Welcome to The Queen Sonja International Music Competition 2019! From the 13th to the 23rd of August, Oslo will again play host to some of the world’s most talented young singers as they compete for a place in the grand finale at the stunning Norwegian Opera & Ballet.

It is my privilege to extend a warm thank you to everybody involved
in making this year's competition such a great success. 

DR Koncerthuset, 3 November 2017, 19.30 (19.15)

Bolshoi Theatre, 12 November 2017, 19.30

Meet Ben Heppner; a motorcycling tenor from Canada with a passion for jazz and kids movies. 

After a semifinal of impressive performances, we are pleased to announce our five finalists. 

After two days of impressive performances, 12 of the 37 registered contestants remain.

Dear participants, dear audience

Welcome to The Queen Sonja International Music Competition 2017!

We are proud to present the Queen Sonja International Music Competition participants 2017! 241 singers from 49 countries applied to take part in this year's Competition. 40 singers from 21 countries have been invited to the preliminary rounds in Oslo.

A sparkling bouquet of 241 singers from 48 nations have applied to take part in this year's Competition in Oslo, 8 - 18 August. Thank you for choosing The Queen Sonja International Music Competition as your career partner. For us, this is an honour and a privilege. We wish every one of you the very best of luck.

The Queen Sonja International Music Competition's main goal is to assist the career development of talented young singers. Since the beginning, the aims of the Competition have included creating an international arena for music in Norway, which could showcase young musicians and give them an opportunity to be assessed at an international level. 

​The dates for The Queen Sonja International Music Competition 2017 are now confirmed! From the 8^th to the 18^th of August, Oslo will again play host to some of the world’s most talented young singers as they compete for a place in the grand finale at the stunning Norwegian Opera & Ballet.

We are very proud to announce that a number of QSIMC prizewinners are performing in Oslo this season. Two of our institutional partners, The Norwegian National Opera & Ballet and The Oslo Philharmonic, are hosting five of our First and Second Prize winners and one Finalist Prize winner. The QSIMC Prize winners will be in 47 performances of the productions listed below.

Stein Olav Henrichsen (Director of The Munch Museum) and Randi Stene (internationally renowned mezzo-soprano) have been elected as new board members for The Queen Sonja International Music Competition foundation.

- The most important thing is to get across whatever it is that you want to convey. That is the advice that soprano Hamida Kristoffersen (27), from the remote island of Bjarkøy in Norway’s northern Troms region, would give to this year’s participants.