Competitions and Awards won by Elena Xanthoudakis – Soprano

Elena Xanthoudakis – Soprano has won over 80 First Prizes in Singing Competitions from Opera to Oratorio, Lieder to Musicals and Jazz

A versatile artist at home in many and varied styles, she focusses primarily on her Classical Music career.

Over the years Elena has won hundreds of prizes: to see an overview of First prizes and major awards – click the link below:

https://elenaxan.com/about-elena/competitions-eisteddfodau-scholarships-and-awards/

International and Major Australian Prizes Include:

Borletti-Buitoni Trust Award 2011 ( www.bbtrust.com );

Gerda Lissner Foundation Second Prize – New York City, April 2011

First Female and Overall Grand Prix International Adam Didur Opera Singers Competition, Poland 2008

Placido Domingo’s ‘Operalia’ 3rd – 2008

Performing Australian Music Competition – Voice section – London – 2008

Marten Bequest Traveling Scholarship 2006-7

Philip & Dorothy Green Award for Young Concert Artists (YCAT) winner 2006

Musical Society Of Victoria’s Lim Kooy Yaw Traveling Scholarship for 2005-2006.

First – International Mozart Competition, Salzburg 2006

International Jeunesse Musicales -Voix – Montreal – 3rd and winner Prize for the best performance of the Set Canadian Work. (2005)

First – Australian National Liederfest 2004

First – Maria Callas International Grand Prix, Athens (Oratorio-Lied) 2003

3rd Prize Herald Sun Aria 2001

Awards include:

Opus 50 Scholarship 2006, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012

The Borletti-Buitoni Trust award 2011 of 20,000GBP

Kirkmann Concert Society prizewinner 2010

The Hope Scott Trust Award 2011

Solti Foundation Award 2009

Australian Arts Council Grant – Skills and Development 2004-2005

Harold Fischer Scholarship for Opera part-scholarship from VCA

Mabel Kent Singing Scholarship from the University Of Melbourne 2003.

City of Glen Eira Foundation For Youth Excellence Award -2001, 2003

June Bronhill Award (AGC) 1996

Ron Hunt Memorial Award for Music 1996