50th Edition (2013)

Awards

Official prizes

1st Katerina Tretyakova (Lithuania)
Michal Jakub Partyka (Poland)
2nd Amartuvshin (Mongolia)
3rd Valeriu Caradja (Moldova)

Junior prizes

1st Marina Nachkebiya (Georgia)
2nd Hoerim Park (Korea)
3rd Byong Ick Cho (Korea)

Special prizes

Best Zarzuela Performer: Simge Büyükedes (Turkey)
Best Verdi Performer: Valeriu Caradja (Moldova)
Best Russian Music Performer: Amartuvshin (Mongolia)
Best Spanish Singer: María Elena Sancho
Best Catalan Singer: Anabel Pérez Real
Mercedes Viñas Scholarship for a young singer: Victoria Yarovaya (Russia)
Natalia Troitskaya Scholarship for the best young soprano: Marina Nachkebiya (Georgia)
Castell de Peralada Festival Prizes: Katerina Tretyakova (Lithuania) and Michal Jakub Partyka (Poland)
Amics de l’Òpera de Sabadell Prize: Amartuvshin (Mongolia)
Concerlirica Opera Internacional Prize: Dong Kyu Oh (Korea)
Nova Academia Musica Aetnensis Prize, Catania: Michal Jakub Partyka (Poland)
European Opera Centre Scholarship: María Elena Sancho (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.