Laureates and Jury 1999

Women
I prize Elina Garanca Latvia
II prize Olga Pasichnyk Ukraine
III prize Janice Creswell United States
III prize Maria Fontosh Russia
IV prize Byung-Soon Lee Korea
Men
I prize Marcin Bronikowski Poland
II prize Vladimir Baikov Russia
III prize Gabriel Suovanen Sweden
Prize for Young Talent:
Aleksandra Kurzak Poland
Timothy Sharp Germany/USA
Special Prize for the best foreign performance of a Finnish song:
Oana-Claudia Stefanescu Rumania
Special Prize for the performance of a contemporary work:
Gabriel Suovanen Sweden
Jury
Tom Krause (Chairman), Luigi Alva, Elly Ameling, Walter Berry, Grace Bumbry, Ileana Cotrubas, Matti Lehtinen, Jevgeni Nesterenko, Regina Resnik and Joan Sutherlan.