Michael Mofidian has been announced as the 2017 winner of the Pavarotti Prize at the Royal Academy of Music. The Pavarotti Prize is awarded to a final-year student at the Royal Academy of Music who are judged on performances of contrasting pieces from mainstream operatic repertoire.
The prize was adjudicated by Joseph Karaviotis, James Conway, Gareth Hancock, Dame Felicity Lott and Jean Rigby.