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LSM Online Reviews / Critiques   Visit La Scena Musicale Online Reviews. [Index] Three Canadians Among Finalists at the 2000 Queen Elisabeth Competition by Wah Keung Chan / May 22, 2000 Three Canadians are among the twelve finalists of the The 2000 Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition in Voice. The three Canadians are Karen Wierzba (Toronto), Marie-Nicole Lemieux (Montreal) and Robert Pomakov (Toronto). A fourth finalist also has a Canadian connection: Korean counter-tenor David Dong Qyu Lee received training at the Vancouver Academy of Canada. Here is the complete list of contestants according to their order of appearance in the finals: Karen Wierzba Canada 25 soprano Marina Poplavskaya Russia 22 soprano Marius Brenciu Romania 26 tenor Sunhae Im Korea 24 soprano David Dong Qyu Lee Korea 22 counter-tenor Véronique Solhosse Belgium 31 soprano Robert Pomakov Canada 19 bass Margriet Van Reisen Netherlands 28 alto Marie-Nicole Lemieux Canada 24 alto Pierre-Yves Pruvot France 29 baritone Lubana Al Quntar Syria 27 soprano Olga Pasichnyk Ukrain 32 soprano The finals will be held in Brussels on May 24, 25 and 26.         Karen Wierzba  Marie-Nicole Lemieux  Robert Pomakov     Visit La Scena Musicale Online Reviews. [Index]

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