49th Edition (2012)

Awards

Female voices

1st Olga Busuioc (Moldova)
2nd Ju Young Hong (Korea)
Jessica Muirhead (United Kingdom)
3rd Kristina Mkhitaryan (Russia)

Male voices

1st Not awarded
2nd Orhan Yildiz (Turkey)
3rd Chae Wook Lim (Korea)

Special prizes

Best Oratorio-Lied Performer: Chae Wook Lim (Korea)
Best Spanish Singer: Anna Tobella
Best Catalan Singer: Anna Tobella
Associació de Liceístes 4rt. i 5è pis Prize: Miriam Zubieta (Spain)
Castell de Peralada Festival Prizes: Olga Busuioc (Moldova) and Orhan Yildiz (Turkey)
Amics de l’Òpera de Sabadell Prize: Olga Busuioc (Moldova)
El Convent Classical Music Festival Prize (Blanes): Chae Wook Lim (Korea)
Agimus Prize (Catania Section): Ju Young Hong (Korea)
Diputació de Barcelona Scholarship: Deniz Yetim (Turkey)
European Opera Centre Scholarship: Orhan Yildiz (Turkey)
Accademia Chigiana Scholarship, Siena: Ruzan Mantashyan (Armenia)
Dalton Baldwin Scholarship: Beomjin Kim (Korea)
Accademia Renata Tebaldi – Mario del Monaco Scholarship (Pesaro): Mariangela Sicilia (Italy)
Académie de Musique de Sion Scholarship: Miriam Zubieta (Spain)

Jury

President

Mr. Joan Matabosch (Spain). Artistic Director of the Gran Teatre del Liceu.

Members

Irwin Gage (USA). Pianist. Career in the main concert halls of the world. Recordings.

Mr. Eduard Giménez (Spain). Tenor. Operistic career in the main theatres of the world. Recordings.

Mr. Albin Hänseroth (Germany). Former Intendant of the Hamburgische Staatsoper, Hamburg. Former Artistic Director of the Gran Teatre del Liceu.

Mr. Jesus Iglesias Noriega (Spain). Assistant to the Artistic and Musical Director of the Teatro Real, Madrid.

Ms. Magda Olivero (Italy). Soprano. Operistic career in the main theatres of the world. Recordings.

Andrés Rodríguez (Chile). General Director of the Teatro Municipal de Santiago de Chile.

Mr. Alard von Rhor (Germany). “Operndirektor” of the “Deutsche Oper”, Berlin.

Lenore Rosenberg (USA). Assistant to the Artistic Administrator of the Metropolitan Opera, New York.

Mr. José Manuel Serra Formigal (Portugal). Former Director of the Teatre Nacional "São Carlos", Lisbon.

Ms. Virginia Zenai (USA). Soprano. Operistic career in the main theatres of the world. Recordings.