Lexus Song Quest

Lexus Song Quest is New Zealand's most prestigious classical music competition

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Our hard-working and humble winner Joel Amosa chats with Eva Radich on @RNZConcert about letting his operatic ambitions fly >> https://t.co/XcsMurBBQN

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Fabulous news for Joel Amosa, winner of the 2018 @LexusSongQuest. Congratulations also to @nzfestival for hosting another fantastic event! https://t.co/D6wJUxfNK4

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And the 2018 Lexus Song Quest Winner is JOEL AMOSA!

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Dame Malvina Major has taken to the stage to present the runner-up prize of $10,000 cash and a $10,000 study scholarship, supported by the Dame Malvina Major Foundation. And second place goes to ELIZA BOOM!

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Dame Kiri Te Kanawa is here to present the @Kiri_TeKanawa Foundation scholarship prize of $15,000 to the Semi-Finalist who shows the most promise – and the winner is FILIPE MANU!

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MC @Cstands4me is back on stage – stand by for the announcement of tonight’s winner …

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Argh, the tension…. Still waiting 😅🤔😍...
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The NZSO are playing Liszt’s ‘Les preludes’ while our esteemed international Head Judge Lisa Gasteen makes her final decision
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Joel Amosa ends the evening with a rousing rendition of a crowd favourite - Mozart’s ‘Non più andrai’ from The Marriage of Figaro.
Shout out to the NZSO too #epic
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Lost love and longing as Joe Haddow takes to the stage with a mesmerising performance of Verdi’s ‘Ella giammai m'amo’ (She never loved me) from opera Don Carlo. #liveTweeting #LexusSongQuest #WhoWillWin #JoeHaddow

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Showing an incredible vocal range suave Auckland tenor Filipe Manu is back with his final song of the evening ‘Povero Ernesto!’ for Donizetti’s opera Don Pasquale. #liveTweeting #LexusSongQuest #WhoWillWin #FilipeManu

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Auckland tenor Manase Latu is radiant in his poignant delivery of Benjamin Britten’s ‘Nicolas devotes himself to God’ #liveTweeting #LexusSongQuest #WhoWillWin #ManaseLatu

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Powerful start to the second half with Eliza Boom blowing us away with ‘Dieu! Quel frisson court dans mes veines?’ from Gounod’s Romeo et Juliette
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And the 2018 Lexus Song Quest begins! Once again, we are in the safe hands of our knowledgeable and lovely MC Clarissa Dunn from @RNZConcert Music Alive – LISTEN LIVE NOW >> https://t.co/4JaRSTTYrh #liveTweeting #LexusSongQuest #WhoWillWin

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Our five finalists competing tonight are Eliza Boom, Filipe Manu, Joe Haddow, Manase Latu & Joel Amosa – each singing one song with pianist Terence Dennis in the first half & two songs with the @NZSO with conductor Stephen Mould in the second half. #liveTweeting #LexusSongQuest

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We’ll be #liveTweeting the 2018 Lexus Song Quest Grand Final Gala concerts from 7.30pm tonight – and you can listen live with @RNZConcert >> https://t.co/8ZTxMlD0yU #LexusSongQuest #WhoWillWin

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Meet two more of our talented Finalists - Porirua baritone Joe Haddow and Auckland bass-baritone Joel Amosa with @RNZConcert >> https://t.co/6DiKveWANC

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Meet two of our talented Finalists - Auckland tenor Filipe Manu and Whangarei soprano Eliza Boom with @RNZConcert >> https://t.co/3XIL5P44aT