The final 25 competitors for the 2009 competition were selected from more than 600 singers from 68 countries.
They took part in auditions held in 44 locations as far afield as Sydney and Stockholm, Bucharest and Beijing, all eager to win a place in the world's greatest singing competition.
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Welsh classical performers scoop major prizes
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Cardiff Singer diary: part three
Laura Sinnerton, a viola player in the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, has been ...
Cardiff Singer, 20 June 2011
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And the winner is...
In a fantastic final of the 2011 BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition ...
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