I
n 1981 the singer, professor Mirjam
Helin (1911–2006) gave a donation
that established the Mirjam and Hans
Helin Fund within the Finnish Cultural
Foundation. The fund promotes the art
of singing and other types of music, and
the income from the fund is used to hold
the Mirjam Helin International Singing
Competition every five years.
APPLICATIONS
for the 2014 competition
were received from326 singers all over the
world, fromwhich 63were chosen to enter
for the competition. The preliminary round
was held at the Sibelius Academy and the
Semifinals and Final at the Helsinki Music
Centre. The finalists were accompanied by
The Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Hannu Lintu. They also
performed at the prizewinners´concert
with the Tampere Filharmonic Orchestra.
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WINNERS 2014
Women
1.
prize (30 000 €): Kateryna Kasper,
soprano, Ukraine
2.
prize (20 000 €): Ekaterina Morozova,
soprano, Russia
3.
prize (10 000 €): Sunyoung Seo,
soprano, South Korea
4.
prize (5 000 €): Elena Guseva,
soprano, Russia
The Finnish Cultural Foundation organized the seventh Mirjam Helin International
Singing Competition in Helsinki from 4th to 13th August 2014.
Men
1.
prize (30 000 €): Beomjin Kim, tenor,
South Korea
2.
prize (20 000 €): Matija Meić, bari-
tone, Croatia
3.
prize (10 000 €): Leon Kosavic,
baritone, Croatia
4.
prize (5 000 €): Dmytro Kalmuchyn,
baritone, Ukraine
5.
Croatian baritone Matija Meić was
awarded the special prize for the best
performance of a Finnish song.
The jury
Jorma Silvasti, chairman
Franz Grundheber
Maria Guleghina
Ben Heppner
Robert Holl
Andrea Rost
Nathalie Stutzmann
Deborah Voigt
The jury. Upper row, from left to right: Ben Heppner, Franz Grundheber, Robert Holl
and Jorma Silvasti. Front row, from left to right: Nathalie Stutzmann, Andrea Rost, Maria
Guleghina and Deborah Voigt.
Prize winners after the final, from left to right: Beomjin Kim, Matija Meić, Leon Kosavic,
Dmytro Kalmuchyn, Kateryna Kasper, Ekaterina Morozova, Sunyoung Seo and Elena Guseva.
