Congratulations to the three prize winners of the First competition:
First prize: Yudania Heredia (Cuba)
Second prize: Julian Müller (Germany)
Third prize: Ingrid Malleus (Finland)
The prize of the Music Academy of Plovdiv for best interpretation of Ivan Spassov's song "Dimano, belay kadono" goes to Yudania Heredia (Cuba).
We thank the Jury: Mr. Frieder Bernius - Chairman, Prof. Zlatina Deliradeva, Prof. Miroslav Popsavov , Prof.Vesela Geleva, Krastin Nastev for their wonderful job.
And special thanks to Nikoleta Eneva for her job and for her excellent work before and during the competition!
All the best to all candidates who attend this competition. We wish everybody a fantastic career and good music!
Krastin Nastev
The three participants elected for the last round are as follow:
1.Yudania Heradia
2. Julian Müller
3. Ingrit Malleus
The six candidates elected for the second round are (in order of highest to lowest points):
Julian Robin Muller
Dafne Jonane
Yudania Gomey Heredia
Ingrit Malleus
Adomas Pledas
The Pre-Selection Jury, composed of Donka Miteva (Germany) and Yana Deliradeva (Bulgaria), has selected 12 candidates to participate in the First Competition for Choir Conductors “Krikor Chetinyan”, which will be held in Plovdiv, from October 23rd to 25th, this year.
It was not an easy task to select only 12 candidates from 36 applications received from all over the world. The Jury’s decision is final and the selected candidates are as follows:
1. Jilin Dong – China
2. Nele Erastus – Estonia
3. Nadezhda MacCune – Bulgaria
4. Adomas Pledas – Lithuania
5. Hyoeun Kim – South Korea
6. Yudania Gómez – Cuba
7. Julian Robin Müller – Germany
8. John William Griffith – USA
9. Simas Paluckas – Lithuania
10. Dafne Jonane – Latvia
11. Lucie Lou Camps– France
12. Ingrit Malleus – Finland
The Organizing Committee has also requested the Jury to select three reserve candidates, who may be invited to participate in case of a cancellation. The reserves, in order of priority, are:
1. Zigi Yuan – China
2. Ieva Strauta – Latvia
3. Lovro Frelih – Slovenia
We thank all applicants for their interest and effort, and we congratulate those selected for this exciting event!
