THE FIFTH 
ELENA OBRAZTSOVA 
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
OF YOUNG OPERA SINGERS

September 5 - 16, 2006
Moscow

The Jury:
Chairwoman              - Elena Obraztsova (Russia)
Members of the Jury  - Larisa Gergieva (Russia)
                                      - Anatoli Goussev (Italy)
                                      - Nicola Ghiuselev (Bulgaria)
                                      - Peter Dvorsky (Slovakia)
                                      - Makvala Kasrashvili (Russia)
                                      - Renate Kupfer (Germany)
                                      - Robert Lombardo (USA)
                                      - Veriano Lucetti (Italy)
                                      - Lenore Rosenberg (USA)
                                      - Tamara Sinyavskaya (Russia)
                                      - Renata Scotto (Italy)
                                      - Takako Ucida (Japan)
                                      - Mark Hildrew (Great Britan)
                                      - Vazha Chachava (Russia)

Competition Laureates:


Grand Prize was not awarded.
            
First Prize - Olga Pudova (soprano)
                    - Alexander Tsymbalyuk (basso)
   
Second Prize - Anna Victorova (mezzo-soprano)
                          - Karina Chepurnova (soprano)
                          - Uladislau Sulimski (baritone)

Third Prize - Ekaterina Sadovnikova (soprano)
                     - Jan Martinik (basso)

”Best performance of a romance by Tchaikovsky”
                                                                       - Jan Martinik (basso)
”Best performance of a German Lied” 
                                                                        - Ekaterina Sadovnikova (soprano)
”Best performance of a romance by Rakhmaninov” 
                                                                        - Alexander Tsymbalyuk (basso)
“Best performance of a French romance” 
                                                                        - Olga Pudova (soprano)
“Best performance of a work by a 20th century composer”
                                                                        - Not awarded

“The Best Accompanist of the Competition” - Anatoliy Kuznetsov
                                                                               - Alexandr Stary
                                                                               - Vsevolod Sokol-Matsyuk
                                                                               - Maria Tschernova