The Sumi Jo International Competition has announced its semi-finalists for 2024.

The competition, set to take place at the Chateau de la Ferte-Imbault in the Loire Valley between July 7 – 13, 2024, showcases the talents of 24 semi-finalists.

The artists include:

• Karoline Podolak (Canada)
• Teodora Marcheva (Bulgaria)
• Eliza Boom (New Zealand)
• Milan Perisic (Serbia)
• Marie Lombard (France)
• Fanny Valentin (France)
• George Ionut Virban (Romania)
• Lina Tsiklauri (Georgia)
• Emily Christina Loftus (UK)
• Linsey Coppens (Belgium)
• Kira Kirilina (Russia)
• Elisabeth Eunsoo Lee (South Korea)
• Alexandre Baldo (France)
• Igor Mostovoi (Ukraine)
• Katleho Mokhoabane (South Africa)
• Juliette Tacchino (France)
• Kiup Lee (South Korea)
• Daria Lupu (Romania)
• Jungrae Noah Kim (South Korea)
• Junho Hwang (South Korea)
• Jingdan Zhang (China)
• Eliza Masewicz (USA)
• Zihao Li (China)
• Shao Lin (China)

The first place winner walks away with a 50,000 euro prize with second place getting 20,000 euros and third receiving 10,000 euros. The jury for the competition includes soprano Sumi Jo; Olivier Ojzerowicz-Medinger, the proprietor of the Chateau; the Met Opera and Irish National Opera’s Artistic Advisor Jonathan Friend; the Teatro alla Scala’s Casting Manager Alessandro Galoppini; Alain Lanceron, President of Warner Classics and Erato; Conductor Jérémie Rhorer; and tenor Ramón Vargas.