China-born tenor Jingma Fan was described as “a tenor who has a voice as charming as those of Pavarotti and the legendary Gigli” in a BBC publication after he won the Third Cardiff Singer of the World Competition......
Jingma Fan began his musical studies at the Sichuan Conservatory of Music in Chengdu, China and continued at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing. In 1984, he became a national celebrity overnight after winning China’s First Televised National Vocal Competition. He then went to Italy, where he refined his Bel canto technique under the guidance of Carlo Bergonzi and then furthered his studies at the Juilliard School of Music in New York. He also studied with Franco Corelli......
The versatile tenor won numerous prestigious international competitions, such as the Third Cardiff Singer of the World Competition, a silver medal at the Second Rosa Ponselle International Vocal Competition, the first prize of the Opera Index Vocal Competition in New York, and a finalist in Luciano Pavarotti International Vocal Competition 1995......
