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International Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition
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ABOUT THIS COMPETITION
Since 1982 the International Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition has been one of the world's best networked singing competitions with qualifying rounds each year in more than 50 cities around the world. The singers are judged by a jury consisting of artistic and casting directors from the world's most prestigious opera houses.
MAIN OFFICE
International Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition
Seidengasse 32 1070 Vienna AUSTRIA
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ELIGIBILITY
Singers (female/male/diverse) of all nationalities are invited to enter the competition, born between 1994 and 2008; see here for further details.
ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE(S)
Voice
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| Travel Covered? | No |
| Frequency | Annual |
| First prize | €10,000 to €50,000 |
| Smallest prize | Less than €5,000 |
| Additional prizes | Performances |
| Jury chair(s) | To be announced |
| Additional jurors | Viviana Barrios, head of young arftists relations, casting, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Germany Rosetta Cucchi, artistic director, Wexford Festival Opera, Ireland David Gowland, artistic director, Jette Parker Artists Programme, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, London, United Kingdom Dorothea Hartmann, intendantin, Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden, Germany Rosemary Joshua, head opera studio, Dutch National Opera, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Franziska M. Kaiser, casting director, Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden, Germany Nicola Raab, operndirektorin, Staatstheater Darmstadt, Germany Christoph Meyer, generalintendant. Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Düsseldorf, Germany Björn Peters, k nstlerischer betriebsdirektor, Sächsische Staatsoper - Semperoper, Dresden, Germany Henning Ruhe, artistic director, Göteborg Opera, Sweden Christoph Seuferle, operndirektor, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Berlin, Germany Christina Scheppelmann, general & artistic director (effective July 1, 2025), La Monnaie/De Munt, Brussels, Belgium Melissa Weger, executive director, The Metropolitan Opera and Lindemann Young Artist Development Program & Laffont Competition, New York, United States |
| Jury size | 11 or more |
| Application fee | €65 registration fee; €179 finals fee |
| Application notes | 43 qualifying rounds around the world with various deadlines from February 24 to May 12, 2026; see here for details. |
SEMIFINALS (live rounds)
May 31 - June 7, 2026—Dzintari Concert Hall, Jurmala, Latvia; enrollment, first rounds, semifinals |
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FINALS (live rounds)
June 7, 2026—Dzintari Concert Hall, Jurmala, Latvia; finals concert with orchestra |
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COMPETITION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC?
| ✔ | Semifinals | TBD | Semifinals streamed |
| ✔ | Finals | TBD | Finals streamed |
PAST COMPETITION WINNERS
2025 Geon Kim, South Korea, baritone
2024 Jungrae Noah Kim, South Korea, baritone
2023 Ann-Kathrin Niemczyk, Germany, sopranoe
2022 Key'mon Murrah, United States, countertenor
2020/21 Joshua Lovell, Canada, tenor
2019 Valeriia Savinskaia, Russia, soprano
2018 Sungho Kim, South Korea, tenor
2017 Aigul Akhmetshina, Russia, soprano
2016 Nicholas Brownlee, United States, bass-baritone
2024 Jungrae Noah Kim, South Korea, baritone
2023 Ann-Kathrin Niemczyk, Germany, sopranoe
2022 Key'mon Murrah, United States, countertenor
2020/21 Joshua Lovell, Canada, tenor
2019 Valeriia Savinskaia, Russia, soprano
2018 Sungho Kim, South Korea, tenor
2017 Aigul Akhmetshina, Russia, soprano
2016 Nicholas Brownlee, United States, bass-baritone
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