On Monday evening, May 22, around midnight, jury president Bernard Foccroulle announced which of the 55 candidates will advance to the semi-final of the Singing Competition. The 24 lucky ones are, in alphabetical order:
- Fleuranne Brockway (AU)
- Linsey Coppens (BE)
- Margaux de Valensart (BE)
- Daniel Gwon (KR)
- Floriane Hasler (FR)
- Junho Hwang (KR)
- Daegyun Jeong (KR)
- Inho Jeong (KR)
- Lubov Karetnikova (USA)
- Sungho Kim (KR)
- Taehan Kim (KR)
- Junoh Lee (KR)
- Marie Lombard (FR)
- Alexandra Lowe (UK)
- Juliette Mey (FR)
- Julia Muzychenko-Greenhalgh (RU/DE)
- Anna-Sophie Neher (CA/DE)
- Mathilde Ortscheidt (FR)
- Joseph Parrish (USA)
- Carole-Anne Roussel (CA)
- Sílvia Sequeira (PT)
- Jihoon Son (KR)
- Maria Warenberg (NL)
- Jasmin White (USA)
Programme
The semi-final takes place on May 24 and 25 in Studio 4 of Flagey in Brussels, with sessions at 3 p.m. and 8 p.m. Per session, six semi-finalists perform with piano accompaniment. Each semi-finalist will sing the recital programme selected by the jury from the two recitals proposed by the candidate.
Jury Members
The composition of the jury may vary from round to round, but the jury members serve throughout the entire round for which they are requested. In the semi-final, they are: Bernard Foccroulle (Chair), June Anderson, Peter de Caluwe, Helmut Deutsch, Serge Dorny, Bernarda Fink, Jonathan Friend, Sumi Jo, Patricia Petibon, Christoph Pregardien, José Van Dam and Evamaria Wieser.
Live streaming, radio and television
Thanks to the VRT, the RTBF and Proximus, the semi-final will be broadcast live on our website. You can rewatch the videos of all performances at your leisure afterwards. You can also follow everything on radio or television. More information at
koninginelisabethwedstrijd.be/nl
