The Kathleen Ferrier Awards Competition announces winners
December 14, 2020 Last updated:
December 14, 2020 Jessica Cale – Credit Emma Brown Photography
The prize winners of the 65th Kathleen Ferrier Awards Competition were announced last night (Sunday 13th December) at the end of the competition’s final, streamed from Southwark’s Henry Wood Hall.
The prestigious Kathleen Ferrier Awards, held annually in memory of the great British contralto, are renowned for kick-starting the careers of outstandingly talented young singers. This year
Jessica Cale won the first prize of £12,500. Jessica, from Pembrokeshire, studied at the Royal College of Music, having already worked extensively with The Sixteen and the Monteverdi Choir. She has appeared with the Gabrieli Consort, at Ryedale Festival Opera and was a finalist in the 2020 London Handel Festival Singing Competition.