For over three decades the International Foundation for Arts and Culture (IFAC) Australian Singing Competition (ASC) has helped discover and fund career opportunities for some of our region’s finest talent in opera and classical singing. Last weekend, five young singers cams closer to realizing their dreams when they were selected to participate in the…
Entries are now open for the 2016 IFAC Australian Singing Competition. The IFAC ASC is Australasia’s richest and most prestigious competition for young opera and classical singers. This year entrants compete for almost $200,000 in career-building awards and opportunities including the coveted Marianne Mathy Scholarship (‘The Mathy’). Entrants will also have the opportunity to work with…
Countertenor Maximilian Riebl (23) from Victoria, took away the coveted winner’s spot in the annual IFAC Australian Singing competition held last weekend. It is the first time since the competition began in 1982, that a counter-tenor has been awarded first place. Maximilian Riebl has performed regularly in Sydney as soloist with the Australian Brandenburg…