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International singing competition draws over 500 vocalists worldwide
Held at the prestigious Liceu Theater in Barcelona, the contest ends on January 21 with a total of €108,000 prize money
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Korean soprano and tenor win the 51st Francesc Viñas International Singing Contest
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International singing contest Francesc Viñas won by soprano Katerina Tretyakova and baritone Michal Jakub Partyka
The 50th anniversary of the prestigious international competition of opera and oratorio-lied singing, named in honour of the Catalan tenor Francesc Viñas, awarded the joint first prize to Katerina Tretyakova, from Lithuania, and Michal Jakub Partyka, from Poland. The second prize went to Amartuvshin, from Mongolia, and the third prize was for Valeriu Caradja, from Moldova. The first junior prize was for Marina Nachkebiya, from Georgia. The final stage of the competition took place on Friday with 15 singers taking part in Barcelona’s Gran Teatre del Liceu. The award ceremony was on Sunday and the winners showed the audience their talent. Besides, the Liceu Theatre organised an exhibition and published a book to showcase Francesc Viñas’ career and the history of the competition named after him.