Prizes

1st prize: € 50 000: Kathleen O’Mara, soprano, USA

2nd prize: € 10 000: Meridian Prall, mezzo-soprano, USA

3rd prize: € 5 000: Paweł Horodyski, bass, Poland

Finalist prizes: € 1 500:
Vladyslav Buialskyi, bass-baritone, Ukraine
Hannah Edmunds, soprano, Norway
Justyna Khil, soprano, Poland

Lied Prize: € 1 500: Paweł Horodyski, bass, Poland
The Ingrid Bjoner Scholarship (awarded to the best Norwegian participant): NOK 100 000: Hannah Edmunds, soprano, Norway

The prize winners receive a diploma featuring artwork created by H.M. Queen Sonja.

Engagements

Casting directors and program managers from orchestras and opera houses will be present during the competition to consider offering engagements to the prize winners.

Previous participants have received concert engagements with the following Norwegian institutions:

Oslo Chamber Music Festival
Nordlysfestivalen
The Norwegian National Opera & Ballet
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
The Norwegian Radio Orchestra
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
Stavanger Symphony Orchestra
Trondheim Symphony Orchestra
Kristiansand Symphony Orchestra
Arctic Philharmonic
Bergen International Festival
Trondheim Chamber Music Festival
Elverum Festival
Bergen National Opera
Opera Rogaland
Operaen i Kristiansund
Opera Østfold
Opera Nordfjord
Oslo Filharmonien