52nd Contest
Official prizes
1st Olga Kulchynska (Ukraine)
2nd Benjamin Bliss (USA)
Anatoli Sivko (Belarus)
4º Beomjin Kim (Korea)
5º Matthew Grills (USA)
6º Galina Averina (Russia)
Special prizes
A un finalista tenor: Benjamin Bliss (USA)
Al mejor intérprete de Mozart: Benjamin Bliss (USA)
Al mejor intérprete de Zarzuela: Andrew Owens (USA)
Al mejor intérprete de Música Rusa: Olga Kulchynska (Ukraine) / Anatoli Sivko (Belarus)
Extraordinary prizes
Premio Teatro Real de Madrid: Olga Kulchynska (Ukraine) / Benjamin Bliss (USA) / Anatoli Sivko (Belarus) / Beomjin Kim (Korea)
Premios Festival Castell de Peralada: Olga Kulchynska (Ukraine) / Beomjin Kim (Korea)
Premio “Amics de l’Òpera de Sabadell”: Anatoli Sivko (Belarus)
Premio “Concerlirica Ópera Internacional”: Benjamin Bliss (USA)
Bolsa de estudios “Mercedes Viñas” a un joven cantante: Adriana Ferfecka (Poland)
Bolsa de estudios “Accademia Chigiana” de Siena: Lauren Michelle (USA)
Bolsa de estudios “Dalton Baldwin”: Jungrae Kim (Korea)
Bolsa de estudios “European Opera Centre”: Mateo Mezzaro (Italy)
Jury of the 52nd Contest
President
Ms. Christina Scheppelmann (Germany). General Artistic Director of the Gran Teatre del Liceu.
Members
Mr. Francisco Araiza (Mexico). Tenor. Career in the main theatres of the world. Recordings.
Mr. Jesús Iglesias Noriega (Spain). Artistic Administrator of the Nederlandse Opera
of Amsterdam.
Ms. Raina Kabaivanska (Bulgaria). Soprano. Career in the main theatres of the world. Recordings.
Mr. Peter Mario Katona (Germany). Casting Director of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, London.
Ms. Enedina Lloris (Spain). Soprano. Career in the main theatres of the world. Recordings. First Grand Prize "Francisco Viñas" Competition.
Mr. Joan Matabosch (Spain). Artistic Director of the Teatro Real, Madrid.
Ms. Lenore Rosenberg (United States). Metropolitan Opera House, New York.
Artistic Administrator of the Spoleto Festival USA.
Mr. Christoph Seuferle (Germany). Director of the Deutsche Oper Berlin.
Mr. Ilias Tzempetonidis (Greece). Casting Director of the Opéra National de Paris.
Mr. James Vaughan (Ireland). Artistic Director of the Teatro alla Scala in Milan.
*Also part of the Jury:
Ms. Viviana Barrios (Germany). Associate Artistic Director of the Deutsche Oper Berlin.
Mr. Christian Schirm (France). Director of the Atelier Lyrique of the Opéra National de Paris.