The competition will be postponed to 2023.
Lappeenranta a nationwide singing competition will not be held due to the deteriorating coronavirus situation. The city of Lappeenranta says in a press release.
The competition was to be held for the 20th time in January 2022. The event, which is held every three years, was last seen in Lappeenranta in 2019.
“Even if the audience had numbered seats at the singing competitions, we would not have been able to avoid meetings between the audience, staff and competitors during the week at Lappeenranta City Hall,” says the executive director of the national singing competitions in Lappeenranta. Milko Vesalainen in the bulletin.
“Exposure or, in the worst case, a single infection could have stopped the entire race during the race week.”
Lappeenranta The 20th national singing competitions will be postponed from 1 January to 6 January 2023.
All 30 singers selected for the actual competition in the October 2021 pre-competition will be eligible.
Lappeenranta The singing competition is a solo singing competition organized by the City of Lappeenranta. The competition has its own series for women and men.
The competition has been organized since 1969. Finnish singers, among others, who won the first competition, have made it public. Jorma Hynninen, Waltteri Torikka, Ville Rusanen and Petteri Salomaa as well as women for example Karita Mattila, Soile Isokoski, Kirsi Tiihonen, Camilla Nylund.
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