The Savonlinna soprano Iris Candelaria, 29, has been awarded the Finnish Cultural Foundation prize of 40,000 Euros for helping to build ‘a sustainable, pluralistic and multi-voiced Finland.
She’s presently singing Merry Widow in Helsinki and has yet to step onto the world stage.
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