Three Baritones scooped up the major awards at the 2019 Queen Sonja International Music Competition in Oslo. Twenty-seven year old Sergey Kaydalov from Russia won first prize with the cache of € 50.000, with precocious 21-year old Stefan Astakhov winning both the second prize (€10.000) and special award for Lieder. Polish baritone stole the final third prize (€5.000). Her Majesty {…}

Last night at the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo the six finalists for the 2019 Queen Sonja International Music Competition were announced. They are: soprano Meigui Zhang (China, 26), mezzo-soprano Natalia Tanasaii (Moldova, 28), baritones Sergey Kaydalov (Russia, 27), Adam Kutny (Poland, 27), Stefan Astakhov (Germany, 21), and tenor Theodore Browne (Germany, 28). The finalists will compete on Friday, {…}