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Njabulo Madlala wins the Singers Final of the Royal Over-Seas League Annual Music Competition

We are delighted to announce that South African baritone Njabulo Madlala has won the Singers Section Final of the 2012 Royal Over-Seas League Music Competition.

Njabulo Madlala won First Prize at the 2010 Kathleen Ferrier Awards, and his recent engagements have included debuts with Grange Park Opera 'Rising Stars', ROH2 and Scottish Opera, as well as recitals with James Baillieu and Roger Vignoles.

Future engagements include Intermezzo for Buxton Festival Opera and the title role in Don Giovanni for Mid Wales Opera, as well as Gathering Wave at the 2012 Three Choirs Festival in Hereford.

The Final of the 2012 ROSL competition, when the winners of the various sections compete against each other, takes place at London's Queen Elizabeth Hall on Tuesday 8 May.

A RUBY CHRISTMAS ON THE BBC

New Generation Artist Ruby Hughes will feature prominently on BBC Radio 3 over the Christmas period and may be heard in recital with Julius Drake as follows:-

19 December 2011 at 1815
Schumann: Five Poems of Mary Stuart

27 December at 1815
Berg: Lieder

30 December 2011 at 1815
Songs by Benjamin Britten

Don’t forget that you can also access programmes for a week after first transmission on BBC iPlayer.

Further details may be found at
www.bbc.co.uk/radio3

2011 Gramophone Awards

The Hallé's recording of The Kingdom conducted by Sir Mark Elder in which Claire Rutter is soprano soloist has won the Choral Award at the 2011 Gramophone Awards.

Claire was delighted to accept the Award with her colleague Susan Bickley on behalf of the orchestra at the Awards Ceremony, held at London's Dorchester Hotel on 6 October.

http://www.gramophone.co.uk/awards/2011/choral
http://www.itunes.com/gramawards

An american in London

Tenor Steven Ebel shares how he landed a spot as the only American in a London YAP, as well as how he manages to both sing and compose professionally.

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