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This four-day competition is undoubtedly the most important in the carillon world.
- ↑ Rombouts, Luc (2014). Singing Bronze: A History of Carillon Music. Translated by Communicationwise. Leuven University Press. p. 313. ISBN 978-90-5867-956-7.
The most important [carillon competition] is the Queen Fabiola International Carillon Competition in Mechelen, which began in 1987 and takes place every five years.
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After only playing the carillon for four years, Johnson received a grant to play at the Royal Carillon Schoolin Mechlem, Belgium after winning the prestigious Queen Fabiola Competition, which is described as the 'Olympics' of the carillon.
- ↑ "Winning the 'Olympics' of the carillon". University of Rochester. 16 July 2019. Archived from the original on 20 May 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
Doris Aman, Johnson's former mentor and coordinator of the University's Carillon Society, describes the Queen Fabiola competition as the equivalent of top global competitions in violin or piano, or the Olympics in athletics.
- ↑ Cerabona, Ron (17 May 2019). "Canberra Carillon Player Peter Bray to Compete in the International Queen Fabiola Carillon Contest". The Canberra Times . Archived from the original on 12 June 2019. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
I'll be the Australian representative at the so-called carillon Olympics.
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