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Voice Competition

10.07.2011

Carte Blanche by Montreux Jazz TV

 

In 2003, Claude Nobs, founder and director of the Festival, to create an international voice competition for professional jazz singers. His aim was not only to lend a helping hand to young music vocalists struggling for recognition, but also to enable them to meet singers of the same age and level from other countries.



 

Winners of the 2011 Voice competition:

1st Prize ex-aequo: Chiara Izzi, (Italy) & Sarah Marie Young, (USA- Philippines)


2nd Prize: Luis Regidor, (Spain)


Public Prize: Sarah Marie Young, (USA- Philippines)
 

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