The VI Mirjam Helin International Singing Competition gathers the best young singers to Helsinki on 1 – 12 August 2009. The preliminary round takes place on 3 - 6 August, semifinals 8 – 9 August and the final on 12 August 2009. The programmes will be available for one year after the broadcasts.
Voting, news, background information and comments from the first day on at YLE: yle.fi/mirjamhelin
Additional information on the Mirjam Helin International Singing Competition: www.mirjamhelin.fi
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11 am - 2 pm
Listen (audio)
Opening Ceremony. Antti Arjava and Jorma Silvasti.
Preliminary round of the singing competition.
David DQ Lee, countertenor, Canadian
Sangmin Lee, baritone, Korean
Yun-Jeong Lee, coloratura soprano, Korean
Yulia Lezhneva, soprano, Russian
Chae-Wook Lim, baritone, Korean
Chang-Han Lim, baritone, Korean
6 pm - 9 pm
Listen (audio)
Preliminary round of the singing competition.
Florent Mbia, baritone, Kamerunian
Timothy Mix, baritone, American
Stanislav Mostovoy, tenor, Russian
Mika Nisula, tenor, Finnish
Laura Pyrrö, soprano, Finnish
Kaisa Ranta, coloratura soprano, Finnish
9 pm - 9.55 pm
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Review of the morning period of the first day of the preliminaries.
Kirsi Tiihonen as expert and Outi Paananen as editor.
11 pm – 12 pm
Listen (audio)
Review of the evening period of the first day of the preliminaries.
Margareta Haverinen Brandt as expert and Veikko Ylikojola as editor.
10 am -10.58 am
Listen (audio)
Review of the morning period of the first day of the preliminaries.
Kirsi Tiihonen as expert and Outi Paananen as editor.
11 am - 2 pm
Listen (audio)
Preliminary round of the singing competition.
Andrey Serov, bass-baritone, Russian
Nikolay Shamov, baritone, Mari
Jihan Shin, tenor, Korean
Nadine Sierra, soprano, American
Kihwan Sim, basso, Korean
Anatoli Siuko, bass-baritone, Belarusian
2 pm – 3 pm
Listen (audio)
Review of the evening period of the first day of the preliminaries.
Margareta Haverinen Brandt as expert and Veikko Ylikojola as editor.
6 pm - 8.30 pm
Listen (audio)
Preliminary round of the singing competition.
Marjukka Tepponen, soprano, Finnish
Kevin Thompson, bass, American
Anna Viktorova, mezzo-soprano, Russian
Laura Vire, soprano, Finnish
Anita Watson, soprano, Australian
Elzbieta Wroblewska, mezzo-soprano, Polish
9 pm - 9.55 pm
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Review of the morning period of the 2rd day of the preliminaries.
Kirsi Tiihonen as expert and Outi Paananen as editor.
11 pm – 12 midnight
Listen (audio)
Review of the evening period of the 2nd day of the preliminaries.
Margareta Haverinen Brandt as expert and Veikko Ylikojola as editor.
10 am -10.58 am
Listen (audio)
Review of the morning period of the 2nd day of the preliminaries.
Kirsi Tiihonen as expert and Outi Paananen as editor.
11 am - 2 pm
Listen (audio)
Preliminary round of the singing competition.
Bo Yang, tenor, Chinese
Jung Nan Yoon, soprano, Korean
Zhuo Zhang, mezzo-soprano, Chinese
Azamat Zheltyrguzov, baritone, Kazakh
Yulia Alexeeva, soprano, Ukrainian
Jose Alvarez, countertenor, American
2 pm – 3 pm
Listen (audio)
Review of the evening period of the 2nd day of the preliminaries.
Margareta Haverinen Brandt as expert and Veikko Ylikojola as editor.
6 pm - 9 pm
Listen (audio)
Preliminary round of the singing competition.
Elizabeth Bailey, soprano, British
Daejin Bang, baritone, Korean
Siman Chung, countertenor, Korean
Vladislav Dorozhkin, bass, Russian
Michael Feyfar, tenor, Swiss
Gelena Gaskarova, soprano, Russian
9 pm - 9.55 pm
Listen (audio)
Review of the morning period of the 3rd day of the preliminaries.
Kirsi Tiihonen as expert and Veikko Ylikojola as editor.
11 am -12 noon
Listen audio
Review of the evening period of the 3rd day of the preliminaries.
Margareta Haverinen Brandt as expert and Outi Paananen as editor.
10 am -10.58 am
Listen (audio)
Review of the morning period of the 3rd day of the preliminaries.
Kirsi Tiihonen as expert and Veikko Ylikojola as editor.
11 am - 2 pm
Listen (audio)
Preliminary round of the singing competition.
Katharina Göres, soprano, German
Mia Heikkinen, coloratura soprano, Finnish
Ronghai Huang, bass-baritone, Chinese
Melis Jaatinen, mezzo-soprano, Finnish
Kishani Jayasinghe, soprano, Sri Lankan
Sungwon Jin, tenor, Korean
Kamila Kulakowska, soprano, Polish
2 pm -3 pm
Listen (audio)
Review of the evening period of the 3rd day of the preliminaries.
Margareta Haverinen Brandt as expert and Outi Paananen as editor.
6 pm - 9 pm
Listen (audio)
Preliminary round of the singing competition.
Ilona Jokinen, soprano, Finnish
Laura Jokipii, coloratura soprano, Finnish
Keunghea Kang, soprano, Korean
Mikhail Korobeynikov, bass, Russian
Tiina-Maija Koskela, mezzo-soprano, Finnish
Carolina Krogius, mezzo-soprano, Finnish
9 pm - 9.55 pm
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Review of the morning period of the 4th day of the preliminaries.
Kirsi Tiihonen as expert and Veikko Ylikojola as editor.
11 pm – 12 midnight
Listen (audio)
Review of the evening period of the 4th day of the preliminaries.
Margareta Haverinen Brandt as expert and Outi Paananen as editor.
10 am -10.58 am
Listen (audio)
Review of the morning period of the 4th day of the preliminaries.
Kirsi Tiihonen as expertVeikko Ylikojola as editor
2 pm -3 pm
Listen (audio)
Review of the evening period of the 4th day of the preliminaries.
Margareta Haverinen Brandt as expert and Outi Paananen as editor.
11 am - 2 pm
YLE Areena
Semi-final (1st day)
Watch (video):
1/4: David DQ Lee, Sangmin Lee Yulia Lezhneva
2/4 Timothy Mix, Kaisa Ranta
David DQ Lee, countertenor, Canadian
Sangmin Lee, baritone, Korean
Yulia Lezhneva, soprano, Russian
Timothy Mix, baritone, American
Kaisa Ranta, coloratura soprano, Finnish
11 am - 2 pm
YLEn Klassinen
Semi-final (1st day)
6 pm - 9 pm
YLE Areena
Semi-final (1st day)
Watch (video):
3/4: Andrey Serov, Nadine Sierra, Kihwan Sim
4/4: Marjukka Tepponen, Anita Watson
Andrey Serov, bass-baritone, Russian
Nadine Sierra, soprano, American
Kihwan Sim, basso, Korean
Marjukka Tepponen, soprano, Finnish
Anita Watson, soprano, Australian
6 pm - 9 pm
YLEn Klassinen
Semi-final (1st day)
9 pm - 9.55 pm
Listen (audio)
Review of the morning period tof he first day of the semi-finals.
Hannu Niemelä as expert.
Outi Paananen as editor.
11 pm – 12 midnight
Listen (audio)
Review of the evening period of the first day of the semi-finals.
Margareta Haverinen Brandt as expert and Veikko Ylikojola as editor.
9.05 am - 9.53 am
Listen (audio)
Review of the morning period of the first day of the semi-finals.
Hannu Niemelä as expert and Outi Paananen as editor.
11 am - 2 pm
YLE Areena.
Semi-final (2nd day).
Watch (video):
1/4: Bo Yang, Azamat Zheltyrguzov, Elizabeth Bailey
2/4: Daejin Bang, Katharina Göres
Bo Yang, tenor, Chinese
Azamat Zheltyrguzov, baritone, Kazakh
Elizabeth Bailey, soprano, British
Daejin Bang, baritone, Korean
Katharina Göres, soprano, German
11 am - 2 pm
YLEn Klassinen
Semi-final (2nd day)
2 pm – 2.58 pm
Listen audio
Review of the evening period of the first day of the semi-finals.
Margareta Haverinen Brandt as expert and Veikko Ylikojola as editor.
6 pm - 9 pm
YLE Areena.
Semi-final (2nd day)
Watch (video):
3/4: Melis Jaatinen, Kishani Jayasinghe, Laura Jokipii
4/4: Keunghea Kang, Mikhail Korobeynikov
Melis Jaatinen, mezzo-soprano, Finnish
Kishani Jayasinghe, soprano, Sri Lankan
Laura Jokipii, coloratura soprano, Finnish
Keunghea Kang, soprano, Korean
Mikhail Korobeynikov, bass, Russian
6 pm - 9 pm
YLEn Klassinen.
Semi-final (2nd day)
9 pm - 9.55 pm
Listen (audio)
Review of the morning period of the 2nd day of the semi-finals.
Hannu Niemelä as expert and Veikko Ylikojola as editor.
11 pm -12 midnight
Listen (audio)
Review of the evening period of the 2nd day of the semi-finals.
Margareta Haverinen Brandt as expert. and Outi Paananen as editor.
10 am - 10.58 am
Listen (audio)
Review of the morning period of the 2nd day of the semi-finals.
Hannu Niemelä as expert and Veikko Ylikojola as editor.
2 pm - 3 pm
Listen (audio)
Review of the evening period of the 2nd day of the semi-finals.
Margareta Haverinen Brandt as expert and Outi Paananen as editor.
YLE Teema 7.25 pm - 8.40 pm
Watch a collage of the Semifinals (video)
6 pm - 9 pm
YLE Teema
Watch (video): The Final on August 12
The names of the finalists are, in order of performance.
David DQ Lee, countertenor, Canadian.
Yulia Lezhneva, soprano, Russian.
Timothy Mix, baritone, American.
Nadine Sierra, soprano, American.
Kihwan Sim, bass, Korean.
Azamat Zheltyrguzov, baritone, Kazakh.
Kishani Jayasinghe, soprano, Sri Lankan.
Keunghea Kang, soprano, Korean.
The Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Leif Segerstam.
(The Finnish National Opera).
7.03 pm - 10.15 pm
YLE Radio 1
Listen (audio): Final and distribution of prizes.
Margareta Haverinen Brandt and Hannu Niemelä as experts.
Outi Paananen and Veikko Ylikojola as editors.
(The Finnish National Opera).
9.45 pm to 22.10 pm
YLE Teema
Watch (video): Final and distribution of prizes
The Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Leif Segerstam.
The winner of the prize for women in the VI Mirjam Helin International Singing Competition was Yulia Lezhneva and the first prize for men went to Kihwan Sim.
2.45 pm - 3 pm
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Before the evening concert
Anu Jaantila as editor.
7.03 pm - 7.50 pm
Listen (audio)
Prize-winners’ concert of the Mirjam Helin International Singing Competition
The Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Leif Segerstam.
Outi Paananen as editor.
(Live broadcast from the Madetoja Concert Hall in Oulu)
8 pm - 8.20 pm
YLE Radio 1
Young prize-winning vocalists of the competition are interviewed
Anu Karlson as editor.
8.10 pm - 9.05 pm
Listen (audio)
Prize-winners’ concert of the Mirjam Helin International Singing Competition
The Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Leif Segerstam.
Outi Paananen as editor.
(Live broadcast from the Madetoja Concert Hall in Oulu)
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