In 2011, the prize winner of  V Вyulbyul Competition, baritone Konstantin Brzhinsky sang in performances of Shostakovitch's The Nose at the Festival in Aix-en-Provence and subsequently at  Opéra national de Lyon (conductor Kazushi Ono, stage director William Kentridge). 

The prize winner of the IV Byulbyul Competition, bass Andriy Gnatiuk is now a member of the young artists' program Atelier Lyriques at Opéra national in Paris, for the season 2012-2013.