Mark Vincent -15 Years Old Opera Singer – Australia’s Got Talent 2009
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MARK VINCENT, 15-year-old opera singer from Caringbah in Sydney’s Sutherland Shire, has won Australia’s Got Talent on the 22nd of April 2009 and the top prize of a quarter of a million dollars!
Mark Vincent and 12-year-old JAL JOSHUA were the last two acts remaining after
William Campbell, Danik Abishev, Nobel Lakaev, Cameo Rascale, David Splatt and Red Hot Rhythm were eliminated from the competition.
MARK VINCENT was raised by his grandfather from three months of age. His grandfather recognised his talent and encouraged him to foster it through singing lessons. Mark’s grandfather became ill, and it became his dying wish for him to perform on Australia’s Got Talent. Sadly he never got to see him live out that wish, but Mark drew on his love and encouragement from his audition through to last night’s winning performance.
MARK says ‘I know it sounds weird, but when the smoke came up during my performance I looked up and past the audience and pictured the two of us together. I could see his arm around me and it was just the two of us. It was like we were up in the clouds’.
MARK was happy just to have made it to the Semi Finals and subscribed to his grandfather’s favourite saying that ‘nothing great is ever easy’. But the hard work leading to, and during, the series has paid off and Mark now knows opera singing is something he wants to do for the rest of his life.
MARK plans to finish Year 11 and 12 at De La Salle College, Caringbah and then wants to head overseas to visit his Italian relatives. His dream is to study at the Conservatorio di musica Giuseppe (the Milan Conservatory) – the leading musical institution in Italy that educated alumni Giacomo Puccini.
August 25, 2009 at 09:33
I have just bought Marks CD, I love it, I love it, I love it.
How do I get in touch with him.
Mrs Feeney
Beechworth
September 26, 2009 at 08:51
I am the Secretary of the Residents Committee of the Brentwood Retirement Village, Kincumber (Gosford) During our deliberations as to what events to organize for the forthcoming year Mark Vincent was mentioned.
Would you be kind enough to tell me who to contact to find out what would be involved in inviting Mark to sing at one of our events. We have a large Auditorium, seating nearly 300 with an excellent sound system and have held similar events before rather successfully.
Your advise would be appreciated.
Many thanks
John Judd.
02 4368 4209 / 0414 567 388