62è Contest
Official Prizes
1st Gloria Jieun Choi (soprano / South Korea)
2nd Mhai Damian (baritone / Romania)
3rd Robert Lewis (tenor / United Kingdom)
4th Egor Zhuravskii (tenor / Russia)
5th Luke Norvell (tenor / United States)
6th Michael Butler (tenor / United States)
Special Prizes
Best Interpreter of Mozart: Egor Zhuravskii (tenor / Russia)
Best Interpreter of Verdi: Mihai Damian (baritone / Romania)
Extraordinary Prizes
Houston Grand Opera Extraordinary Prize, offered by the Houston Grand Opera (HGO) in honor of Joyce DiDonato, to the most promising young singer of the Competition:
Mihai Damian
Extraordinary Prize, offered by the Ferrer-Salat Music Foundation, to six Spanish singers:
Enrique Torres Domínguez (Spain)
Carmen Larios Caparrós (Spain)
Laura Orueta (Spain)
Patricia Calvache (Spain)
Carmen Lázaro (Spain)
Mónica Redondo (Spain)
Extraordinary Prize, offered by the Teatro Real de Madrid, to the top four winners of an Official Prize:
Gloria Jieun Choi (South Korea)
Mihai Damian (Romania)
Robert Lewis (United Kingdom)
Egor Zhuravskii (Russia)
Extraordinary Prize, offered by tenor Plácido Domingo, to a finalist tenor:
Robert Lewis (United Kingdom)
Extraordinary Prize, offered by the “Liceistes 4th and 5th floor” Association, in memoriam of baritone Vicens Sardinero, to a finalist baritone or male voice:
Mihai Damian (Romania)
Extraordinary Prize “Mercedes Viñas”, as a scholarship, offered by Mrs. Teresa Vilardell:
Michael Butler (United States)
Extraordinary Prize, offered by Amics del Liceu, to study vocal technique with soprano Luciana Serra:
Laura Brasó (Spain)
Maria Jurado Obradors (Spain)
Paula Sánchez Valverde (Spain)
Extraordinary Prize, offered respectively by the City Hall of Moià (birthplace of tenor Viñas) and Joventuts Musicals de Moià, to the best Catalan singer:
Laura Brasó (Spain)
Extraordinary Prize, offered by the City Hall of Santa Cristina d’Aro, to the winner of the best Catalan singer award:
Laura Brasó (Spain)
Extraordinary Prize, offered by the Festival Castell de Peralada, to a winner of an Official Prize:
Gloria Jieun Choi (South Korea)
Extraordinary Prize, offered by the Association of Friends of the Opera of Sabadell and its president, soprano Mirna Lacambra, as a contract for the seasons of the Opera Foundation in Catalonia, to a winner of an Official Prize:
Gloria Jieun Choi (South Korea)
Extraordinary Prize, offered by Mrs. Leonor Gago, director of LG Artist Management and Concerlírica Ópera Internacional, to one male and one female finalist:
Gloria Jieun Choi (South Korea)
Taejun Jeong (South Korea)
Extraordinary Prize, as a scholarship, offered by the Accademia Musicale Chigiana of Siena (Italy):
Matteo Mancini (Italy)Extraordinary Prize, offered by the European Opera Centre, to participate in the centre’s projects:
Mihai Damian (Romania)
Extraordinary Prize, offered by Internationale OpernWerkstatt, to 5 singers:
Dan D’Souza (United Kingdom)
Jihoon Park (South Korea)
Gheorge Severin (Romania)
Maria Vasilevskaya (Russia)
Yunuet Laguna (Mexico)
Extraordinary Prize, offered by the Cadaqués Music Festival, offering a recital contract to one of the six winners of the Official Prizes:
Robert Lewis (United Kingdom)
Audience Award at the Final Test and gift offered by Tiffany:
Sara Cortolezzis (Italy)
Mihai Damian (Romania)
Members of the Jury
Mr. Víctor Garcia de Gomar (Spain) – Artistic Director of the Gran Teatre del Liceu and President of the Jury.
Iain Burnside – Pianist, United Kingdom.
Bernarda Fink – Mezzo-soprano, Buenos Aires.
Alessandro Galoppini – Casting Director, Teatro alla Scala, Milan.
Maria Guleghina – Soprano, International.
Peter Mario Katona – Casting Director, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, London.
Joan Matabosch – Artistic Director, Teatro Real, Madrid.
Christian Schirm – Artistic Director, Académie de l’Opéra National de Paris.
Christoph Seuferle – Opera Director, Deutsche Oper Berlin.
Brian Speck – Artistic Administrator, Metropolitan Opera, New York.
Carolin Wielpütz – Artistic Planning Director, MusikTheater an der Wien, Vienna.
Sir Colin Brush– Representative of the Houston Grand Opera for the Joyce DiDonato Extraordinary Prize.
Programs and Streamings
Saturday, January 18th (19h)
Opening speech of the 62nd Tenor Viñas Contest (Saló de Cent, Ajuntament de Barcelona).
Speaker: Ms. Maria Serrat Martín, Director of the Conservatori Superior de Música del Liceu. "PREGÓ"
Recital: Maria Guleghina, soprano
Pianist: Aram Avetyan
Friday, January 24 (3:00PM)
Final Test. FINALISTS
At the end, soprano Olga Kulchynska, winner of the First Grand Prize Tenor Viñas 2015, has offered a short recital. PROGRAM
Pianist: Rodrigo de Vera
Announcement of the Jury's veredict.
(Gran Teatre del Liceu)
You can watch it on LICEU+ LIVE
and also on OperaVision
Saturday, January 25 (12:00PM)
Conversation between Maria Guleghina and Víctor Garcia de Gomar, Artistic Director of the Gran Teatre del Liceu.
(Gran Teatre del Liceu)
You can watch it on LICEU+ LIVE
Sunday, January 26 (6:00PM)
Winners' Concert by the winners PROGRAM
Symphonic Orchestra of the Gran Teatre del Liceu
Conductor: Daniel Montané
(Gran Teatre del Liceu)
You can watch it on LICEU+ LIVE
and also on OperaVision