Awards
Official prizes
1st Victoria Karkacheva (mezzosoprano / Russia)
2nd Natalia Kutateladze (mezzosoprano / Georgia)
3rd Yaritza Véliz Aquea (soprano / Chile)
4th Insik Choi (bass-baritone / South Korea)
5th Melissa Zgouridi (mezzosoprano / USA)
6th Maria Brea (soprano / Venezuela)
Special prizes
To a tenor finalist: Not awarded
To the best performer of Oratorio-Lied: Not awarded
To the best performer of Mozart: Not awarded
To the best performer of Zarzuela: Maria Brea (soprano / Venezuela)
To the best performer of Russian Music: Victoria Karkacheva (mezzosoprano / Russia)
To the best performer of Wagner: Not awarded
To the best performer of Verdi: Alexander Köpeczi (bass / Romania)
To the best performer of French Opera: Yaritza Véliz Aquea (soprano / Chile)
Extraordinary prizes
Ferrer-Salat scholarship: Aina Martín (soprano / Spain) / Sara Bañeras (soprano / Spain) / Yolanda Sánchez (soprano / Spain) / Ana Fernández Guerra (soprano / Spain) / Inés Ballesteros (soprano / Spain) / Manuel Fuentes (bass-baritone / Spain)
To the best Spanish Singer: Manuel Fuentes (bass-baritone / Spain)
“Mercedes Viñas” Prize: Melissa Zgouridi (mezzosoprano / USA)
To the best Catalan Singer: Not awarded
“Teatro Real de Madrid” prize: Victoria Karkacheva (mezzosoprano / Russia) / Natalia Kutateladze (mezzosoprano / Georgia) / Yaritza Véliz Aquea (soprano / Chile) / Insik Choi (bass-baritone / South Korea)
“Festival Castell de Peralada” prizes: Manuel Fuentes (bass-baritone / Spain)
”Amics de l’Òpera de Sabadell” prize: Natalia Kutateladze (mezzosoprano / Georgia)
“LG Artist Management” prize: Yaritza Véliz Aquea (soprano / Chile)
“Festival Concerts d’Aro” prize: Not awarded
“Accademia Chigiana” of Siena scholarship: Vladyslav Buialskyi (bass-baritone / Ukraine)
“European Opera Centre” scholarship: Stefan Astakhov (baritone / Germany) “Academia Internacional Elena Obraztsova scholarship: Natalia Skrycka (mezzosoprano / Poland) / Stefan Astakhov (baritone / Germany)
“Internationale OpernWerkstatt” scholarship: Malaba Blaise (bass / Congo) / Olha Rudyk (soprano / Ukraine) / Inna Klochko (soprano / Russia) / Ruslana Koval (soprano / Ukraine) / Alexander Köpeczi (bass / Romania)
“Victoria de los Ángeles” Prize: Not awarded
To the best performer of Schubert: Not awarded
Jury
President of the Jury
Mr. Víctor Garcia de Gomar (Spain). Artistic Director, Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona.
Members of the Jury
Mr. Richard Bonynge AC CBE (Austria). Conductor.
Mr. Giuseppe Cuccia (Italy). Artistic Administrator, National Centre for the Performing Arts of China, Beijing;
Ms. Mariella Devia (Italy). Soprano.
Mr. Alessandro Galoppini (Italy) Casting Manager, Teatro alla Scala, Milan.
Mr. Tobias Hasan (Austria). Opera Director, Staatsoper Berlin.
Mr. Peter Mario Katona (Germany). Casting Director, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, London.
Mr. Joan Matabosch (Spain). Artistic Director, Teatro Real, Madrid;
Ms. Ludila Talikova (Russia). Head of the Opera Company, Bolshoi Theatre of Russia, Moscow.
Mr. Ilias Tzempetonidis (Greece) Casting Director, Opéra National, Paris;
Ms. Diane Zola (USA). Assistant General manager Artistic, Metropolitan Opera House, New York.
*They are also part of the jury:
Mr. Konstantin Petrowsky (Austria) Director of Artistic Coordination of the Teatro Real, Madrid.
Mr. Jörn Tews (Germany) Manager of the Orchestra and Chorus of the Opéra National from Paris.
