This prominent Competition is known as 'Europe's largest vocalist supply market'
1,043 competitors from 55 cities around the world participated in the Singing Competition
[Jul 17, 2013]

 Winners of the 32nd International Belvedere Singing Competition. Lee, Dong Hwan, second from the right who won the 1st Prize.

 Lee, Dong Hwan (32), an alumni of the YU School of Music (class of '02) won the highest honors at the '32nd International Belvedere Singing Competition' held in Amsterdam, Netherlands on the 6th.

 Lee, who is currently a soloist at the Theater Augsburg in Germany, made his name known throughout the world by winning the 'Queen Sonja International Music Competition' and receiving a 20,000 Euro prize at Oslo, Norway in August 2011. He also won the Beniamino Gigli Singing Competition and came in second at the International Singing Competition of Toulouse. In 2009, he came in third place in the male opera sector at the Maria Callas Competition in Athens, Greece in 2009. Last year, he played the role of Escamillo, the matador in the main opera 'Carmen' of the '10th Daegu International Opera Festival', leaving a strong impression with his hometown audience.

 The International Belvedere Singing Competition is known as 'Europe's largest vocalist supply market'. Opera directors, TV producers and managers from various agencies across Europe come here to find new talents. 1,043 participants from 55 cities around the world competed at the Metropolitan Opera New York, Vienna Wiener Staatsoper, and Gran Teatre del Liceu of Barcelona went through the preliminary rounds and only 13 took the stage for the final competition.

 By winning this award, Lee has been invited to perform for 'Carmen' at the Deutsche Oper Berlin and the Royal Opera House in London's Covent Garden, which is known to be one of the world's top 3 opera houses, and is thus elevating the fame of YU all around the world.