Bidu Sayão International Vocal Competition

The Bidu Sayão International Vocal Competition (Portuguese: Concurso Internacional de Canto Bidu Sayão) is a singing competition held at the city of Belo Horizonte in Brazil named after that country's most famous opera singer, Bidu Sayão. It is a competition open to singers of any nationality for up-and-coming young singers and as such has an age restriction. The competition is divided between male and female participants and is the most important vocal competition in Latin America.[citation needed]

The competition has an international jury composed of conductors, artistic directors from international opera houses and musicologists. The competition was created in 1999 by the opera producer Cleber Papa who is its President.

List of winners

Name Voice type Country Prize Competition place and year
Eduardo Itaborahy tenor Brazil 1st Prize 2000, Belém do Pará
Daniel Lee baritone Korea 2nd Prize 2000, Belém do Pará
João Augusto O' de Almeida tenor Brazil 3rd Prize 2000, Belém do Pará
Gabriella Pace soprano Italy 1st Prize 2000, Belém do Pará
Marilda Costa soprano Brazil 2nd Prize 2000, Belém do Pará
Alpha de Oliveira soprano Brazil 3rd Prize 2000, Belém do Pará
Antonio Wilson tenor Brazil Audience Jury 2000, Belém do Pará
Orival Bento Gonçalves bass Brazil 1st Prize 2001, Belém do Pará
Manuel Alvares baritone Brazil 2nd Prize 2001, Belém do Pará
André Vidal tenor Brazil 3rd Prize 2001, Belém do Pará
Carmen Monarcha soprano Brazil 1st Prize 2001, Belém do Pará
Marília Vargas soprano Brazil 2nd Prize 2001, Belém do Pará
Lílian Souza Assumpção soprano Brazil 3rd Prize 2001, Belém do Pará
Rodolfo Giugliani baritone Brazil 1st Prize 2002, Belém do Pará
Miguel Geraldi tenor Brazil 2nd Prize 2002, Belém do Pará
Federico Sanguinetti baritone Uruguay 4th Prize 2002, Belém do Pará
Flávio Mathias bass Brazil 5th prize 2002, Belém do Pará
Denise de Freitas mezzo-soprano Brazil 2nd Prize 2002, Belém do Pará
Lys Nardoto soprano Brazil 3rd Prize 2002, Belém do Pará
Guiomar Milan soprano Brazil 4th Prize 2002, Belém do Pará
Ewandro Cruz Stenzowski tenor Brazil Prêmio Estímulo 2002, Belém do Pará
Luciano Botelho tenor Brazil Prize "Estímulo" 2002, Belém do Pará
Homero Velho baritone Brazil Audience Prize 2002, Belém do Pará
Guilherme Pires Rosa baritone Brazil 1st Prize 2003, Belém do Pará
Leonardo Pace baritone Brazil 2nd Prize 2003, Belém do Pará
Carlos Rodriguez baritone Brazil 3rd Prize 2003, Belém do Pará
Adriana Clis mezzo-soprano Brazil 1st Prize 2003, Belém do Pará
Helen Donaldson soprano Australia 2nd Prize & Audience Prize 2003, Belém do Pará
Rosana Marcela Schiavi soprano Argentina 3rd Prize 2003, Belém do Pará
Felipe Oliveira baritone Brazil Prize "Revelação" 2003, Belém do Pará
Leniza Menna Barreto soprano Brazil Prize "Estímulo" 2003, Belém do Pará
Madalena Aliverti soprano Brazil Scholarship “Maria Helena Coelho Cardoso” 2003, Belém do Pará
Bruno Ribeiro tenor Portugal 1st Prize 2004, Belém do Pará
David Marcondes baritone Brazil 2nd Prize 2004, Belém do Pará
Marcos Liesenberg tenor Brazil 3rd Prize 2004, Belém do Pará
Luciana Melamed soprano Brazil 1st Prize 2004, Belém do Pará
Sandra Medeiros soprano Portugal 2nd Prize 2004, Belém do Pará
Virgínia Cavalcanti mezzo-soprano Brazil Audience Prize & Prize "Canção" 2004, Belém do Pará
Alexander de Paula baritone Brazil Prize "Estímulo" 2004, Belém do Pará
Thiago Arancam tenor Brazil Prize "Revelação" 2004, Belém do Pará
Luciana Melamed soprano Brazil Prize Orquestra Unisinos 2004, Belém do Pará
Antônio Wilson tenor Brazil Scholarship “Maria Helena Coelho Cardoso” 2004, Belém do Pará
Marconi Araújo countertenor Brazil 1st Prize & Prize "Revelação" 2005, Belém do Pará
Geilson Santos tenor Brazil 3rd Prize 2005, Belém do Pará
Bárbara Llanes soprano Cuba 2nd Prize 2005, Belém do Pará
Cláudia Azevedo soprano Brazil 3rd Prize 2005, Belém do Pará
Giancarlo Barbieri tenor Brazil Audience Prize 2005, Belém do Pará
Manuela Freua soprano Brazil Prize "Estímulo" & Prize "Canção" 2005, Belém do Pará
Phoenix Luz soprano Brazil Joungest Singer Prize 2005, Belém do Pará
Diana Daniel mezzo-soprano Brazil Special Prize of the Jury 2005, Belém do Pará
Ji-Min Park tenor South Korea 1st Prize 2006, Belém do Pará
Leonardo Neiva baritone Brazil 2nd Prize & Prize "Canção" 2006, Belém do Pará
David Marcondes baritone Brazil 3rd Prize & Audience Prize 2006, Belém do Pará
Maria Luisa Freitas mezzo-soprano Portugal 1st Prize 2006, Belém do Pará
Vanessa Bertolini soprano Brazil 2nd Prize 2006, Belém do Pará
Maira Lautert soprano Brazil 3rd Prize 2006, Belém do Pará
Nadja Sousa soprano Brazil Prize "Revelação" 2006, Belém do Pará
Isabela Santos soprano Brazil Joungest Singer Prize 2006, Belém do Pará
Antonio Wilson tenor Brazil Prize "Estímulo" 2006, Belém do Pará
Yuri Jaruskevicius baritone Brazil 2nd Prize 2008, Belo Horizonte
Boris Azarian bass-baritone Brazil 3rd Prize 2008, Belo Horizonte
Ariadne Oliveira mezzo-soprano Brazil 2nd Prize & Prize "Canção" 2008, Belo Horizonte
Carla Domingues coloratura soprano Brazil 3rd Prize 2008, Belo Horizonte
Carlos Eduardo Vieira baritone Brazil Male Audience Prize 2008, Belo Horizonte
Carolina Rennó mezzo-soprano Brazil Female Audience Prize 2008, Belo Horizonte
Bianca Pignataro soprano Brazil Prize "Estímulo" 2008, Belo Horizonte
Cristiano Rocha bass-baritone Brazil Best male opera singer 2008, Belo Horizonte
Ludmilla Bauerfeldt soprano Brazil Best female opera singer 2008, Belo Horizonte

References

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