In Conversation: The Gold Medal 2017

In Conversation: Guildhall School podcasts

The Gold Medal is the Guildhall School’s most prestigious prize for musicians. This year is the turn of the singers, who will perform a short programme with piano accompaniment followed by a second half of arias with the Guildhall Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Dominic Wheeler. We caught up with finalists Bianca Andrew, Samuel Carl, Josep-Ramon Olivé and Daniel Shelvey to talk about their Gold Medal experiences, the road to the final and how they're preparing for a concert in the Barbican Hall. This year's Gold Medal final takes place on 5 May in the Barbican Hall. Tickets are available from the Barbican Box Office (http://www.barbican.org.uk/music/event-detail.asp?ID=20568). Follow us on Twitter (www.twitter.com/guildhallschool), Facebook (www.facebook.com/guildhallschool/) and Instagram (www.instagram.com/guildhallschool) and head to our website (www.gsmd.ac.uk) to stay up to date with all the events and news from the Guildhall School. Intro and outro music is Little Lily Swing by Tri-Tachyon, licenced under Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Tri-Tachyon/Little_Lily_Swing/Tri-Tachyon_-_01_-_Little_Lily_Swing)