2017 Winner: Filipe Manu
Tenor
New Zealand
The 2017 IFAC Handa Australian Singing Competition was held on 15 July at The Concourse Concert Hall in Sydney.
Filipe Manu was named the winner of the Marianne Mathy Scholarship after his stunning performances of Ah mes amis; Pour mon âme and Pastorello d’un povero armento accompanied by the Sydney Symphony Orchestra conducted by Dr. Nicholas Milton.
At the 2017 IFAC Handa Australian Singing Competition Filipe Manu won:
The Marianne Mathy Scholarship ('THE MATHY')
AUD $30,000 to assist with a program of study and/or singing activity
The winner of The Mathy will also receive:
1. Audition Prize from Lyric Opera of Chicago's Ryan Opera Center: an opportunity to audition for Lyric Opera of Chicago’s professional artist-development program, The Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center, in Chicago. Date to be mutually agreed upon; singer responsible for travel and lodging.
2. Fine Music 102.5 Recording Session - One-hour studio recording from Fine Music 102.5.
3. Lili Ussher Prize Portrait painting of the winner in concert dress.
4. Oral History Award Taped interview by oral historian Diana Ritch will be recorded and retained within the Oral History Collection of the National Library of Australia.
5. The Mathy Limited edition Drago Marin Cherina sculpture presented by Music & Opera Singers Trust Ltd (MOST®).
Filipe received a Bachelor of Music (BMus), majoring in Classical Performance at the University of Waikato under the tutelage of Dame Malvina Major. Filipe’s accolades include:
Runner-up in the Lexus Song Quest
Recording on Dame Kiri Te Kanawa’s Album of Maori Songs
Sir Edmund Hillary Scholar
Gina Sanders Trophy Winner
Performing Arts Competitions Association of New Zealand Inc (PACANZ) – National Performer of the Year – Vocal Section
In September 2017, Filipe will start his studies at the Guildhall School of Music in London in the Opera Studies stream where he will learn from Yvonne Kenny.
2016 Marianne Mathy Scholarship Winner, Nicholas Tolputt
Finalists
Our finalists demonstrate the promising future and continued excellence of Australian music.
Adjudicators are continually impressed by the high standard overall, and the exceptional technical ability and maturity displayed by these young musicians.
Previous Winners & Finalists
2010 - 2020
2017
- Winner - Filipe Manu
- Finalist - Damian Arnold
- Finalist - Daniel Carison
- Finalist - Paull-Anthony Keightley
- Finalist - Shikara Ringdahl
2016
- Winner - Nicholas Tolputt
- Finalist - Morgan Balfour
- Finalist - Eliza Boom
- Finalist - Jarvis Dams
- Finalist - Sarah Wang
2015
- Winner - Maximilian Riebl
- Finalist - Damian Arnold
- Finalist - Rebecca Gulinello
- Finalist - Jeremy Kleeman
- Finalist - Benson Wilson
2014
- Winner - Isabella Moore
- Finalist - Kate Amos
- Finalist - Samantha Clarke
- Finalist - Corrine Cowling
- Finalist - Anna Voshege
2013
- Winner - Jade Moffat
- Finalist - Hannah Dahenburg
- Finalist - Alexander Knight
- Finalist - Edward Laurenson
- Finalist - Danita Weatherstone
2012
- Winner - Anna Dowsley
- Finalist - Thomas Atkins
- Finalist - Charlotte Betts-Dean
- Finalist - Jeremy Kleeman
- Finalist - Tabatha McFadyen
2011
- Winner - Emma Moore
- Finalist - Naomi Johns
- Finalist - Morgan Pearse
- Finalist - Gérard Schneider
- Finalist - Bryony Williams
2010
- Winner - Rachel Bate
- Finalist - Kiandra Howarth
- Finalist - Eleanor Lyons
- Finalist - Ryan Sharp
- Finalist - Kang Wang
2000 - 2009
2009
- Winner - Sam Roberts-Smith
- Finalist - Hadleigh Adams
- Finalist - Jade Moffat
- Finalist - Samuel Sakker
- Finalist - Lachlan Scott
2008
- Winner - Sitiveni Talei
- Finalist - Nicole Car
- Finalist - Sky Ingram
- Finalist - Michael Lampart
2007
- Winner - Emily Blanch
- Finalist - Natalie Aroyan
- Finalist - Mary-Jean O'Doherty
- Finalist - Helen Sherman
- Finalist - Victoria Wallace
2006
- Winner - Duncan Rock
- Finalist - Lauren Easton
- Finalist - Andrew Finden
- Finalist - James Homann
- Finalist - Michael Lampard
2005
- Winner - Anita Watson
- Finalist - Lucinda-Mirikata Deacon
- Finalist - Mylinda Joyce
- Finalist - Derek Welton
- Finalist - Carmen Young
2004
- Winner - Emma Pearson
- Finalist - Andrew Goodwin
- Finalist - Andrew Moran
- Finalist - Paul O'Neill
- Finalist - Barbara Zavros
2003
- Winner - Jessica Pratt
- Finalist - Tanith Bryce
- Finalist - Mark Fowler
- Finalist - David Hansen
- Finalist - Melinda van der Meulen
- Finalist - Elena Xanthoudakis
2002
- Winner - Katharine Tier
- Finalist - Brad Cooper
- Finalist - Celeste Lazarenko
- Finalist - Gilliam Ramm
- Finalist - Caroline Wenborne
2001
- Winner - Rejieli Shepherd-Paulo
- Finalist - Lorina Gore
- Finalist - Alexander Lewis
- Finalist - Dominica Matthews
- Finalist - Katrina Waters
2000
- Finalist - Rachelle Durkin
- Finalist - Joshua Bloom
- Finalist - Martene Grimson
- Finalist - Jocelyn Hickey
- Finalist - Spencer Silby-Ainuutuimaseve
1990 - 1999
1999
- Winner - Janette Zilioli
- Finalist - Adrian Dwyer
- Finalist - Blake Fischer
- Finalist - Sally McHugh
- Finalist - Melinda Parsons
1998
- Winner - Göknur Ray
- Finalist - Caroline Chown
- Finalist - Daniella Ehrlich
- Finalist - Blake Fischer
- Finalist - Michael Smallwood
1997
- Winner - Alexandra Sherman
- Finalist - Spencer Silby
- Finalist - Marija Stojakovic
- Finalist - Rohan Thatcher
- Finalist - Leon Warnock
1996
- Winner - Rebecca Nash
- Finalist - Joshua Bloom
- Finalist - Leslie Flanagan
- Finalist - Shelli Gilhome
- Finalist - Sarah Hills
1995
- Winner - Natalie Christie
- Finalist - Leanne Kenneally
- Finalist - Anthony Elek
- Finalist - Katherine Rekaris
- Finalist - Joslyn Rechter
1994
- Winner - David Quah
- Finalist - Anthony Elek
- Finalist - Natalie Jones
- Finalist - Emma Lysons
- Finalist - Lisa Russell
- Finalist - Anna Ryberg
1993
- Winner - Amelia Farrugia
- Finalist - Tobias Cole
- Finalist - Sarah Hills
- Finalist - Sally-Anne Russell
- Finalist - Christopher Saunders
1992
- Winner - Jason Smith
- Finalist - Jason Barry-Smith
- Finalist - Rodney Gilchris
- Finalist - Lotte Latukefu
- Finalist - Christopher Saunders
1991
- Winner - Stuart Skelton
- Finalist - Richard Sims
- Finalist - Stuart Skelton
- Finalist - Tiffany Speight
- Finalist - Jeremy Vinogradov
1990
- Winner - Christina Wilson
- Finalist - Janelle Colquhoun
- Finalist - Annabella Redman
1982 - 1989
1989
- Winner - Clare Gormley
- Finalist - Helen Donaldson
- Finalist - Maria Pollicina
- Finalist - Linda Thompson
1988
- Winner - Joanna Cole
- Finalist - Penelope Brister
- Finalist - Clare Gormley
- Finalist - Daniel Sumegi
1987
- Winner - Paul Whelan
- Finalist - Bronwyn Clark
- Finalist - Anne Fisch
- Finalist - Michael Martin
- Finalist - Daniel Sumegi
1986
- Winner - Fiona Janes
- Finalist - Glenn Flavin
- Finalist - Sharon Prero
- Finalist - Margaret Schindler
- Finalist - Ian Vayne
1985
- Winner - David Lemke
- Finalist - Julian Anderton
- Finalist - Donna Balson
- Finalist - Roxane Hislop
- Finalist - Michael Howard
- Finalist - San-Ky Kim
1984
- Winner - Miriam Gormley
- Finalist - Pauline Dwyer
- Finalist - Fiona Maconaghie
- Finalist - Gregory Tomlinson
1983
- Winner - Jeffrey Black
- Finalist - John Antoniou
- Finalist - Louise Camens
- Finalist - Miriam Gormley
- Finalist - Min Ok Choi
- Finalist - Deborah Riedel
- Finalist - Margaret Schindler
1982
- Winner - Nicola Waite
- Finalist - Jeffrey Black
- Finalist - Christopher Bogg
- Finalist - Lisa Gasteen
- Finalist - David O'Keeffe
- Finalist - Min Ok Choi
- Finalist - Nicola Waite
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