Chelsea Marilyn Zurflüh wins at the Concours de Genève
Swiss soprano Chelsea Marilyn Zurflüh is the winner of this year's Concours de Genève in the singing category. Second prize went to Jungrae Noah Kim.
The first prize is endowed with CHF 20,000, the second with CHF 12,000. A third prize was not awarded. Chelsea Marilyn Zurflüh was also awarded all but two of the special prizes, including the audience prize and the orchestra prize.
Chelsea Marilyn Zurflüh grew up in Pieterlen. She completed her Master of Arts at the Bern University of the Arts with the highest grade. She has been a member of the International Opera Studio in Zurich since September 2021. She was first prize winner of the Marianne & Curt Dienemann Foundation Music Competition, winner of the Migros Culture Percentage Singing Competition, the Kiefer-Hablitzel/Göhner Music Competition and first prize winner of the Elvirissima Singing Competition. Most recently, she won the Haydn Competition in Rohrau.
