De 1971 a 1980
IX CONTEST, year 1971
Female voices:
1st Ana Riera (USA)
2nd Horiana Branisteanu (Romania)
3rd Reng Rong (China)
Male voices:
lst Void
2nd Aldo Baldin (Brazil)
3rd Kurt Rydl (Austria)
Special prizes:
To the best performer of Schubert: Kehko Kawata (Japan)
To the best performer of Verdi: Ana Riera (USA)
To the best performer of French Music: Claudine Duprat (France) and Kazuyo Ionue (Japan)
Scholarship: Kurt Rydl (Austria) and Hiroko Saito (Japan)
Spanish scholarship: Josep Maria Pla (Spain)
X CONTEST, year 1972
Female voices:
1st Eugenia Gorojovskaia (URSS)
2nd Rodica Ana Mitrica (Romania)
3rd Alicia Nafé (Argentina)
Male voices:
lst Nikolai Ojotnikov (USSR)
2nd Mati Palm (USSR)
3rd Mihail Panghe (Romania)
Special prizes:
To the best performer of Verdi: Nikolai Ojotnikov (USSR)
To the best performer of Wagner: Margaret Pettengil (USA)
To the best performer of Spanish Music: Dalmau González (Spain)
To the best light soprano: Gerda Spireanu (Romania)
Scholarship: Margaret Pettengil (USA)
XI CONTEST, year 1973
Female voices:
1st Helga Müller-Molinari (Germany)
2nd Emiko Maruyama (Japan)
3rd Linda Clark-Anderson (USA)
Cornelia Pop (Romania)
Male voices:
lst Void
2nd Vladimir de Kanel (Brazil)
Moises Parker (United Kingdom)
3rd Luis Lima (Argentina)
Special prizes:
To the best performer of Verdi: Emiko Maruyama (Japan)
To the best performer of Schubert: Heiner Eckels (Germany)
To the best performer of Spanish Music: Ginette Duplessis (Canada)
“C. Gomes” medal to the best performer of Brazilian Music: Marius Cosmescu (Romania)
Diputació of Barcelona scholarship: Constantin Zaharia (Romania) and Angela Nemes (Romania)
Teatro Massimo of Palermo scholarship: Josep Ruiz (Spain)
XII CONTEST, year 1974
Female voices:
lst Void
2nd Nelly Miricioiu (Romania)
Hiroko Shiraishi (Japan)
3rd Bozena Porzynska (Poland)
Male voices:
lst Void
2nd Kurt Rydl (Austria)
3rd Mircea Moisa (Romania)
Zaven Tashjian (USA)
Special prizes:
To the best performer of French Opera: Mario Rodrigo (Spain)
To the best performer of Wagner: Maria Ventzislavova (Bulgaria)
“C. Gomes” medal to the best performer of Brazilian Music: Dorin Teodorescu (Romania)
Diputació of Barcelona scholarship: Myriam Hernàndez (Spain)
“Accademia Chigiana” in Siena scholarship: María Helena Iglesias (Spain)
Salzburg Mozarteum scholarship: Mario Rodrigo (Spain)
Teatro Massimo of Palermo scholarship: José Gabriel Vivas (Spain)
XIII CONTEST, year 1975
Female voices:
1st Agata Mlynarska (Poland)
2nd Linn Maxwell (USA)
3rd La Verne Williams (USA)
Male voices:
lst William Parker (USA)
2nd Andrzej Malinowski (Poland)
3rd Tomàs Cabrera (Spain)
Special prizes:
To the best performer of French Opera: Maro Partamian (Lebanon)
To the best performer of Verdi: Kazue Shimada (Japan)
To the best performer of Schubert: William Parker (USA)
Diputació of Barcelona scholarship: Sylvia Corbacho (Uruguay)
“Accademia Chigiana” in Siena scholarship: Maria Moll (United Kingdom)
Salzburg Mozarteum scholarship: Dalmau González (Spain)
Teatro Massimo of Palermo scholarship: Alfonso Echevarria-Torres (Spain)
XIV CONTEST, year 1976
Female voices:
1st Vera Captur (USSR)
2nd Void
3rd Katheryne Fowler (USA)
Male voices:
lst Void
2nd Robert Nalerio-Frachia (Uruguay)
3rd Emil Jurascu (Romania)
Special prizes:
To the best performer of French Opera: Francine Laurent (Belgium)
To the best performer of Mozart: Hilary Kenway (United Kingdom)
To the best performer of Wagner: Kathryne Fowler (USA)
To the best performer of Spanish Music: Isabel Aragón (Spain)
Diputació of Barcelona scholarship: Mircea Radu Sampetrean (Romania)
Barcelona Scholarship: Mircea Radu Sampetrean (Romania)
”Accademia Chigiana” in Siena scholarship: Lucja Wierzbinska-Jozwiak (Poland)
Salzburg Mozarteum scholarship: Isabel Aragón (Spain)
Teatro Massimo of Palermo scholarship: Francisco Matilla (Spain)
XV CONTEST, year 1977
Female voices:
1st Inessa Prosalovskaya (USSR)
2nd Lesia Nakonechnaia (USSR)
3rd Mariana-Doina Cioromila (Romania)
Male voices:
lst Mihail Kit (USSR)
2nd Arkadi Volodos (USSR)
3rd Gregorio Poblador (Spain)
Special prizes:
To the best performer of Verdi: Gregorio Poblador (Spain)
To the best performer of Schubert: Inessa Prosalovskaya (URSS)
“C. Gomes” medal to the best performer of Brazilian Music: Gobar Andrasy (Romania)
Diputació of Barcelona scholarship: Jesús Pinto (Spain)
“Mercedes Viñas” scholarship: M. Àngels Peters (Spain)
”Accademia Chigiana” in Siena scholarship: Sadako Seki (Japan)
Salzburg Mozarteum scholarship: Ana Díaz (Spain)
Teatro Massimo of Palermo scholarship: Alicja Borkowska-Molenda (Poland)
“Enrico Caruso” International Courses in Florence scholarship:Maria Àngels Peters (Spain)
XVI CONTEST, year 1978
Female voices:
lst Void
2nd Petranka Malakova (Bulgaria)
3rd Aprile Millo (USA)
Monique Beuchat (Switzerland)
Male voices:
lst Void
2nd Void
3rd Ionel Voineag (Romania)
Enrico Giambarresi (Italy)
Santiago Sánchez Gericó (Spain)
Special Prizes:
To the best performer of Verdi: Aprile Millo (USA)
To the best performer of Schubert: Cornelia Dietrich (Germany)
To the best performer of Mozart: Willian Eichorn (USA)
To the best performer of English Music: Patricia Rozario (India)
“C. Gomes” medal to the best performer of Brazilian Music: Ronald Bermingham (Canada)
“Plácido Domingo” prize to the best Spanish singer: Valentín Aguirre and Jesús Pinto
Diputació of Barcelona scholarship: Aldo Bertolo (Italy)
“Mercedes Viñas” scholarship: M. Àngels Peters (Spain)
Salzburg Mozarteum scholarship: Patricia Rozario (India)
”Accademia Chigiana” in Siena scholarship: Boo Young-Hee (Korea)
“Enrico Caruso” International Courses in Florence scholarship: Giuseppe de Matteis (Italy)
XVII CONTEST, year 1979
Female voices:
1st Marion Vernette Moore (USA)
2nd Liudmila Nam (USSR)
3rd Lilina Bizineche (Romania)
Nancy Johnson (USA)
Ann Tedards (USA)
Males voices:
lst Void
2nd Dzemal Mdivani (USSR)
3rd Motomu Hasui (Japan)
Special prizes:
To the best performer of Verdi: Nancy Johnson (USA)
To the best performer of Mozart: Ann Tedards (USA)
To the best performer of English Music: Francine Laurent (Belgium)
To the best light soprano: Dorriet Kavanaugh (USA)
“Plácido Domingo” prize to the best Spanish singer: Raquel Pierotti
Diputació of Barcelona scholarship: Scott Mac Allister (USA)
“Mercedes Viñas” scholarship: Fernando Bañó (Spain)
Salzburg Mozarteum scholarship: Cezary Godziejewski (Poland)
”Accademia Chigiana” in Siena scholarship: Edith Contreras (Mexico)
“Enrico Caruso” International Courses in Florence scholarship: Conrad Gaspà (Spain)
XVIII CONTEST, year 1980
Female voices:
1st Natalia Troitskaya (URSS)
2on Jacqueline Lesperance (Canada)
Raquel Pierotti (Spain)
3rd Song-Kawang Sun (Korea)
Kathleen Mc Calla (USA)
Linda Lane Smith (USA)
Male voices:
lst Flavio Becerra (Mexico)
2nd Fernando Belaza (Spain)
3rd Nicolas Schopscha (USA)
Special prizes:
To the best performer of Verdi: Flavio Becerra (Mexico)
To the best performer of Mozart: Kathleen Mc Calla (USA)
To the best performer of Schubert: Noriko Watanabe (Japan)
To the best performer of English Music: Joel T. Myers (USA)
To the best light soprano: Patrizia Dordi (Italy)
“Plácido Domingo” prize to the best Spanish singer: Fernando Belaza
Diputació of Barcelona scholarship: Minerva Enescu (Romania)
“Mercedes Viñas” scholarship: Enedina Lloris (Spain)
Salzburg Mozarteum scholarship: Daniela Vladescu (Romania)
”Accademia Chigiana” in Siena scholarship: Olga Teriuschnova (USSR)
“Enrico Caruso” International Courses in Florence scholarship: Maria José Montiel (Spain)