OSLO 〓 Queen Sonja International Music Competition was Finished

2019/08/24

Russian baritone Sergey Kaydalov wins first prize in the Queen Sonja International Music Competition in Oslo. It takes a substantial prize of € 50,000 and an original piece of art signed by Her Majesty Queen Sonja. The second prize went to the German baritone Stefan Astakhov, who won € 10,000. And the third prize went to the baritone Adam Kutny and awarded € 5,000.

The competition was founded in 1988 and is held once every two years. Originally it was a piano competition, but since 1995 it has changed to a singing competition. 304 people from 50 countries and regions applied for this time. The finalists and the winners are as follows.

 Sergey Kaydalov (27) Baritone / Russia = first prize
 Stefan Astakhov (21) Baritone / Germany = second prize
 Adam Kutny (27) Baritone / Poland = third prize
 Meigui Zhang (26) Soprano / China
 Natalia Tanasii (28) Soprano / Moldova
 Theodore Browne (28) Tenor / Germany

Photo:Queen Sonja International Music Competition / Adrian Nielsen


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