Alumni
Since 1988 the Queen Sonja Singing Competition has been a stepping stone for young singers on their way to the world's opera stages. Here you can meet our prize winners and follow where their careers have taken them.
Featured alumni
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2015
Lise Davidsen
First Prize winner and awarded the prizes of best performance of Norwegian music and the Ingrid Bjoner Scholarship for best Norwegian participant Read profile
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2021
Liv Redpath
Awarded the prize for best performance of Lied Read profile
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2025
Kathleen O’Mara
First Prize winner Read profile
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2025
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2025
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2025
Pawel Horodyski
bass, Poland
Third Prize winner and awarded the prize for best performance of Lied
2025 competition page – Pawel Horodyski -
2025
Vladyslav Buialskyi
bass-baritone, Ukraine
Finalist Prize winner
2025 competition page – Vladyslav Buialskyi -
2025
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2025
Hannah Edmunds
soprano, Norway
Finalist Prize winner and awarded the Ingrid Bjoner Scholarship for best Norwegian participant
2025 competition page – Hannah Edmunds -
2023
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2023
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2023
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2023
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2023
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2023
Rebecka Wallroth
mezzo-soprano, Sweden
Finalist Prize winner
2023 competition page – Rebecka Wallroth -
2023
Victoria Randem
soprano, Norway
Awarded the Ingrid Bjoner Scholarship for best Norwegian participant
2023 competition page – Victoria Randem -
2023
Felix Gygli
baritone, Switzerland
Awarded the prize for best performance of Lied
2023 competition page – Felix Gygli -
2021
Maria Motolygina
soprano, Russia
First Prize winner
operabase.com – Maria Motolygina (opens in a new tab) -
2021
Badral Chuluunbaatar
baritone, Mongolia
Second Prize winner
operabase.com – Badral Chuluunbaatar (opens in a new tab) -
2021
Inna Demenkova
soprano, Russia
Third Prize winner
operabase.com – Inna Demenkova (opens in a new tab) -
2021
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2021
Brent Michael Smith
bass, USA
Finalist Prize winner
operabase.com – Brent Michael Smith (opens in a new tab) -
2021
Lydia Hoen Tjore
soprano, Norway
Finalist Prize winner and awarded the Ingrid Bjoner Scholarship for best Norwegian participant
operabase.com – Lydia Hoen Tjore (opens in a new tab) -
2021
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2019
Sergey Kaydalov
baritone, Russia
First Prize winner
operabase.com – Sergey Kaydalov (opens in a new tab) -
2019
Stefan Astakhov
baritone, Germany
Second Prize winner
operabase.com – Stefan Astakhov (opens in a new tab) -
2019
Adam Kutny
baritone, Poland
Third Prize winner and awarded the prize for best performance of Lied
operabase.com – Adam Kutny (opens in a new tab) -
2019
Theodore Browne
tenor, Germany
Finalist Prize winner
operabase.com – Theodore Browne (opens in a new tab) -
2019
Natalia Tanasii
soprano, Moldova
Finalist Prize winner
operabase.com – Natalia Tanasii (opens in a new tab) -
2019
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2019
Astrid Nordstad
mezzo-soprano, Norway
Awarded the Ingrid Bjoner Scholarship for best Norwegian participant
operabase.com – Astrid Nordstad (opens in a new tab) -
2017
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2017
Giovanni Sebastiano Sala
tenor, Italy
Second Prize winner
operabase.com – Giovanni Sebastiano Sala (opens in a new tab) -
2017
Alexander Roslavets
bass, Belarus
Third Prize winner and awarded the prize for best performance of Norwegian music
operabase.com – Alexander Roslavets (opens in a new tab) -
2017
Ruslana Koval
soprano, Ukraine
Finalist Prize winner
operabase.com – Ruslana Koval (opens in a new tab) -
2017
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2017
Christian Valle
bass-baritone, Norway
Awarded the Ingrid Bjoner Scholarship for best Norwegian participant
operabase.com – Christian Valle (opens in a new tab) -
2015
Lise Davidsen
soprano, Norway
First Prize winner and awarded the prizes of best performance of Norwegian music and the Ingrid Bjoner Scholarship for best Norwegian participant
Read profile – Lise Davidsen -
2015
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2015
Yuriy Yurchuk
baritone, Ukraine
Third Prize winner
operabase.com – Yuriy Yurchuk (opens in a new tab) -
2015
Leon Kosavic
baritone, Croatia
Finalist Prize winner
operabase.com – Leon Kosavic (opens in a new tab) -
2015
Alexey Lavrov
baritone, Russia
Finalist Prize winner
operabase.com – Alexey Lavrov (opens in a new tab) -
2013
Kristina Mkhitaryan
soprano, Russia
First Prize winner
operabase.com – Kristina Mkhitaryan (opens in a new tab) -
2013
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2013
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2013
Hamida M. Kristofferen
soprano, Norway
Finalist Prize winner and awarded the prizes of best performance of Norwegian music and the Ingrid Bjoner Scholarship for best Norwegian participant
operabase.com – Hamida M. Kristofferen (opens in a new tab) -
2013
Brandon Cedel
bass-baritone, USA
Finalist Prize winner
operabase.com – Brandon Cedel (opens in a new tab) -
2011
Dong-Hwan Lee
baritone, South Korea
First Prize winner
operabase.com – Dong-Hwan Lee (opens in a new tab) -
2011
Ingeborg Gillebo
mezzo-soprano, Norway
Second Prize winner and awarded the Ingrid Bjoner Scholarship for best Norwegian participant
operabase.com – Ingeborg Gillebo (opens in a new tab) -
2011
Uliana Alexyuk
soprano, Ukraine
Third Prize winner
operabase.com – Uliana Alexyuk (opens in a new tab) -
2011
Kateryna Kasper
soprano, Ukraine
Finalist Prize winner and awarded the prize for best performance of Norwegian music
operabase.com – Kateryna Kasper (opens in a new tab) -
2011
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2009
Seung-Gi Jung
baritone, South Korea
First Prize winner
operabase.com – Seung-Gi Jung (opens in a new tab) -
2009
Jacquelyn Wagner
soprano, USA
Second Prize winner
operabase.com – Jacquelyn Wagner (opens in a new tab) -
2009
Adrian Angelico
mezzo-soprano, Norway
Finalist Prize winner and awarded the Troldhaugen Grieg Prize
operabase.com – Adrian Angelico (opens in a new tab) -
2009
Katharina Persicke
soprano, Germany
Finalist Prize winner
operabase.com – Katharina Persicke (opens in a new tab) -
2009
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2007
Audun Iversen
baritone, Norway
First Prize winner
operabase.com – Audun Iversen (opens in a new tab) -
2007
Anita Watson
soprano, Australia
Second Prize winner
operabase.com – Anita Watson (opens in a new tab) -
2007
Nina M. Gravrok
soprano, Norway
Third Prize winner
operabase.com – Nina M. Gravrok (opens in a new tab) -
2007
Mari Eriksmoen
soprano, Norway
Finalist Prize winner
operabase.com – Mari Eriksmoen (opens in a new tab) -
2007
Erika Roos
soprano, Sweden
Finalist Prize winner and awarded the Troldhaugen Grieg Prize
operabase.com – Erika Roos (opens in a new tab) -
2005
Daniel Behle
tenor, Germany
First Prize winner and awarded the Troldhaugen Grieg Prize
operabase.com – Daniel Behle (opens in a new tab) -
2005
Peter McGillivray
baritone, Canada
Second Prize winner
operabase.com – Peter McGillivray (opens in a new tab) -
2005
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2003
Olga Mykytenko
soprano, Ukraine
First Prize winner
operabase.com – Olga Mykytenko (opens in a new tab) -
2003
Measha Brueggergosman
soprano, Canada
Second Prize winner and awarded the Troldhaugen Grieg Prize
operabase.com – Measha Brueggergosman (opens in a new tab) -
2003
Vladimir Baykov
bass, Russia
Third Prize winner
operabase.com – Vladimir Baykov (opens in a new tab) -
2003
Vibeke Kristensen
soprano, Norway
Awarded the prize for best Norwegian participant
operamusica.com – Vibeke Kristensen (opens in a new tab) -
2001
Marita Kvarving Sølberg
soprano, Norway
First Prize winner and awarded the Troldhaugen Grieg Prize and the prize for best Norwegian participant
operabase.com – Marita Kvarving Sølberg (opens in a new tab) -
2001
Galina Sidorenko
mezzo-soprano, Russia
Second Prize winner
operabase.com – Galina Sidorenko (opens in a new tab) -
2001
Yorck Felix Speer
bass-baritone, Germany
Third Prize winner
operabase.com – Yorck Felix Speer (opens in a new tab) -
1999
Virginia Tola
soprano, Argentina
First Prize winner
operabase.com – Virginia Tola (opens in a new tab) -
1999
Oana Andra
mezzo-soprano, Romania
Second Prize winner
operabase.com – Oana Andra (opens in a new tab) -
1999
Ayk Martirossian
bass, Armenia
Third Prize winner
operabase.com – Ayk Martirossian (opens in a new tab) -
1999
Helene Ranada
mezzo-soprano, Sweden
Finalist Prize winner and awarded the Troldhaugen Grieg Prize
operabase.com – Helene Ranada (opens in a new tab) -
1997
Liao Changyong
baritone, China
First Prize winner
operabase.com – Liao Changyong (opens in a new tab) -
1997
Valentina Kutzarova
mezzo-soprano, Bulgaria
Second Prize winner and awarded the Troldhaugen Grieg Prize
operabase.com – Valentina Kutzarova (opens in a new tab) -
1997
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1997
Hege Gustava Tjønn
soprano
Awarded the prize for best Norwegian participant
tjoenn.com – Hege Gustava Tjønn (opens in a new tab) -
1995
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1995
Tigran Martirossian
bass, Armenia
Second Prize winner
operabase.com – Tigran Martirossian (opens in a new tab) -
1995
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1995
Annette Seiltgen
mezzo-soprano, Germany
Finalist Prize winner
operabase.com – Annette Seiltgen (opens in a new tab) -
1995
Melanie Diener
soprano, Germany
Finalist Prize winner and awarded the Troldhaugen Grieg Prize
operabase.com – Melanie Diener (opens in a new tab) -
1995
Åshild Skiri Refsdal
Awarded a scholarship by Postbanken for best Norwegian participant