The 2009 competition featured two parts: the main BBC Cardiff Singer of the World contest and the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Song Prize. There was also a day of master classes given by members of the jury of the two competitions.

Saturday 6 June 2009

Song Prize recital one

7.30pm, New Theatre, Cardiff

• Anna Stephany - England
• Dawid Kimberg - South Africa
• Claire Meghnagi - Israel
• Ji-Min Park - Republic of Korea
• Vira Slywotzky - USA

Read the full programme notes.

Sunday 7 June 2009

Song Prize recital two

2pm, New Theatre, Cardiff

• Csaba Szegedi - Hungary
• Helen Kearns - Ireland
• Tomislav Lučić - Croatia
• Yuriy Mynenko - Ukraine
• Izabela Matuła - Poland
• Javier Arrey - Chile

Read the full programme notes.

BBC Cardiff Singer of the World concert one

7.30pm, St David's Hall, Cardiff

• Etienne Dupuis - Canada
• Dana Bramane - Latvia
• Fernando Javier Radó - Argentina
• Emiliya Ivanova - Bulgaria
• Eri Nakamura - Japan

Read the full programme notes.

Monday 8 June 2009

Song Prize recital three

2pm, New Theatre, Cardiff

• Dora Rodrigues - Portugal
• Marc Canturri - Andorra
• Katharine Tier - Australia
• Natalya Romaniw - Wales
• Jan Martiník - Czech Republic

Read the full programme notes.

BBC Cardiff Singer of the World concert two

7.30pm, St David's Hall, Cardiff

• Dawid Kimberg - South Africa
• Ji-Min Park - Republic of Korea
• Anna Stephany - England
• Octavio Moreno - Mexico
• Ekaterina Shcherbachenko - Russia

Read the full programme notes.

Tuesday 9 June 2009

Song Prize recital four

2pm, New Theatre, Cardiff

• Dana Bramane - Latvia
• Etienne Dupuis - Canada
• Wade Kernot - New Zealand
• Eri Nakamura - Japan

Read the full programme notes.

BBC Cardiff Singer of the World concert three

7.30pm, St David's Hall, Cardiff

• Tomislav Lučić - Croatia
• Izabela Matuła - Poland
• Csaba Szegedi - Hungary
• Yuriy Mynenko - Ukraine
• Claire Meghnagi - Israel

Read the full programme notes.

Wednesday 10 June 2009

BBC Cardiff Singer of the World concert four

7.30pm, St David's Hall, Cardiff

• Katharine Tier - Australia
• Javier Arrey - Chile
• Natalya Romaniw - Wales
• Vira Slywotzky - USA
• Jan Martiník - Czech Republic

Read the full programme notes.

Thursday 11 June 2009

BBC Cardiff Singer of the World concert five

7.30pm, St David's Hall, Cardiff

• Wade Kernot - New Zealand
• Helen Kearns - Ireland
• Giordano Lucà - Italy
• Marc Canturri - Andorra
• Dora Rodrigues - Portugal

Read the full programme notes.

Friday 12 June 2009

Song Prize final

7.30pm, St David's Hall, Cardiff

• Eri Nakamura - Japan
• Yuriy Mynenko - Ukraine
• Javier Arrey - Chile
• Jan Martiník - Czech Republic
• Natalya Romaniw - Wales

Read the full programme notes.

Saturday 13 June 2009

Master classes

11am, New Theatre, Cardiff

• Kurt Moll with New Zealand bass Wade Kernot
• Dame Gwyneth Jones with Latvian soprano Dana Bramane

Master class

12.30pm, Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, Cardiff

• Ann Murray with Australian mezzo Katharine Tier

Master class

3pm, New Theatre, Cardiff

• Giacomo Aragall with Mexican baritone Octavio Moreno
• Richard Bonynge with Bulgarian soprano Emiliya Ivanova

Master class

4pm, Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, Cardiff

• Helmut Deutsch with Irish soprano Helen Kearns

Sunday 14 June 2009

BBC Cardiff Singer of the World final

5pm, St David's Hall, Cardiff

• Eri Nakamura - Japan
• Giordano Lucà - Italy
• Jan Martiník - Czech Republic
• Yuriy Mynenko - Ukraine
• Ekaterina Shcherbachenko - Russia

Read the full programme notes.