Recipients are selected by Dame Malvina and trustees for their track record, talent, determination and potential. The funding is to support career development, including further study or training, and travel and expenses for local and international engagements.
New Zealand soprano Madison Nonoa holds a Masters degree in Music from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama where she studied under the tutelage of Yvonne Kenny on the prestigious Opera Course. Since graduating in 2019, Madison has made her debut at the Glyndebourne Festival Opera as First Siren/Rinaldo and was selected as a 2020/2021 Jerwood Young Artist for the Festival. Madison was named a Samling Artist in 2020, a Britten-Pears Young Artist for 2021/22, and is a former Dame Malvina Major Emerging Young Artist with New Zealand Opera, where she made her debut as Papagena/Die Zauberflöte.
Career highlights for Madison have included her festival debuts at the Salzburg and Whitsun Festivals, performing as Amore/Orfeo ed Euridice with Cecilia Bartoli and Gianluca Capuano, Papagena/Die Zauberflöte at Glyndebourne, her house debut in the role of Maria/West Side Story for Opera du Rhin, Amour/Orphée et Eurydice with Raphaël Pichon and Ensemble Pygmalion at the Pulsations Festival, and her house and role debut as the title role in Dido and Aeneas for the Ustinov Studio at the Theatre Royal Bath. Other recent operatic engagements include Amor/(m)Orpheus with New Zealand Opera, her house and role debut as Voce Dal Cielo / Don Carlo for Opéra de Monte-Carlo as well as a return to Opera du Rhin in the role of Galatea / Polifemo conducted by Emmanuelle Haïm.
The 24/25 season sees Madison make her role debut as Zerlina in Don Giovanni at Aix-en-Provence Festival 2025 under the baton of Sir Simon Rattle. On the concert platform, she features as soprano soloist in Bach’s Mass in B Minor with Oxford Philharmonic, Handel’s Messiah with New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, as well as a duo recital with lute for Le Concert d’Astrée in Lille.
“I believe it is our duty as a foundation to find and support young people who have a defined and determined idea of where they want to go to reach the pinnacle, and the talent to support their will to do so.”
Baritone Moses MacKay, 2023
Moses Mackay is a formidable baritone, musician and composer. A Master’s graduate of the Welsh International Academy of Voice, Moses has appeared on stages all over the world. In February 2022, he was invited to perform at the World Trade Expo in Dubai, where he received multiple standing ovations for his operatic performances and classical inspired compositions. He then flew to Los Angeles where he composed, produced and recorded his first solo album Grace, which debuted at #1 on the NZ charts. The album Grace is a dedication to his late grandmother.
Moses is a member of the operatic trio SOL3 MIO, who have been loved by New Zealand and the world for a decade. A diverse performer, Moses’ performance CV includes Michael Tippet’s A child of our time, GabrielFaure’s Requiem, Hector Berlioz’ L’Enfance du Christ, Escamillo in Carmen, Silvio in I Pagliacci and Marcello in La Bohème to name a few.
