46 young singers took part in the VII Mirjam Helin International Singing Competition on 4–13 August, 2014. The Jury selected 19 competitors for the semifinals and eight for the final. The winners of the competition were Kateryna Kasper, Ukraine, and Beomjin Kim, South Korea.
A total of €133,000 was awarded in prizes. The prizes were the same for both men and women: 1st prize €30,000, 2nd prize €20,000, 3rd prize €10,000 and 4th prize €5,000.The prize of €3,000 for the best performance by a non-Finnish singer of a Finnish song went to Croatian baritone Matija Meić.
The chairman of the 2014 Jury was the Artistic Director of the Savonlinna Opera Festival, Jorma Silvasti. The members were Franz Grundheber, Maria Guleghina, Ben Heppner, Robert Holl, Andrea Rost, Nathalie Stutzmann and Deborah Voigt.
The performances of the finalists are available at the website of Yle.
The winners of the competition were Kateryna Kasper, Ukraine, and Beomjin Kim, South Korea.
Women:
1st prize: Kateryna Kasper, soprano, Ukrainian
2nd prize: Ekaterina Morozova, soprano, Russian
3rd prize: Sunyoung Seo, soprano, Korean
4th prize: Elena Guseva, soprano, Russian
Men:
1st prize: Beomjin Kim, tenor, Korean
2nd prize: Matija Meić, baritone, Croatian
3rd prize: Leon Kosavic, baritone, Croatian
4th prize: Dmytro Kalmuchyn, baritone, Ukrainian