The 16^th International Tchaikovsky Competition, often called the “Olympics of Classical Music” will return on June 17 with a number of exciting changes.

The competition will once again be featured on medici.tv, which will have a whopping seven different channels to broadcast the competition’s different sections as well as a breaking news station for viewers to be kept up to date on the happenings of each day.

This year, the organization will expand the contestants to also include woodwinds and brass instrumentalists; there will continue to be contestants in the violin, cello, piano, and vocal categories.

The voice competition will include a unique addition, a voice prize in memory of Dmitri Hvorostovsky. It will include a $15,000 USD prize and a performance in Krasnoyarsk. This award is made possible by the patronage of vocal jury chair Sarah Billinghurst Solomon and Met Opera Chairman of the Board Ann Ziff.

The voice competition will feature a superstar roster of jury members. They include Billinghurst Solomon, Jonathan Friend, Ferruccio Furlanetto, Susan Graham, Edita Gruberova, Charles MacKay, Mikhail Petrenko, Matti Salminen, Albina Shagimuratova, Neil Shicoff, Eva Wagner-Pasquier, and Evamaria Wieser.

Here is a full breakdown of the singers and their respective countries.

Voice (Women):

1. Ablaeva Emilia / Russia
2. Agladze Elizaveta / USA
3. Akhmedova Angelina / Uzbekistan
4. Alakina Olga / Russia
5. An Teaa / Korea
6. Baikoff Erika / USA
7. Baldanova Maria / Russia
8. Barakova Maria / Russia
9. Chang Bizhou / China
10. Cherniy Daria / Russia
11. Fenina Ekaterina / Russia
12. Kasanders Meghan / USA
13. Khismatullina Aigul / Russia
14. Konicheva-Aladyina Ekaterina / Russia
15. Kuznetsova Tamara / Russia
16. Lerman Anastasia / Russia
17. Mayorova Oksana / Russia
18. Minasova Anzhelika / Russia
19. Motoligina Maria / Russia
20. Muradyan Anna / Russia
21. Park Jae-Eun / South Korea
22. Pureum Jo / South Korea
23. Sannikova Ekaterina / Russia
24. Savinkova Ekaterina / Russia
25. Seyedehforooz Razaviasfali / Iran
26. Shabalova Irina / Russia
27. Tenyakova Olga / Russia
28. Ulakhnovich Elizaveta / Russia
29. Vikulina Anna / Russia
30. Zimina Natalia / Russia

Voice (Men):

1. Abdulov Gamid / Russia
2. Agagzanyan Migran / Russia
3. Buyandalai Javkhlantugs / Mongolia
4. ByeongMin Gil / South Korea
5. Chibirov Shota / Russia
6. Choi Jongwon / South Korea
7. Choi Sungkyu / South Korea
8. Dmitruk Uladzimir / Belarus
9. Dorjtseden Bat-Erdene / Mongolia
10. Dulaev Dzambolat / Russia
11. Enkhbold Ankhbayar / Mongolia
12. Georgios – Alexandros Stavrakakis / Greece
13. Gihoon Kim / South Korea
14. Huang Junpeng / China
15. Kachurovskiy Evgeniy / Russia
16. Kim Yonghyun / South Korea
17. Kupriyanov Vladislav / Russia
18. Lee Myonghyun / South Korea
19. Lee Myungin / South Korea
20. Matvienko Daniil / Ukraine
21. Michailov Aleksander / Russia
22. Mongolkhuu Byambajav / Mongolia
23. Park Chang Dai / South Korea
24. Peryazev Gleb / Russia
25. Piyazov Jenisbek / Uzbekistan
26. Sokolov Petr / Russia
27. Suchkov Konstantin / Russia
28. Sungjin Lee / South Korea
29. Tsend-Ayush Amarbold / Mongolia
30. Vasilyev Vyacheslav / Russia