Ibla Grand Prize
The 2005 international music competition Ibla Grand Prize is currenlty taking place in Ragusa Ibla. The event began on the 28th of June and will end on the 10th of July.
The competition is organised by the IBLA Foundation New York City in collaboration with the local authorities and has been held every year since 1992 becoming a fixture of the "estate Iblea". Pianists, singers, instrumentalists and composers of all ages and nationalities come to compete in Ragusa Ibla during the last week of June and the first week of July before an international jury.
For this 2005 edition, about 200 participants have joined the competition and the jury is presided by maestro Marcello Abbado, a famous concert pianist and composer also known to be the former Director of the Milan Conservatory and founder of the Symphonic Orchestra Verdi in Milan.
Every night Ibla will be transformed into an open theatre for the public with concerts taking place in the nicest venues and corners of this magnificent jewel of Baroque architecture.
On the 10th of July, the final evening of the event, the winners will receive their prizes, but this would just be the beginning of a an exciting year for them as they will then be presented in such venues as Lincoln Center Alice Tully Hall and Carnegie Hall in New York, the Tokyo Opera City Hall, the Tchaikovsky Bolshoi Hall in Moscow as well as other prestigious venues in Canada, Europe, Russia and the USA.
So for those many who cannot make it to Ibla this year, there will be many opportunities to listen to the winning musicians around the world! In the meantime, time to plan your visit for the 2006 Ibla Grand Prize.