First prize for Geneviève Tschumi
The 28-year-old Swiss mezzo-soprano won the Central German Baroque Music Prize at the Telemann Competition, which ended on March 19.
Geneviève Tschumi, who has been studying at the Berlin University of the Arts since 2014, received not only the first prize, the Central German Baroque Music Prize, but also two special prizes, one from the Centre for Telemann Care and Research Magdeburg and one from the Bach Archive Leipzig, according to the organizers.
Second prize went to mezzo-soprano Marian Dijkhuizen (Netherlands) and third prize to soprano Johanna Knauth (Germany).
The International Telemann Competition has been held every two years since 2001. In 2017, it was announced for singing for the first time. According to the organizers' press release, 49 singers registered. 35 artists performed in the first round, 16 in the second and finally 6 singers in the final. The competition for chamber music is to be held in 2019.
