Klaudia Taev Competition
Winners of the Klaudia Taev Competition with the artistic director of the competition Mr.Erki Pehk
The Klaudia Taev Competition is a competition for young opera singers. It is a main event of the Pärnu Opera Music Festival PromFest. The Competition has been named after a local legendary singing teacher Klaudia Taev. The first Competition was held in year 1996 and since 2001 it takes place biannually.[1]
Among others Barbara Hendricks, Edda Moser, Yevgeny Nesterenko, Teresa Żylis-Gara, Ileana Cotrubas, Karan Armstrong, Luana DeVol, Sergei Leiferkus and Irina Arkhipova have been the jury members of the Klaudia Taev Competition.
Prize winners
| No. | Year | 1st Prize | 2nd Prize | 3rd Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 1996 | Kristina Vähi (soprano, Estonia) | Taina Hirvonen (Finland) | Monika Sutt (Estonia) |
| 2. | 2001 | Anna Samuil (soprano, Russia) | not awarded | Gediminas Tiškevičius (tenor, Lithuania) Klavdia Sorokina (soprano, Russia) Merle Silmato (mezzo-soprano, Estonia) |
| 3. | 2003 | Laimonas Pautienius (baritone, Lithuania) | Tatjana Romanova (soprano, Estonia) Elena Semyonova (soprano, Russia) | Eleonore Marguerre (soprano, Germany) |
| 4. | 2005 | not awarded | Anzhelina Shvachka (mezzo-soprano, Ukraine) Zhu Huiling (mezzo-soprano, China) | Ewa Biegas (soprano, Poland) |
| 5. | 2007 | Ji-Min Park (tenor, South-Korea) | Veronika Dzhioeva (soprano, Russia) | Ilya Silchukov (baritone, Belarus) Oliver Kuusik (tenor, Estonia) |
| 6. | 2009 | not awarded | Anatoli Sivko (bass, Belarus) | Asmik Grigorjan (soprano, Lithuania) Pauliina Linnosaari (soprano, Finland) Maria Veretenina (soprano, Estonia) |
| 7. | 2011 | not awarded | Andrey Sauchanka (baritone, Belarus) | Elina Šimkus [Volkmane] (soprano, Latvia) |
| 8. | 2013 | Jomante Slezaite (soprano, Lithuania) | Anna Denisova (soprano, Russia) | Leo Radoslavljevic (baritone, United States) |
| 9. | 2015 | Sunghyun Kim (tenor, South-Korea) | Ewa Tracz (soprano, Poland) | Yury Rostotsky (tenor, Russia) Rihards Millers (baritone, Latvia) |
| 10. | 2017 | Abigail Levis (mezzo-soprano, United States) | Taras Berezhansky (bass, Ukraine) | Eszter Zemlényi (soprano, Hungary) |
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