2025 Competition Final
28 January, 7.30pm at NCH Dublin
Chair of the Jury: Sir Thomas Allen
Veronica Dunne International Singing Competition 2025 Finalists
Our 11th Veronica Dunne International Singing Competition received an all time high number of applications, with competitors entering from 25 different countries around the world. Congratulations to the six singers who successfully reached our Final on 28 February 2025. We are thrilled to announce our winners and thank you to the National Symphony Orchestra led by acclaimed conductor Wyn Davies.
2025 COMPETITION RESULTS:
1ST PRIZE €12,000
Julia Muzychenko-Greenhalgh
SOPRANO
(€10,000 plus €2,000 in respect of an engagement to be arranged by Friends of Vocal Arts in Ireland)
Prize donated by The John Pollard Foundation
2ND PRIZE €5,000
Anna Kelly
MEZZO-SOPRANO
Prize donated by Margaret and Liam Gilligan
3RD PRIZE €4,000
Hanseong Yun
BASS-BARITONE
Prize donated by Rachel Naughton and Máire Ledwith Singing Studio
4TH PRIZE €3,000
Charlotte Bowden
SOPRANO
Prize donated by RBC Brewin Dolphin
5TH PRIZE €2,000
Maria Hegele
MEZZO-SOPRANO
Prize donated by Martin Coonan, the Karkantis Family and the Friends of the Vocal Arts
6TH PRIZE €1,000
Judith Le Breuilly
MEZZO-SOPRANO
Prize donated by Mona Taliaferro, Massachusetts in memory of her sister Lisa
Friends of the Vocal Arts presents
Opera at Kylemore Abbey
Saturday 28 September at 7pm
Kylemore Abbey & Victorian Walled Garden,
Kylemore Abbey Connemara H91 VR90 Ireland
A wonderful evening of opera in the glorious Kylemore Abbey, with performances by Ireland’s top talent, featuring Anne Marie Gibbons and Rory Musgrave.
Watch the 2025 Competition Final
Liz Nolan presented the final of the 2025 Veronica Dunne International Singing Competition live from the National Concert Hall. Six of the most talented competitors sang three arias with the National Symphony Orchestra before the International jury decided on the 2025 winner of this prestigious vocal competition.
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Our 2019 highlights
Since 1995 the competition continues to give young singers the opportunity to compete at the highest international level. Here we catch up with some of the people involved in this year’s competition, including Artistic Director Veronica Dunne, Artistic Administrator Dearbhla Collins, inaugural winner Orla Boylan, Wigmore Hall Director John Gilhooly and our winner from 2019, UK Bass William Thomas.
Past prizewinners
HONOURING OUR PAST PARTICIPANTS
The singing competition has been honoured to present prizes to artists such as Fatma Said, Nadine Sierra, Tara Erraught, Simon O’Neill, Pumeza Matshikiza, Sarah-Jane Brandon and Orla Boylan.