After winning the Voix Sacrée - Talents Lyriques de Reims prize in 2015, the Spanish countertenor Víctor Jiménez Díaz breaks into the international scene with the legendary French conductor Jean-Claude Malgoire, with whom he made his international debut at same year in the Festival of Flâneries Musicales, in Handel's Messiah. The local critic Francis Albou, described his debut as "technically stunning, totally submerged in his purpose, imposed himself to the public. His «He was despised» was a moment of grace!".The same year, he would be highlighted among the Spanish Countertenors by the specialized magazine Ópera Actual and after winning the "Hariclea Darclée" International Competition in Romania, he returned to Reims to interpret the cantatas Longe mala RV 640 and Gloria 589 from Vivaldi, in addition to Stabat Mater de Pergolesi, under direction of Jean-Marie Puissant in the Auditorium of the Conservatory. Upon returning to his country, he offers various recitals and his first approach to the songs by John Dowland with the German laudist Maike Burgdorf (a repertoire he has repeatedly returned to with the same musician). Before the end of the year, he is hired again by the Festival de les Flâneries Musicales, to participate in the concert Reims chante avec ses choeurs, on the UNESCO celebrations.

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