Preliminary Schedule
Saturday 5th October
13:00–14:00 Registration – meet and greet
14:00-15:15 Seminar I “ The Future of Competitions”:
Keynote and Panel Discussion Guest speaker: Sir David Pountney
In a world where equality is pushed to the forefront – are competitions a good thing?
A provocative discussion against the background
of recent de-funding of some competitions in the Netherlands
15:30-16:45 Dame Gwyneth Jones in conversation with IVC General and Artistic Director Andrew Watts
17:00-18:00 WFIMC Dialogue - Federation updates
18:00-19:00 Pre-competition drinks and snacks, hosted by the IVC
19:00 Finals of the 57th Edition of the IVC Competition
22:00 Competition results and drinks – 70th Birthday Party of the IVC
Sunday 6th October
09:00-10:00 Coffee and Networking
10:00-11:30 Roundtables
Voice - moderated by Andrew Watts
Piano - moderated by Artur Szklener and Rob Hilberink
Strings - moderated by Glen Kwok
11:30-12:00 Coffee
12:00-13:30 Seminar II “The Sustainability and Survival of Opera”
Panel Discussion with Karen Stone (General Director of Opera Europa);
Monique Wagemakers (Opera director); Tim Redmond (Conductor);
Andrew Watts (Countertenor and General and Artistic Director IVC);
Sophie de Lint (Intendant of Dutch National Opera)
13:30 Luncheon hosted by IVC
