The international Mirjam Helin singing competition in Helsinki has been won by the Chinese mezzo-soprano Jingjing Xu. She takes home 50,000 Euros.
The jury consisted of Soile Isokoski, Dawn Upshaw, Bo Skovhus, Randi Stene, Luca Pisaroni and Keval Shah.
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