GENERAL PARTNER OF THE COMPETITION
2018
Grand prize Kseniia Nesterenko (Russia)
First prize Lauren Michelle (USA)
Second prize Dmitry Ivanchey (Russia)
Third prize Emmet Martin O’Hanlon (USA), Anastasiya Vakhomchyk (Belarus)
Audience prize Lauren Michelle (USA)
Incentive prize Ekaterina Morozova (Russia), Andrés Esteban Sulbarán Oicatá (Venezuela)
Special prize from Hans-Joachim Frey: invitation to the Sirius Talent and Success Foundation (Sochi) Ekaterina Morozova
Special prize from Jean-Paul Burle: participation in the International Opera Singing Competition in Marmande, France, straight from the semi-final Kseniia Nesterenko
Special prize from Christoph Meyer: auditions at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein Düsseldorf Duisburg, Germany Kseniia Nesterenko and Emmet Martin O’Hanlon
Special prize from Dmitry Vdovin: two weeks in the Young Artists Opera Program of the Bolshoi Theatre of Russia Andrei Seliutsin
2017
Grand prize Sargis Bazhbeuk-Melikyan (Armenia)
First prize Sergey Kaydalov (Russia)
Second prize Maria Galkina (Belarus), Kseniya Bakhritdinova (Ukraine)
Third prize Aliaksandr Helakh (Belarus), Konstantin Suchkov (Russia)
Incentive prize Hélène Carpentier (France)
Incentive prize Margarita Levchuk (Belarus)
Audience prize Margarita Levchuk (Belarus)
Special prize from Erki Pehk: a role at the Pärnu International Opera Music Festival PromFest, Estonia, in 2019 Margarita Levchuk
Special prize from Hans-Joachim Frey: participation in a concert of the Sirius Talent and Success Foundation in Sochi, Russia Margarita Levchuk
Special prize from Robert Körner: a role in a performance of the Opéra National de Lyon, France Sergey Kaydalov
Special prize from Christoph Meyer: auditions at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein Düsseldorf Duisburg, Germany Sergey Kaydalov
Special prize from Philippe Mestres: participation in the International Opera Singing Competition in Marmande, France, straight from the semi-final Sergey Kaydalov
Special prize from the Bolshoi Theatre of Belarus: a contract with the opera company Maria Galkina
2016
Grand prize Tigran Ohanyan (Armenia)
First prize Andrey Nemzer (Russia)
Second prize Alexander Mikhniuk (Belarus)
Third prize Zarina Abaeva (Russia)
Audience prize Margarita Levchuk (Belarus)
Special prize from Gianluca Marcianò: a role at the Al Bustan Festival in Beirut, Lebanon Zarina Abaeva
Special prize from Tarmo Eespere: participation in a gala concert at the Estonian National Opera Oleg Budaratskiy (Russia)
Special prize from Hans-Joachim Frey: performance at the Brucknerhaus in Linz, Austria Margarita Levchuk
Special prize from Tadey Eder: a role in a performance of the Solomiya Krushelnytska Lviv National Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre Tigran Ohanyan
Special prize from Christoph Meyer: auditions at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein Düsseldorf Duisburg, Germany Tigran Ohanyan
Special prize from Christoph Meyer: auditions at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein Düsseldorf Duisburg, Germany Nazym Sagyntay (Kazakhstan)
Special prize from Alain Nonat: participation in concerts of the Théâtre Lyrichorégra 20, Montreal, Canada Ekaterina Mikhnovets
Special prize from the Bolshoi Theatre of Belarus: a role in a performance Oleg Budaratskiy
Engagements with the Bolshoi Theatre of Belarus:
Tigran Ohanyan – the Duke of Mantua (Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi, February 2017)
2015
Grand prize Nadezhda Pavlova (Russia)
First prize Mykhailo Malafii (Ukraine)
Second prize Victor Mendelev (Belarus)
Third prize Elena Stikhina (Russia)
Audience prize Nadezhda Pavlova, Mykhailo Malafii
Special prize from Philippe Mestres: participation in the International Opera Singing Competition in Marmande, France, straight from the semi-final Mykhailo Malafii
Special prize from Alain Nonat: participation in concerts of the Théâtre Lyrichorégra 20, Montreal, Canada Victor Mendelev
Special prize from the Bolshoi Theatre of Belarus: a role in a performance Nadezhda Pavlova
Special prize from the Bolshoi Theatre of Belarus: a role in a performance Mykhailo Malafii
Engagements with the Bolshoi Theatre of Belarus:
Nadezhda Pavlova – Violetta (Giuseppe Verdi’s La traviata, November 2016), Marfa (The Tsar’s Bride by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, March 2017), a guest soloist of the Bolshoi Theatre of Belarus since 2017
Mykhailo Malafii – Riccardo (Un ballo in maschera by Giuseppe Verdi, April 2016, January 2017), Lensky (Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin, October 2016), Alfredo (Giuseppe Verdi’s La traviata, November 2016), a guest soloist of the Bolshoi Theatre of Belarus since 2017
2014
Grand prize Ramiz Usmanov (Uzbekistan)
First prize Maria Chabounia (Belarus)
Second prize Valentina Fedenyova (Ukraine)
Third prize Lasha Sesitashvili (Georgia)
Jury special prize Valentina Fedenyova
Incentive prize Ilya Silchukov (Belarus)
Special prize from the Bolshoi Theatre of Belarus: a role in a performance Alexander Roslavets (Belarus)
Special prize from the Bolshoi Theatre of Belarus: a role in a performance Ion Timofti (Moldova)
Special prize from the Bolshoi Theatre of Belarus: a role in a performance Ovanes Aivazian (Armenia)
Engagements with the Bolshoi Theatre of Belarus:
Ramiz Usmanov – The Duke (Giuseppe Verdi’s Rigoletto, February 2016)
Lasha Sesitashvili – Silvio (Ruggero Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci, April 2016)
Valentina Fedenyova – Iolanta (Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s Iolanta, March 2016)
Maria Chabounia – a soloist of the Bolshoi Theatre of Belarus since 2016, a guest soloist since 2018
Alexander Roslavets – King René (Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s Iolanta, April 2016), Banquo (Macbeth by Giuseppe Verdi, January 2017), a guest soloist of the Bolshoi Theatre of Belarus since 2017
Ovanes Aivazian – Cavaradossi (Giacomo Puccini’s Tosca, March 2016)
Ion Timofti – The Duke (Giuseppe Verdi’s Rigoletto, February 2016)
Subsequent opera engagements and highlights of artistic career of the winners of the Minsk International Christmas Singing Competition
