The International Singing Competition for Young Opera Singers
Final Rounds: June 20 through June 27, 2021 in Erfurt (Germany)

Singers in the Final Rounds after 25 out of 27 Qualifications

Jakob Kunath

Baritone / Bass

Germany

Michael Kim

Tenor

Korea South

Joanna Kędzior

Soprano

Poland

Georgi Dimitrov. Photo: Tsvetan Babechki

Fleuranne Brockway

Mezzo-Soprano / Alt

Australia

Andrei Nicoara

Baritone / Bass

Germany

Carolina López Moreno. Photo: Tom Bässler

Alexander Fritze

Baritone / Bass

Germany

Kwanghun Mun

Baritone / Bass

Korea South

Stefany Findrik

Mezzo-Soprano / Alt

Croatia

Eira Sjaastad Huse. Photo: Magnus Trevisan

Seoho Park

Soprano

Korea South

Dongwon Kang

Tenor

Korea South

Leo Hyunho KIM

Baritone / Bass

Korea South

Eunsoo Lee

Soprano

Korea South

Anastasia Michailidi

Soprano

Greece

Michaela Berova

Mezzo-Soprano / Alt

Bulgaria

Inés Ballesteros. Photo: Laurence de Rien

Siphe Kwani

Baritone / Bass

South Africa

Michal Doron. Photo: Natalie Eichengreen

Alina Tkachuk

Soprano

Ukraine

Rui Su

Baritone / Bass

China

Julia Gromball

Soprano

Germany

Changdai Park

Baritone / Bass

Korea South

James Jaesung Kim

Tenor

Korea South

Jaesung Park

Baritone / Bass

Korea South

Veronika Schäfer

Soprano

Germany

Elizaveta Ivanova

Soprano

Russia

Gustavo Enrique Castillo Yepez

Baritone / Bass

Venezuela

Gabrijela Deglin

Soprano

Croatia

Denis-Daniil Bogachov

Baritone / Bass

Ukraine

Marius Pallesen

Tenor

Germany

SungJin Lee

Baritone / Bass

Korea South

Yulia Pogrebnyak

Soprano

Ukraine

Margarita Polonskaia

Soprano

Austria

Polina Seliverstova

Soprano

Russia

Risa Matsushima

Soprano

Japan

Ho-young (Sarah) Yang

Soprano

Korea South

Joshua Lovell

Tenor

Canada

Yuliia Zasimova

Soprano

Ukraine

Zoya Petrova

Soprano

Russia

Sebastian Wartig

Baritone / Bass

Germany

Natalia Iakimova

Mezzo-Soprano / Alt

Russia

Ava Gesell

Soprano

Germany

Changseong Park

Baritone / Bass

Korea South

Elisabeth Birgmeier. Photo: Barbara Wunsch

Nicole Chirka

Mezzo-Soprano / Alt

Ukraine

Hannah Medlam

Soprano

Austria

Ketevan Chuntishvili. Photo: Marlies Kross

Polina Kumylganova

Soprano

Russia

Andrés Esteban Sulbarán Oicatá

Tenor

Venezuela

Rihards Millers

Baritone / Bass

Latvia

Noah Xuhui DU

Countertenor

China

Ilia Kazakov

Baritone / Bass

Russia

Frederic Mörth

Baritone / Bass

Germany

Serhii Moskalchuk

Baritone / Bass

Ukraine

Junoh Lee

Baritone / Bass

Korea South

Hyun Jung Kim

Tenor

Korea South

Monika Buczkowska

Soprano

Poland

Haesu Kim

Tenor

Korea South

Feride Büyükdenktas. Photo: Chrissi Rechling

Strahinja Djokic

Baritone / Bass

Serbia

Maya Gour

Mezzo-Soprano / Alt

Israel

Vyacheslav Vasilyev. Photo: Ilya Korotkov Photography

Dorothee Bienert

Mezzo-Soprano / Alt

Germany

Miriam Hajiyev

Soprano

Israel

Hyerim Kim

Soprano

Korea South

Viktor Yankovskyi

Baritone / Bass

Ukraine

Yohan Kim

Baritone / Bass

Korea South

Shuai Han

Tenor

China

Information for the participants in the Final Rounds 2021 - a safe environment for the competition

The arrival and departure is the personal responsibility of the candidates. Please refer to the following website for the current regulations: https://corona.thueringen.de
Please bring your passport or ID-card.
Upon arrival, candidates must present a negative test result (Antigen-test), which is not older than 48 hours.
An FFP2-mask must be worn in the entire theater building (exception only at the audition itself)
Please consistently maintain a minimum distance of 2 meters from other people throughout the building.
The same rules apply to the accompanying accompanists: FFP2 mask in the entire building (also while playing).
Only by following all these rules we can create a safe environment for the competition to take place.
June 16, 2021

Why Participate?

1110 Singers

The Belvedere Competition is one of the largest competitions for young opera singers in the world. 1,110 singers participated in 2019. In 2020, the competition took place only on a very restricted basis due to the pandemic. Become now part of the global singing elite and start your international opera career in 2021!

67% Engagement Ratio

10 engagements were awarded by the Opera Jury in 2019 to the 15 finalists. This makes a commitment rate of 66.67%.

Finalists from previous year

17 Jury Members

The Opera Jury in the final rounds is composed exclusively with opera and casting directors of the most prestigious opera houses, who award additional engagements to the participants. The international Media Jury in the final rounds awards the additional Media Prize.

List of all jury members

20 Professional Observers

Numerous singers’ agents and representatives – 45 in 2019 – of international opera and concert houses visit the final rounds as observers. They have made the International Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition into a veritable “Wall Street of Voices”. It’s your “springboard” to a career in opera.

List of registered observers

24 Qualification Cities

The international qualifying rounds are held each year on all continents and gives young, highly talented opera singers the best access to the professional opera world.

List of all cities