On February 26, at 6 pm, a concert of the winners of the 17th International Solo Singer Competition “Lazar Jovanović” was held. In front of the full hall of Kolarac’s endowment, the winners of special awards, category winners and the best placed competitors performed. After four days of the biggest opera competition in the country and several thousand visitors, in an exceptional competition of over a hundred candidates, by the decision of the international jury, the winner of the main prize of the competition is Beti Bratina, a soprano from Slovenia. She presented herself with a complex and convincing program on the big stage of Kolarac’s endowment. The award includes the organization of a solo concert with the Belgrade Symphony Orchestra on the big stage of Kolarac’s endowment with a financial award in the amount of 500 euros. Tena Lončarević (Croatia), Lana Maletić (Serbia / Croatia) and Olivera Krivokuća (Serbia) received three awards from the Cultural Element: the organization of a solo concert at eminent locations in Belgrade and a financial award of two hundred euros. The sponsor of the competition is Rotary District 2483, financial prizes are awarded by JCI Serbia and Veselin Ćesarov, and the friends of the competition are Gelo Revoice and Hotel Envoy. The recommendation of the jury for participation in the production of the Opera Opera Festival was given to Emanuil Hristofakakis from Greece, while the award to the most successful professor, i.e. Valentina Tashkova from the Music School “Mokranjac” from Belgrade won the professor whose students won the largest number of awards at this year’s competition. Special award of AV TIM production, professional studio recording was given to Irina Subašić (Croatia), Stefani Pjetlović (Croatia) and Konstantin Kostić (Serbia), and special award of jury member Marija Temeši – paid participation in a master class in Szeged, Hungary in July this year.