The Toivo Kuula Singing Competition 2025 has garnered significant international attention.PDF
84 singers registered for the Toivo Kuula singing competition 2025 by the deadline, and registrations came from as many as nine different countries in addition to Finland.
In 2021, Minna-Leena Lahti from Kokkola, Finland won the Toivo Kuula singing competition.
The jury of the Toivo Kuula Singing Competition 2025 has been published; experience, charisma and the best-known Finnish professionals in the field.PDF
Charisma and experience can be seen in the Toivo Kuula singing competition 2025 jury: soprano Mari Palo and baritone Waltteri Torikka as new members, soprano Kirsi Tiihonen as chairman. The well-known guard is completed by bass Jaakko Ryhänen and the artistic director of the competition, soprano Sirkka Lamminen.
Toivo Kuula Singing Competition 2025 welcomes international participants for the first time.PDF
As a composer, Toivo Kuula represended national romanticism in his early works, but later also took elements from French impressionistic music. Toivo Kuula was particularly significant as a vocal composer. In addition, he has composed violin and piano pieces, orchestral music, incidental music, chamber music and arrangements for various ensembles.
The winners of the Toivo Kuula singing competition 2021 together with the jury. The authoritative and well-known jury consisted of Karita Mattila, Juha Uusitalo, Kirsi Tiihonen and Sirkka Lamminen. The final was held in Alavus church.