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Article: MIDEM Classical Awards 2010: Four Artists and a Label Already Confirmed.
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- Telecommunications Weekly
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- November 11, 2009
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The MIDEM Classical Awards Jury announces the first Special Awards for the 2010 edition. The winners are Italian soprano Mirella Freni, Canadian pianist Angela Hewitt, Latvian mezzo-soprano Elina Garanca, German baritone Christian Gerhaher and the label Naive.
The four artists and Naive will be honoured as part of the MIDEM Classical Awards 2010 ceremony, on January 26th, in the Palais des Festivals, Cannes.
The "Lifetime Achievement" award goes to the Italian soprano Mirella Freni. The singer became enormously successful in 1963 when she conquered the audience at the Scala in Milan as "Mimi" in Franco Zeffirelli's and Herbert von Karajan's legendary " ...