http://standpointmag.co.uk Welcome to the Standpoint magazine, the culture and politics monthly en /node/1684 <!--paging_filter-->I've been catching up with the <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/cardiffsinger/sites/2009/pages/final_czech_republic_rossini.shtml">BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Competition</a>, having missed much of it while on holiday last week. As music contests go, this is one that's consistently worth hearing. So many of its past winners have gone on to starry careers - Bryn Terfel, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Karita Mattila et al - that you can be almost sure of encountering some world-class voices every time. <p><a href="/node/1684"><span>read more</span></a></p> /node/1684#comments Mon, 22 Jun 2009 12:08:16 +0100 Jessica Duchen 1684 at http://standpointmag.co.uk