Koreans dominate singing competition

Koreans dominate singing competition

Opera

norman lebrecht

June 10, 2024

The Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition has been won by the South Korean baritone Jungrae Noah Kim.

Of the 121 contestants from 39 nations who made it into the finals in the Latvian town of Jurmala, 20 were South Korean, 15 were from Ukraine and ten from China.

Comments

  • zandonai says:

    No Italians?? Opera is their national heritage.

  • Ludwig's Van says:

    South Korean musicians are dominating most of the world’s most important competitions, and the concert circuit in general. There’s gotta be something in their drinking water – someone should bottle and commercialize it!

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