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Welsh classical performers scoop major prizes

There's been a flurry of successes for Welsh classical musicians in the last couple of ...

BBC Wales Music, 10 May 2012

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Cardiff Singer

Cardiff Singer diary: part three

Laura Sinnerton, a viola player in the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, has been ...

Cardiff Singer, 20 June 2011

Wales Music

Cardiff Singer

And the winner is...

In a fantastic final of the 2011 BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition ...

Cardiff Singer, 19 June 2011

2011 competitors

Some of the 2011 competitors (photo: Brian Tarr)

Cardiff singers

Meet the singers who took part in 2011, from Armenia to Wales.

Audience Prize

Valentina Naforniţă

Your choice

Moldova's Valentina Naforniţă was the people's choice in the telephone vote.

The Final

The winner of the 2011 Cardiff Singer competition was Valentina Naforniţă from Moldova, who also won the Audience Prize.

The Song Prize was won by Andrei Bondarenko from Ukraine. Watch his winning performance.

Cardiff Singer celebrates its 30th anniversary in 2013. We expect it to be held Sunday 16-Sunday 23 June. Read more information.

Video clips

Ukraine's Andrei Bondarenko

From the stage

Watch clips from each concert in the 2011 competition.

Guides

Medical diagram of the human throat

Vocal health

Tips on keeping your voice in good shape from laryngologist Tom Harris.

Frockwatch

Australia's Helen Sherman (Photo: Brian Tarr)

Dress to impress

See what they wore in the 2011 Song Prize and concerts.

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