Now open for 2025 applications!
Are you a singer born in 1993 or later, and ready for an opportunity of a lifetime?
Apply now for the Queen Sonja Singing Competition 2025 and get ready to kick-start your career.
Learn from the best, reach new audiences, and compete to perform in the final concert at Oslo Concert Hall with the Oslo Philharmonic. Join us online 11-12 June and in Oslo 14–22 August!
Queen Sonja Singing Competition 2025
Online, 11-12 June
Oslo, 14-22 August
“Come as you are:” Choose your own repertoire, upload video footage of two operatic arias and join us for a sparkling celebration of voices.
Attractive concert engagements, cash prizes, masterclasses, career advising, networking and exposure of your voice and talent!
We are excited and looking forward to receiving your application.
Deadline 1 April
VOICES OF THE WORLD – An Opportunity of a Lifetime
- A leading high-level voice competition
- A kick-start to your career
- An international jury with casting directors from leading opera houses
- First prize € 50.000
- Exposure to the music industry
- Meet your future colleagues
- Rewarding masterclasses
- Career development sessions
- Concert opportunities
The Queen Sonja Singing Competition is a supporting competition that aims to provide career opportunities for young singers. When participating in the competition, you get the chance to connect with your future colleagues, influential figures within the opera world and new audiences. Start preparing your repertoire for the competition and apply within 1 April 2025.
Through exposure to casting directors, masterclasses with award-winning professionals, career development sessions with industry representatives, concert engagements and considerable cash prizes, participation in the Queen Sonja Singing Competition offers young singers a valuable kick-start to their careers.