The 8th Mt. Fuji International Opera Competition of Shizuoka Outline

Venue ACT City Hamamatsu (Main Hall)
The 1st Round November 11(Sat.), 12(Sun.), 13(Mon.), 2017
The 2nd Round November 15(Wed.), 16(Thu), 2017
The Final Round and
Awards Ceremony		 November 19(Sun.), 2017
Conductor TAKAHASHI Naoshi
Orchestra Tokyo Symphony Orchestra
Number of Applicants 191 (from 22 countries and regions)
The 8th Competition Poster
The 8th Competition Poster

Supervisor: SAI Kunio (Professor, Shizuoka University of Art and Culture)
Designer: IMANO Kohei（Alumnus, Faculty of design, Shizuoka University of Art and Culture)           

Prizewinners and Successful Contestants

MOON Sehoon

1st Prize

MOON Sehoon

Tenor, South Korea

Major appearances and achievements after the competition:

2018 3rd Prize of the Francisco Viñas International Singing Contest (Spain)
2019 Nemorino, "L’elisir d’amore" (Glyndebourne Festival-Tour)
2020 Fenton, "Falsaff" (Malmö Opera, Sweden)
2022 Romeo, "Roméo et Juliette" (Malmö Opera, Sweden)
2022 Rodolfo, "La Bohème" (Glyndebourne Festival)
2024 Rodolfo, "Luisa Miller" (Opéra Grand Avignon)

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LI Ao

2nd Prize

LI Ao

Bass-Baritone, China

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KO ByungJun

3rd Prize

KO ByungJun

Baritone, South Korea

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JO Hironori

MIURA Tamaki Special Prize /
Successful Contestant

JO Hironori

Tenor, Japan

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CHO ChanHee

Successful Contestant

CHO ChanHee

Bass, South Korea

KOBORI Yusuke

Successful Contestant

KOBORI Yusuke

Tenor, Japan

Jury

Chairperson
  • KIMURA Toshimitsu (Japan)
Members
  • CHOI Sang-Ho (South Korea)
  • David GOWLAND (United Kingdom)
  • HAMADA Rie (Japan)
  • Werner HINK (Austria)
  • IHARA Naoko (Japan)
  • MIURA Yasuhiro (Japan)
  • Françoise POLLET (France)
  • Lenore ROSENBERG (U.S.A.)
  • Gabriella TUCCI (Italy)
  • YU Zi-Zheng (CHINA)
Award Ceremony
Award Ceremony
Award Ceremony
Award Ceremony