Seil Kim (1977) – tenor – Republic of Korea

IVC 2010 – Winner Vereniging Vrienden van het Lied Prize: Seil Kim (1977)

Education: diploma Conservatorio di Santa Cecilia in Rome, concert diploma Conservatoire de Musique de Genève. Completed his studies at Musikhochschule in Zurich. Member of Opera Studio Netherlands (2007-2009).
Prizes: 2nd Prize Maria Callas Competition in Athens, and twice won Swiss Migros Prize for best young singers.
Repertory: Orphée La descente d’Orphée aux enfers (Charpentier), Ernesto Don Pasquale (Donizetti), Evangelist Matthäus Passion (Bach), arias Don Giovanni, Les pêcheurs de perles, L’elisir d’amore, Yevgeny Onegin, Turn of the Screw, Messiah, Jephta, Die Schöpfung, Elias, War Requiem.
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Final with piano – 25 Sep

Phidyle – Henry Duparc 1848 – 1933
Zdes Khorosho (How fair this spot) – Sergej Rachmaninov 1873 – 1943
Peregrina (Acht Lieder) – Othmar Schoeck 1886 – 1957

Final with The Brabant Philharmonic Orchestra – 26 Sep

Una furtiva lagrima (L’Elisir d’amore) – Gaetano Donizetti 1797 – 1848
So ihr mich vom ganzen Herzen suchet (Elias) – Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy 1809 – 1847