On Your Mark!
September 25, 2011
Iain Burnside discusses the Wigmore Hall International Song Competition, and the problem of music competitions in general.
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“Can singing Schubert be a competitive sport?” In a Monty Python sketch, I think so. My art song teacher has a permanent sign on her studio door; it was the famous “Never teach a pig to sign. It wastes your time and annoys the pig.” Inside, there was another: “Competitions are for horses.”