Awards
Official prizes
1st Olga Kulchynska (Ukraine)
2nd Benjamin Bliss (USA)
Anatoli Sivko (Belarus)
4th Beomjin Kim (Korea)
5th Matthew Grills (USA)
6th Galina Averina (Russia)
Special prizes
Prize for a tenor finalist: Benjamin Bliss (USA)
Best Mozart performer: Benjamin Bliss (USA)
Best Zarzuela performer: Andrew Owens (USA)
Best Russian music performer: Olga Kulchynska (Ukraine) / Anatoli Sivko (Belarus)
Extraordinary prizes
Teatro Real de Madrid Prize: Olga Kulchynska (Ukraine) / Benjamin Bliss (USA) / Anatoli Sivko (Belarus) / Beomjin Kim (Korea)
Castell de Peralada Festival Prizes: Olga Kulchynska (Ukraine) / Beomjin Kim (Korea)
Amics de l’Òpera de Sabadell Prize: Anatoli Sivko (Belarus)
Concerlirica Ópera Internacional Prize: Benjamin Bliss (USA)
Mercedes Viñas scholarship for a young singer: Adriana Ferfecka (Poland)
Accademia Chigiana scholarship, Siena: Lauren Michelle (USA)
Dalton Baldwin scholarship: Jungrae Kim (Korea)
European Opera Centre scholarship: Mateo Mezzaro (Italy)
Jury
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.