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Mongolian opera singer claims First Prize of Eva Marton Competition
PoliticsUlaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ Baritone/bass baritone Ankhbayar Enkhbold from the Mongolian State Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet won the First Prize of the 2nd Eva Marton operatic singing competition in Budapest on Saturday. He was followed by the second prize winner soprano Lilla Horti of Hungary, and the third prize soprano Lucyna Jarzabek of Poland.
The Grand Prix of the competition went to Belarusian singer Alexander Roslavets.
Over 2,000 young singers form five continents submitted applications for the competition from January 2016.
Some 77 singers passed the initial muster and 48 singers arrived in Budapest to compete. Of them 10 were chosen to sing in the finals, held at the Hungarian Academy of Music.
The contestants were accompanied by the Hungarian State Opera House Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Balazs Kocsar.
The competition is named after internationally acknowledged operatic soprano Eva Marton, who taught at the Hungarian Academy of Music after a long stage career and who organized the competition. She chaired the jury that awarded the prizes.
