Awards and honors
2006
1st prize at the 4th Concorso Internazionale di Canto Lirico “Premio
Capriolo in Franciacorta”, Brescia, Italy
1st prize and the Public Prize at the 5th Concorso Lirico
Internazionale Ottavio Ziino, Rome, Italy
2007
3rd prize at the 44 th Tenor Viñas Contest in Barcelona, Spain
1st prize at the 20th International Singing Competition Neue
Stimmen of the Bertelsmann Stiftung, Güttersloh, Germany
2009
Award for outstanding artistic achievements at the Annual
Latvijas Gāze Awards of the Latvian National Opera, Riga, Latvia
2012
Award for outstanding artistic achievements at the Annual
Latvijas Gāze Awards of the Latvian National Opera, Riga, Latvia
2016
Commander of the Order of the Three Stars, the highest state
recognition in the Republic of Latvia, for cultural achievements
2017
First-ever artist-in-residence with the Münchner
Rundfunkorchester (Munich Radio Orchestra)
Silver medal at the Global Music Awards for the solo album Amor
fatale featuring Rossini opera arias
2020
Named artist of the year by ICMA (International Classical Music
Awards)
Excellence Award in Culture, awarded by the Ministry of Culture
of the Republic of Latvia
2021
Teatro Massimo Bellini Award for lifetime achievement, Catania,
Italy
First-ever “Toti dal Monte” award for lifetime achievement,
Treviso, Italy
2022
ICMA (International Classical Music Awards) award for best opera
recording for Bellini’s Il Pirata
Premio del Teatro Real Madrid
Amics del Liceu Award as the best female singer for interpretation of Bellini’s Norma