On May 31st, Soprano Bepke Keersmaekers won the scholarship of € 2.000,- awarded by the Miluška Duffková Foundation. Bepke currently studies at the master’s degree programme in voice at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam. She will put the grant towards her study at the Dutch National Opera Academy, which she will start next year.
 
The Miluška Duffková Foundation was founded by the soprano Miluška Duffková. Every year the Foundation offers a scholarship of € 2000,- to a soprano under 25, to be put towards schooling.