The competition received more than 200 applications from 43 nations in 2011. 41 candidates were selected to perform in the preliminary round.
Sara Abiyeva, soprano - Kazakhstan
Uliana Alieksiuk, soprano - Ukranie
Amartuvshin, baritone - Mongolia
Maarit Aura, mezzo-soprano - Finland
Sarah Barnes, soprano - Canada
Lise Granden Berg, soprano - Norway
Angela Brower, mezzo-soprano - USA
John Chest, baritone - USA
Daegweon Choi, tenor - Korea
Hyunbong Choi, baritone - Korea
Kwang Ho Choi, bass - Korea
Medet Chotabaev, tenor - Kazakhstan
Ingeborg Gillebo, mezzo-soprano - Norway
Gyungseok Han, baritone - Korea
Stephen Hegedus, baritone - Canada
Jonghoon Heo, baritone - Korea
Ji Young Jo, soprano - Korea
Alisa Jordheim, soprano - USA
Byung Kweon Jun, baritone - Korea
Lilly Jørstad, mezzo-soprano - Russia
Kateryna Kasper, soprano - Ukraine
Je Ni Kim, soprano - Korea
Sumi Kittelberger, soprano - Germany
Kamila Kulakowska, soprano - Poland
Anne Wik Larssen, soprano - Norway
Ho-Chul Lee, tenor - Korea
Donghwan Lee, baritone - Korea
Joohyun Lee, soprano - Korea
YunJeong Lee, soprano - Korea
Anneli Lindfors, soprano - Sweden/Finland
Karel Martin Ludvik, baritone - Canada/Czech Republic
Gaëlle Mallada, mezzo-soprano - France
Izabela Matula, soprano - Poland
Ivana Milasinovic, mezzo-soprano - Serbia
Vadym Mitryayaev, counter-tenor - Ukraine
Aundi Marie Moore, soprano - USA
Iva Mrvos, mezzo-soprano - Serbia
Boris Rudak, tenor - Belarus
Kai Ruutel, mezzo-soprano - Estonia
Kirstin Sharpin, soprano - New Zealand
Gaseul Son, soprano - Korea
Csaba Szegedi, baritone - Hungary
Nina Sætherhaug, mezzo-soprano - Norway
Elisabeth Cathrine Teige, soprano - Norway
Suzanne Vinnik, soprano - USA
Anna Wilk, soprano - Poland
Hyunjung Yoon, soprano - Korea
Meigui Zhang, soprano - China
