Sunday, October 26th, 2025
The 1st Rajko Koritnik International Singing Competition 2025 is finished. 9 singers, who were selected from 28 competitors in Saturday’s preliminary round, competed in the final, which took place today at 5 pm in Dvorana prve slovenske vlade Ajdovščina.
GLORIA MOJICA CASTILLO, mezzo-soprano (Mexico): 1st prize, gold plaque;
ESTHER MICHEL-SPRAGGETT, soprano (France): 2nd prize, gold plaque;
MILLY FORREST, soprano (United Kingdom): 3rd prize, gold plaque, Public award;
BETI BRATINA, soprano (Slovenia): gold plaque;
JURICA JURASIĆ KAPUN, baritone (Croatia): gold plaque;
STEFAN PETKOVIĆ, baritone (Serbia): gold plaque;
SANGUK SEO, baritone (South Korea): gold plaque;
HANA SALIHOVIĆ, soprano (Bosnia and Herzegovina): gold plaque;
MARIE MAGROFUOCO, mezzo-soprano (Belgium): gold plaque.
The jury also awarded a Special award to a promising competitor under 25 years of age. The recipient is OLEKSANDR NASTASIICHUK, tenor (Ukraine), who won a silver plaque in Saturday’s preliminary round.
We congratulate all the competitors from the bottom of our hearts and thank them for such a special evening! Dear competitors, we wish you all the best in your future career.
We also sincerely thank and congratulate the three official accompanists of the competition, who did their demanding job excellently: Beatrice Zonta, Vladimir Mlinarić and Marko Kanalec.
We would also like to thank the 5-member international jury, consisting of President Giorgio Surian, Mojca Lavrenčič, Evelyn Schoerkhuber, Cinzia De Mola, and Nikola Kitanovski.
