Luisa Todí National Singing Competition


The Luisa Todí National Singing Competition is a singing contest conceived and founded by José Carlos Xavier, an operatic tenor and singing teacher at the Lisbon National Conservatory of Music.
The contest first took place in 1990, in the city of Setúbal, aiming to honor the Portuguese mezzo-soprano opera singer Luísa Todi.
The biennial competitions aim is the promotion of national and young singers, the jury is made up some of the most prestigious figures of the Portuguese and international music scenes.

History

Contestant awards

YearContestantPrize
2011Raquel Camarinha, Carlos Cardoso1st prize
2011Carla Simões,Job Tomé2nd prize
2011Liliana Sebastião,Hugo Oliveira3rd prize
2007Dora Rodrigues,Paulo Ferreira1st prize
2007Maria Luisa de Freitas,Fernando Guimarães2nd prize
2007Raquel Alão,3rd prize
2005Carla Caramujo,1st prize
2005Inez Calazans, Sara Braga Simões2nd prize
2005Susana Duarte,João Oliveira3rd prize
2003Bruno Ribeiro1st prize
2003Maria João Matos2nd prize
2003Armando Possante3rd prize
19961st prize
1996Mário Alves2nd prize
1996Paulo Ferreira3rd prize
1994Sílvia Mateus1st prize
1994Rosário Ferreira2nd prize
1994Teresa Manezes3rd prize
1991Elizabete Matos1st prize
1991Nuno Viallonga2rd prize
19901st prize
1990Nuno Viallonga2nd prize
1990Deolinda Rezende3rd prize

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