Karina Benalcázar

Karina Benalcázar sang for the first time at Ecuador's most renowned opera house at the age of 10. At 18, she won the 2nd prize at the Jóvenes Talentos competition in Cuenca being the youngest participant. In 2011, she began studying elementary music and dance pedagogy at the Orff Institute in Salzburg. She later completed a bachelor's degree in singing and a master's degree in opera and musical theater at the Mozarteum University with distinction. In 2019, Karina was crowned “Senior Grand Champion Performer of the World” at the 23rd World Championship of Performing Arts in Long Beach competing against around 8.000 entries from candidates from 48 countries. In the same year, she received an audience award at the Grandi Voci-Schloss Amerang competition in Germany and was awarded the city s