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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.
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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.
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I'll be the Australian representative at the so-called carillon Olympics.
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