Announcing all participants admitted to the 51st IVC

13 June 2016 The IVC announces all participants admitted to the 51st Competition in September 2016.

Opera | Oratorio category, admitted to the First Round of the 51st IVC

Preliminary Round Amsterdam 2015
Hrafnhildur Árnadóttir, soprano, Iceland
Barbara Cole Walton, soprano, Canada
Anna Harvey, mezzo-soprano, United Kingdom
Shelley Jackson, soprano, USA
Charlotte Janssen, soprano, Netherlands
Peter Kellner, bass, Slovakia
Zlata Khershberg, mezzo-soprano, Russia
Satriya Krisna, tenor, Indonesia
Siyabonga Maqungo, tenor, South Afrika 
Yvonne Prentki, soprano, Germany
Padraic Rowan, bass-baritone, Ireland
Cathy Van Roy, soprano, Belgium
Ibrahim Yesilay, tenor, Turkey
Saem You, soprano, South Korea
Yajie Zhang, mezzo-soprano, China

Preliminary Round ‘s-Hertogenbosch 2016
Jonghoon You, tenor, South Korea                
Jerica Steklasa, soprano, Slovenia   
Agata Schmidt, mezzo-soprano, Poland                        
Nikki Treurniet, soprano, Netherlands
Sophia Theodorides, soprano, Germany
David Fischer, tenor, Germany
Jeannette van Schaik, soprano, Netherlands
Marilena Striftobola, soprano, Greece
Xiaofeng Cai, bass-baritone, China                    
Sunggyeul Kim, baritone, South Korea              
Andreea Soare, soprano, Romenia
Menna Cazel, soprano, United Kingdom
Shinyoung Yeo, bass-baritone, South Korea
Oddur Jónsson, baritone, Iceland
Baurzhan Anderzhanov, bass baritone, Kazachstan 
Tamara Smyrnova, soprano, Ukraine                                             
Kinga Borowska, mezzo-soprano, Poland
Vera Alkemade, mezzo-soprano, Netherlands
Roele Kok, baritone, Netherlands
Olga Siemienczuk, soprano, Poland  

Preliminary Round YouTube 2016
Keonwoo Kim, tenor, South Korea
Tomasz Raff, bass, Poland
Rocio Pérez, soprano, Spain
Laura Grecka, mezzo-soprano, Latvia
Siman Chung, counter-tenor, South Korea
Sara Baneras Carrió, soprano, Spain
Nadège Médénouvo, soprano, France
Misaki Morino, soprano, Japan
Peter Mazalan, baritone, Slowakia
Yang Liu, soprano, China
Soomin Yu,  soprano, South Korea
Eunkyong Lim, mezzo-soprano, South Korea
JuHye Kim, soprano, South Korea
Sooyeon Lee, soprano, South Korea
Yauci Yanes Ortega, tenor, Spain
Mariam Fattakhova, soprano, Russia
Ewa Tracz, soprano, Poland
Rachel Kelly, mezzo-soprano, Ireland
Jinkyung Park, soprano, South Korea
Lucyna Jarzabek, soprano, Poland
Jakub Kózef Orlinski, counter-tenor, Poland
Pei Dapeng, bass-baritone, China
Alexandra Flood, soprano, Australia,    
Kinga Timar, soprano, Hungary
Hankyiol Kim, baritone, South Korea
Fanyong Du, tenor, China
Juraj Holly, tenor, Slovakia
Adam Kutny, baritone, Poland
Alena Karmanova, soprano, Russia
Hannes Öberg, baritone, Sweden
John Brancy, baritone, USA    
Hanna Jung, soprano, South Korea

Preliminary Round China 2016
Wei Chen, tenor
Yongxi Chen, tenor
Yuan Fang, tenor
Wei Li, tenor
Niru Liu, mezzo-soprano
Tao Liu, baritone
Ke Zhang, bass
Wenqin Zhang, soprano

Lied Duo Category, admitted to the First Round of the 51st IVC

Preliminary Round Amsterdam 2015
Siyabungo Maqungo, tenor, South Africa & Robert Jacob, piano, Germany 

Preliminary Round ‘s-Hertogenbosch 2016
Kelly Poukens, soprano, Belgium & Peter Jeurissen, piano, Belgium
Linda Joan Berg, soprano, Germany & Camille Lemonnier, piano, Germany
Jana Marie Gropp, soprano, Germany & Pauline Gropp, piano, Germany
Marina Viotti, mezzo-soprano, Switzerland & Caroline Delcampe, piano, France
Andreea Soare, soprano, Romania & Alissa Zoubritsky, piano, France

Preliminary Round YouTube 2016
Artur Rozek, baritone, Poland & Piotr Kopzcynki, piano, Poland  
Juhye Kim, soprano, South Korea &  Hyanghyun Lee, piano, South Korea 
Erica Back, mezzo-soprano, Finland & Aura Go, piano, Australia 
Flurina Stucki, soprano, Switzerland & Alena Sojer, piano, Austria 
Elli Vallinoja, mezzo-soprano, Finland & Jenna Ristilä, piano, Finland
Julien Van Mellaerts, baritone, New Zealand & Somi Kim, piano, New Zealand
Claire Barnett-Jones, mezzo-soprano, United Kingdom & Timothy End, piano, United Kingdom 
Henry Neill, baritone, United Kingdom & Frederick Brown, piano, United Kingdom  
Adèle Charvet, mezzo-soprano, France & Florian Caroubi, piano, France   

Preliminary Round China 2016
Niru Liu, mezzo-soprano & Ge Hu, pianist

Lied Duo finalists and prize winners of various Lied Duo Competitions in Europe
Angelo Pollak, tenor, Austria & Fiona Pollak, piano, Austria
Axelle Fanyo, soprano, France & Tokiko Hosoya, piano, Japan
Marie Perbost, soprano, France & Josephine Ambroselli, piano, France
Oddur Jónsson, baritone, Iceland & Judith Valerie Engel, piano, Austria
Agata Schmidt, mezzo-soprano, Poland & Bartlomiej Wezner, piano, Poland
Sylvia Rena Ziegler, mezzo-soprano, Germany & Friederike Wiesner, piano, Germany