OPERA CROWN, Tbilisi International Voice Competition was launched in May, 2018.
It takes place in Georgian capital Tbilisi every year, each time offering the contestants from all over the world the best and most welcoming atmosphere to perform at their very best.
The Competition is open to opera singers at the start of their professional career and aims at discovering and facilitating the promotion of young talented singers by giving them the opportunity to be heard by a panel of top opera professionals – artistic and casting directors from famous opera houses, as well as the best artist managers.
The 5th Competition will take place from November 8 to November 13, 2026, at the Tbilisi Opera House.
The results of the preliminary auditions for the 2026 Competition:
1. Spartak Sharikadze, bass (Georgia)
2. Hazuki Hirano, mezzo-soprano (Japan)
3. Shelén Hughes Camacho, soprano (Bolivia)
4. Songha Lee, soprano (South Korea)
5. Ziyodbek Abdimavlonov, tenor (Uzbekistan)
6. Medea Chikashvili, contralto (Georgia)
7. Fan Wu, tenor (China)
8. Jamal Al Titi, baritone (Canada)
9. Martina Koljenšić, mezzo-soprano (Serbia)
10. Vanhels Djoko, tenor (Cameroon)
11. Eleonora Harutyunyan, mezzo-soprano (Armenia)
12. Ana Gvozdenović, soprano (Serbia)
13. Dorjnamjin Baatar, baritone (Mongolia)
14. Haotian Ma, tenor (China)
15. Jack Keller, tenor (USA)
16. Maria Gadilia, soprano (Georgia)
17. Melisa Sanlısoy, soprano (Turkey)
18. Sofia Kneller, soprano (Israel)
19. Tamara Nishri, soprano (Israel)
20. Tamara Dzhibuti, mezzo-soprano (Georgia)
21. Laman Babazade, soprano (Azerbaijan)
22. Rebecca Brusamonti, soprano (Italy)
23. Adelin Ilca, tenor (Romania)
24. Lorenzo Martelli, tenor (Italy)
25. Luke Norvell, tenor (USA)
26. Marta Mazanek-Matuszewska, soprano (Poland)
27. Matteo Torcaso, baritone (Italy)
28. Mose Lee, tenor (South Korea)
29. Natia Ivaniashvili, soprano (Georgia)
30. Falanda Gvinjilia, tenor (Georgia)
31. Gvantsa Aburjania, soprano (Georgia)
32. Avtandil Tchikava, baritone (Georgia)
33. Andrezza Reis, soprano (Brazil)
34. Hannah Shea, mezzo-soprano (USA)
35. Ji Ho Park, soprano (South Korea)
36. Eric Jongyoung Kim, tenor (South Korea)
37. Konstantinos Stafylidis, baritone (Greece)
38. Mariam Gotsiridze, mezzo-soprano (Georgia)
39. Elisa Maayeshi, soprano (Netherlands)
40. Salome Kushkheveli, soprano (Georgia)
41. Yoojin Lee, soprano (South Korea)
42. Delong Liu, tenor (China)
43. Dayu Feng, baritone (China)
44. Gabriella Rea Fenyvesi, soprano (Hungary)
45. Shota Okuno, baritone (Japan)
46. Nino Gotoshia, soprano (Georgia)
47. Julia Stocker, soprano (Switzerland)
48. Gwanggeun Noh, bass (South Korea)
49. Wenzheng Tong, Baritone (China)
50. Sunghoon Han, bass-baritone (South Korea)
51. Egor Martynenko, tenor (Belarus)
52. Mattia Hwaeum Lee, baritone (South Korea)
53. Tamar Tsirekidze, soprano (Georgia)
54. Juhyeon Kim, baritone (South Korea)
55. Tinatin Basoshvili, soprano (Georgia)
56. Katarina Farzadyan, soprano (Armenia)