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Queen Sonja Singing Competition Videos

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Final concert 2023

Semifinal 2023

Preliminary rounds, day 2, 2023

Preliminary rounds, day 1, 2023

Queen Sonja International Music Competition 2021

QSIMC Teaser 2023

QSIMC Final concert 2021

Queen Sonja International Music Competition 2019

QSIMC Teaser 2021

Queen Sonja International Music Competition 2017

QSIMC 2019 highlights

QSIMC 2019: Interview with Annelise Miskimmon

Queen Sonja Singing Competition Gallery

Please find below galleries of our recent competitions.

Gallery 2023

Jasmin White (contralto, USA), First Prize winner

Rebecka Wallroth (mezzo-soprano, Sweden), finalist

Nils Wanderer (countertenor, Germany), Third Prize winner

Vladyslav Tlushch (baritone, Ukraine), finalist

Aksel Daveyan (baritone, Armenia), Second Prize winner

Jasmin White (contralto, USA), First Prize winner

Navasard Hakobyan (baritone, Armenia), finalist

Navasard Hakobyan (baritone, Armenia), finalist

Rebecka Wallroth (mezzo-soprano, Sweden), finalist

Vladyslav Tlushch (baritone, Ukraine), finalist

Victoria Randem (soprano, Norway), awarded the Ingrid Bjoner Scholarship for best Norwegian participant

Felix Gygli (baritone, Switzerland), awarded the Lied Prize

Presenter at the final concert, Lise Davidsen (soprano, First Prize winner 2015)

Finalists ready for the Prize Giving Ceremony, following the final concert

Victoria Randem (soprano, Norway), awarded the Ingrid Bjoner Scholarship for best Norwegian participant

Nils Wanderer (countertenor, Germany). Third Prize winner

Aksel Daveyan (baritone, Armenia). Second Prize winner

Jasmin White (contralto, USA), First Prize winner 2023. Here with H.M. Queen Sonja

H.M. Queen Sonja with the 2023 Prize Winners

Per Ole Hagen/QSSC

Gallery 2021

Maria Motolygina (soprano, Russia), First Prize winner

Brent Michael Smith (bass, USA), finalist

Inna Demenkova (soprano, Russia), Third Prize winner

Maria Motolygina (soprano, Russia), First Prize winner

Badral Chuluunbaatar (baritone, Mongolia), Second Prize winner

Erika Baikoff (soprano, USA), finalist

Erika Baikoff (soprano, USA), finalist

Lydia Hoen Tjore (soprano, Norway), awarded the Ingrid Bjoner Scholarship for best Norwegian participant

Finalists at the Prize Giving Ceremony following the final concert

Lydia Hoen Tjore (soprano, Norway), awarded the Ingrid Bjoner Scholarship for best Norwegian participant

Inna Demenkova (soprano, Russia) won Third Prize

Queen Sonja Singing Competition final 2021

Inna Demenkova (soprano, Russia) won Third Prize

Maria Motolygina (soprano, Russia), First Prize winner

Queen Sonja Singing Competition 2021 Winners. Photo by Helge Skodvin.

The 2021 Prize Winners with Executive Director Lars H. Flaeten and presenter Mari Lunnan

Gallery 2019

Stefan Astakhov (baritone, Germany), Second Prize winner

Adam Kutny (baritone, Poland), Third Prize Winner and Prize for best Lied

Sergey Kaydalov (baritone, Russia), First Prize winner

Meigui Zhang (soprano, China), finalist

Adam Kutny (baritone, Poland), Third Prize Winner and Prize for best Lied

Theodore Browne (tenor, Germany), finalist

Natalia Tanasii (soprano, Moldova), finalist

Queen Sonja International Music Competition final 2019

Astrid Nordstad (mezzo-soprano, Norway), awarded the Ingrid Bjoner Scholarship for best Norwegian participant

Julia Muzychenko (soprano, Russia), semi-finalist

Meigui Zhang at the Queen Sonja International Music Competition 2019 Photo by Adrian Nielsen

Meigui Zhang (soprano, China), finalist

Zachariah Njoroge Kariithi (baritone, Kenya), semi-finalist

Josy Santos (mezzo-soprano, Brazil), semi-finalist

Adam Kutny (baritone, Poland), Third Prize Winner and Prize for best Lied

Emily Pogolerc (soprano, USA), semi-finalist

Astrid Nordstad (mezzo-soprano, Norway), awarded the Ingrid Bjoner Scholarship for best Norwegian participant

Sergey Kaydalov (baritone, Russia), First Prize winner

Natalia Tanasii (soprano, Moldova), finalist

The 2019 Jury

Gallery 2017

Mario Bahg (