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Valentina Nafornita wins BBC Cardiff Singer competition | Valentina Nafornita wins BBC Cardiff Singer competition |
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Soprano Valentina Nafornita from Moldova has triumphed in the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World 2011 competition. | Soprano Valentina Nafornita from Moldova has triumphed in the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World 2011 competition. |
The 24-year-old also won the audience prize, voted for by listeners and TV viewers. | The 24-year-old also won the audience prize, voted for by listeners and TV viewers. |
She was among five finalists performing before a jury at St David's Hall in Cardiff on Sunday. | She was among five finalists performing before a jury at St David's Hall in Cardiff on Sunday. |
Afterwards, the singer said: "I am so happy, I feel I'm in heaven right now. It is everything to me." | Afterwards, the singer said: "I am so happy, I feel I'm in heaven right now. It is everything to me." |
Meeta Raval from England, Olesya Petrova from Russia, Hye Jung Lee from South Korea and Andrei Bondarenko from Ukraine also competed fro the £15,000 main prize. | |
Baritone Bondarenko was the winner of the international competition's second award, the Song prize, on Friday in which Nafornita also sang. | Baritone Bondarenko was the winner of the international competition's second award, the Song prize, on Friday in which Nafornita also sang. |
Dame Joan Sutherland prize | Dame Joan Sutherland prize |
Nafornita performed a programme of composers Donizetti, Dvorak and Gounod to win over the panel of judges. | Nafornita performed a programme of composers Donizetti, Dvorak and Gounod to win over the panel of judges. |
The judges for the competition included Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Russian-born conductor Alexander Polianichko, Lorenzo Mariani the artistic director at Palermo Opera House in Italy, mezzo-soprano Marilyn Horne, tenor Dennis O'Neill and baritone Hakan Hagegard. | The judges for the competition included Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Russian-born conductor Alexander Polianichko, Lorenzo Mariani the artistic director at Palermo Opera House in Italy, mezzo-soprano Marilyn Horne, tenor Dennis O'Neill and baritone Hakan Hagegard. |
As well as the main prize, the audience prize of £2,000, was also awarded to Ms Nafornita. | As well as the main prize, the audience prize of £2,000, was also awarded to Ms Nafornita. |
It is chosen by a public telephone vote and has been renamed the Dame Joan Sutherland Audience Prize in honour of the soprano's long association with the competition. | It is chosen by a public telephone vote and has been renamed the Dame Joan Sutherland Audience Prize in honour of the soprano's long association with the competition. |
Dame Joan was the patron of the competition until her death last year. | Dame Joan was the patron of the competition until her death last year. |
Six hundred opera and concert singers auditioned for a place in the competition. | Six hundred opera and concert singers auditioned for a place in the competition. |
Twenty singers from around the world took part in the week-long biennial contest last week. | Twenty singers from around the world took part in the week-long biennial contest last week. |
The event was established in 1983 by BBC Cymru Wales. Past winners include Karita Mattila, Dmitri Hvorostovsky and Ekaterina Scherbachenko. | The event was established in 1983 by BBC Cymru Wales. Past winners include Karita Mattila, Dmitri Hvorostovsky and Ekaterina Scherbachenko. |