
This exciting event featured the five finalists in the IFAC Handa Australian Singing Competition working with this year’s National Adjudicator, Graham Pushee, and specialist language coach, Nicole Dorigo.
Thank you to everyone who joined us on 28 August at The Independent Theatre for the IFAC Handa Australian Singing Competition Semi-Finals Concert! The concert was very well-attended and the audience were delighted by the repertoire.
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All our Finalists walk away winners, with $200,000 worth of prizes distributed to all of them.
Visit the IFAC Handa Australian Singing Competition YouTube page to relive the performances. Our videos have been viewed over 1.2 million times, it is a great catalogue of significant repertoire and celebrated performers.
The ASC Finals Concert broadcast is currently up on the ABC Classic website!
The ABC Classic 'The Opera Show' presenter is Mairi Nicolson.
The script researcher/writer is Jan Black.
Recorded live in concert at Chatswood Concourse, Sydney on 19 September 2019 by ABC Classic. Producers Brooke Green and André Shrimski. Engineers Jason Blackwell, Jolen Camilleri and Andrew Edgson.
"I wholeheartedly support the Australian Singing Competition, a wonderful launching pad for young classical singers." -Richard Bonynge AC AO CBE
