Jasmin White has joined IMG Artists for General Management. White recently won the 2023 Queen Sonja Singing Competition and will be represented by General Manager Solal del Castillo and North American Manager Devere Burnett. White is a graduate of Juilliard’s Artist Diploma in Opera Studies program and holds a Master of Music in Voice from Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music and Bachelor {…}
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, {…}
The Queen Sonja International Competition has announced its winners. South Korean tenor Seung Ju Bahg took home the first prize winning 40,000 Euros. The second place award went to Giovanni Sebastiano Sala from Italy. He took home 10,000 Euros. Bass Alexander Roslavets from Belarus was the recipient of the third place prize. Aside from the cash prizes awarded to the winners, {…}