THE FOURTH 
ELENA OBRAZTSOVA 
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
OF YOUNG OPERA SINGERS

September 1 - 13, 2005
Saint-Petersburg

The Jury:
Chairwoman              - Elena Obraztsova (Russia)
Members of the Jury - Marcello Abbado (Italy)
                                      - Giacomo Aragal (Spain)
                                      - Teresa Berganza (Spain)
                                      - Giandomenico Bisi (Italy)
                                      - Larisa Gergieva (Russia)
                                      - Anatoli Goussev (Italy)
                                      - Makvala Kasrashvili (Russia)
                                      - Keiko Koizumi (Japan)
                                      - Ileana Cotrubas (Romania)
                                      - Renate Kupfer (Germany)
                                      - Robert Lombardo (USA)
                                      - Muyassar Razzakova (Uzbekistan)
                                      - Lenore Rosenberg (USA)
                                      - Vazha Chachava (Russia)

Competition Laureates:
            
First Prize - Oxana Kramareva (soprano)
                    - Alexei Markov (baritone)
   
Second Prize - Lyudmila Dudinova (soprano)
                          - Andrew Frank Goodwin (tenor)

Third Prize - Abdumalik Abdukayumov (baritone)
                     - Aliaksei Tanavitski (basso)
                     - Elena Gorshunova (soprano)

”Best performance of a romance by Tchaikovsky”
                                                                        - Abdumalik Abdukayumov (baritone)
”Best performance of a German Lied” 
                                                                        - Andrew Frank Goodwin (tenor)
”Best performance of a romance by Rakhmaninov” 
                                                                        - Oxana Kramareva (soprano)
“Best performance of a French romance” 
                                                                        - Vadim Kravets (basso)
“Best performance of a work by a 20th century composer”
                                                                        - Larisa Yudina (soprano)

“The Best Accompanist of the Competition” - Kamila Akhmedzhanova
                                                                               - Alexandra Modina