16th International Tchaikovsky Competition Announces Prize in Honor of Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Vocal Jury & Contestants
Vocal Jury Includes Susan Graham, Ferruccio Furlanetto, Edita Gruberova, & Neil Shicoff, Among Others
By David SalazarThe 16th 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):
- Ablaeva Emilia / Russia
- Agladze Elizaveta / USA
- Akhmedova Angelina / Uzbekistan
- Alakina Olga / Russia
- An Teaa / Korea
- Baikoff Erika / USA
- Baldanova Maria / Russia
- Barakova Maria / Russia
- Chang Bizhou / China
- Cherniy Daria / Russia
- Fenina Ekaterina / Russia
- Kasanders Meghan / USA
- Khismatullina Aigul / Russia
- Konicheva-Aladyina Ekaterina / Russia
- Kuznetsova Tamara / Russia
- Lerman Anastasia / Russia
- Mayorova Oksana / Russia
- Minasova Anzhelika / Russia
- Motoligina Maria / Russia
- Muradyan Anna / Russia
- Park Jae-Eun / South Korea
- Pureum Jo / South Korea
- Sannikova Ekaterina / Russia
- Savinkova Ekaterina / Russia
- Seyedehforooz Razaviasfali / Iran
- Shabalova Irina / Russia
- Tenyakova Olga / Russia
- Ulakhnovich Elizaveta / Russia
- Vikulina Anna / Russia
- Zimina Natalia / Russia
Voice (Men):
- Abdulov Gamid / Russia
- Agagzanyan Migran / Russia
- Buyandalai Javkhlantugs / Mongolia
- ByeongMin Gil / South Korea
- Chibirov Shota / Russia
- Choi Jongwon / South Korea
- Choi Sungkyu / South Korea
- Dmitruk Uladzimir / Belarus
- Dorjtseden Bat-Erdene / Mongolia
- Dulaev Dzambolat / Russia
- Enkhbold Ankhbayar / Mongolia
- Georgios – Alexandros Stavrakakis / Greece
- Gihoon Kim / South Korea
- Huang Junpeng / China
- Kachurovskiy Evgeniy / Russia
- Kim Yonghyun / South Korea
- Kupriyanov Vladislav / Russia
- Lee Myonghyun / South Korea
- Lee Myungin / South Korea
- Matvienko Daniil / Ukraine
- Michailov Aleksander / Russia
- Mongolkhuu Byambajav / Mongolia
- Park Chang Dai / South Korea
- Peryazev Gleb / Russia
- Piyazov Jenisbek / Uzbekistan
- Sokolov Petr / Russia
- Suchkov Konstantin / Russia
- Sungjin Lee / South Korea
- Tsend-Ayush Amarbold / Mongolia
- Vasilyev Vyacheslav / Russia
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