Cardiff Singer of the World - Song Prize Highlights (1/3)

Pianist and broadcaster Iain Burnside and soprano Rebecca Evans, introduce highlights from the first and second concerts in the 2021 BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Song Prize, which takes place this week in the Dora Stoutzker Recital Hall, at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama.

Following the preliminaries, just fourteen of the world's finest young singers have been invited to Cardiff to perform their programmes of lieder and art song in front of a distinguished jury, led by Wigmore Hall's Artistic and Executive Director John Gilhooly. The stakes are high, as only five of them will secure a spot in the final of the Song Prize at St. David's Hall on Thursday.

Competitors taking part include Álfheiður Erla Guðmundsdottir, soprano (Iceland), Gihoon Kim, baritone (Republic of Korea); Evgenia Asanova, mezzo soprano (Russia); Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha, soprano, (South Africa); Reginald Smith, Jnr, baritone, (USA)

Competition Accompanists: Llŷr Williams; Simon Lepper

Producer: Johannah Smith