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Based on video pre-screening, the Mirjam Helin competition selected 56 out of 485 applicants for the competition in Helsinki next June. Altogether 61 nationalities were represented among the applicants.Soile Isokoski, opera singer and chair of the Mirjam Helin competition jury is delig...

A South African soprano Mercy Malieloa was one of the winners in 2019. Photo: Heikki Tuuli The application period for the Mirjam Helin International Singing Competition begins on Wednesday 25 October 2023 and ends on 4 January 2024. The comp...

Text: Reeta Holma Photos: Petri Summanen Päivi Loponen-Kyrönseppä took on a new position at the Finnish Cultural Foundation in August, as director of the Mirjam Helin International Singing Competition. The next instalment of the event, which ranks among the top classical singing compe...

“The standard of the applicants was excellent,” says the competition’s Executive Director Marja-Leena Pétas-Arjava. “It is also noticeable that top-flight singers clearly cover a wider front than they did 5–10 years ago. They show that interest in opera and Western art music has spread...