History

Alain Nonat created this event in Montreal in 1991 during the 150th celebration of Antonin Dvorak's birth. The Honorary President was M. Vaclav Havel, President of the Czech Republic and the president of the event M. Karel Velan President of Velan Inc and honorary cochairman of the Montreal Antonin Dvorak Fund. In May 2003, Mr. Nonat invited collaboration with Sarah Meredith-Livingston, University of Wisconsin - Green Bay, making this event the first American site.

Objectives

The principle objective of this event is to promote the Czech and Slovak vocal repertoire for young singers. The second objective is to create exchanges of young musicians and specialists between North America and the Czech Republic, as well as Slovakia.

Partners

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic - Velan Foundation - EJLB Foundation - Mikulas-Schnider Trnavsky Foundation - Toronto Slovak House - LA Maison Slovaque - The Slovak League of Montréal, University of Wisconsin - Green Bay, Sharon Resch Foundation, Green Bay, Wisconsin - Fonds Antonin Dvorak de Montreal - Fonds Musical Slovaque Canadien

The Jury

Members of the jury will come from Canada, United States, Czech Republic and Slovakia. The president of the jury of the finals in Montreal will be Mr. Jiri Hermann, Artistic Director of the National Opera of Prague.

Montreal's Czech and Slovak International Music Competition

First round and semi-final :

• Green Bay, Wisconsin ( Etats-Unis / United States)
  November 23 and 24, 2009
  
• Montréal, Québec (Canada)
  November 26 and 27, 2009

Final

• Montréal, Québec (Canada)
  November 28, 2009