Yun-Jeong Lee (1980) – soprano – Republic of Korea

IVC 2010 – Rabobank Audience Prize € 2500

Education: Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg, studied with Turid Karlsen. Prizes: 3rd Prize International Singing Competition – Competitione dell’Opera, Dresden. 2nd Prize and Audience Award Marittim Singing Competition. 1st Prize Elise Meyer Competition, Germany 2009. Grand Prix Maria Callas International Singing Competition, Athens 2009. Audience award Francesco Vinas International Singing Competition, Spain 2010. Repertory: arias A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Britten), I Puritani (Bellini), Die Entführung aus dem Serail (Mozart), Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti), Les Contes d’Hoffmann (Offenbach), Il barbiere di Siviglia (Rossini), Rigoletto (Verdi), Exsultate Jubilate (Mozart).
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Final with piano – 25 Sep

Caro nome (Rigoletto) – Giuseppe Verdi 1813 – 1901
Der hölle Rache (Die Zauberflöte) – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1756 – 1791
Pierrot (Quatre chanson de jeunesse) – Claude Debussy 1862 – 1918

Final with The Brabant Philharmonic Orchestra – 26 Sep

Il dolce suono… Ardon gli incennsi (Lucia di Lammermoor) – Gaetano Donizetti 1797 – 1848
Les oiseaux dans la charmille (Les contes d’Hoffmann) – Jacques Offenbach 1819 – 1880