Students
Many of Edith Wiens’ students are establishing careers in Europe and North America in opera, concert and recital. They have sung at Festivals like Tanglewood, Edinburgh, Europäische Festwochen Stuttgart, Berlin Festival, Herrnchiemsee Festival, London Proms, Verbiers, Ravinia, Ludwigsburger Festspiele, Harnoncourt´s Styriarte in Graz etc. Operatic engagements include the Vienna State Opera; recording contracts include the Deutsche Gramophon and Naxos.
Students of Edith Wiens have been prizewinners at the following national and international competitions:
2000 - Measha Brüggergosman
- Kirsten Flagstad Memorial Award at the GeorgeLondon Foundation Competition New York
2001 - Measha Brüggergosman
- 2. Prize at the International Wigmore Hall Song Competition London
2002 - Tyler Duncan
- 3. Prize at the International Wigmore Hall Song Competition London
2002 - Heidi Maier
- 1. Prize at the International Anneliese Rothenberger Competition
2002 - Measha Brüggergosman
- 1. Prize and 5 special prizes at the International Jeunesses Musicales Competition Montreal
2002 - Martha Guth
- 2. Prize at the Canadian National Competition
2003 - Colin Balzer
- 2. Prize at the International Wigmore Hall Song Competition London
2003 - Martha Guth
- 4. Prize at the International Wigmore Hall Song Competition London
2003 - Measha Brüggergosman
- 2. Prize and 2 special prizes at the International ARD Munich Competition
2003 - Tyler Duncan
- 3. Prize at the International ARD Munich Competition
2004 - Measha Brüggergosman
- 2. Prize plus two special prizes at the Queen Sonja International Music Competition Oslo
2004 - Colin Balzer
- 2. Prize at the International Hugo Wolf Competition Stuttgart
2004 - Colin Balzer
- 1. Prize at the International Robert Schumann Competition in Zwickau (highest mark in 25 yrs)
2004 - Stefanie Iranyi
- 2. Prize at the International Robert Schumann Competition Zwickau
2004 - Colin Balzer
- 1. Prize at the Munich Konzertgesellschaft Deutsches Lied Competition
2004 - Stefanie Iranyi
- 3. Prize at the Munich Konzertgesellschaft Deutsches Lied Competition
2004 - Measha Brüggergosman
- 1. Prize plus 2 special prizes at the International s’Hertogenbosch Competition
2004 - Colin Balzer
- Special prize for Best Lieder at the International s’Hertogenbosch Competition
2004 - Magdalena Hinterdobler (18 yrs)
- 2. Prize at the German National Voice Competition Berlin Youth Division
2004 - Stefanie Iranyi
- 1.Prize and one special prize at the German National Voice Competition Berlin Main Division
2004 - Roxana Constantinescu
- 3. Prize at the International Pito Schipa Competition in Italy
2005 - Martha Guth
- 1. Prize at the Voice Competition of the Nürnberg/Augsburg Hochschule
2005 - Tyler Duncan
- 3. Prize Naumburg Voice Competition New York
2005 - Ruby Hughes
- Prizewinner of the Salzburg Mozarteum Akademie with concert in the Salzburger Festspiele
2005 - Roxana Constantinescu
- 3. Prize Concours International de Chant de Verviers
2006 - Szabolcs Brickner
- 1. Prize Voice Competition of the Nürnberg-Augsburg Hochschule für Musik
2006 - Roxana Constantinescu
- 2. Prize (no first prize awarded) at the International ARD Competition Munich
2006 - Carolina Ullrich
- 2. Prize (no first prize awarded) at the International ARD Competition Munich plus Audience Prize
2006 - Colin Balzer
- 3. Prize at the International ARD Competition plus prize for the best performance of the commissioned work
2006 - Roxana Constantinescu
- 1. Prize and Audience Prize at the International Singing Competition Cologne - Hohnen Stiftung
2006 - Julia Hajnoczy
- 2. Prize, Orchestra Prize and Mozart Prize at the International Singing Competition Cologne - Hohnen Stiftung
2006 - Carolina Ullrich
- 1. Prize and Prize for the best modern piece at the National Voice Competition Berlin
2007 - Melissa Shippen
- 1. Prize in the Voice Competition of the Nürnberg-Augsburg Hochschule für Musik
2007 - Sophie Harmsen and Ai Ichihara
- 3. Prizes in the Voice Competition of the Nürnberg-Augsburg Hochschule für Musik
2007 - Maximilian Lika
- Youth Prize in the Voice Competition of the Nürnberg-Augsburg Hochschule für Musik
2007 - Carolina Ullrich
- 3. Prize in the International Lieder Competition "La Voce"
2007 - Ai Ichihara
- 1. Prize in the Mozart Competition Japan
2007 - Melissa Shippen
- 1. Prize in the International Voice Competition Vokal Genial Munich
2007 - Ai Ichihara
- 2. Prize and Audience Prize in the International Voice Competition Vokal Genial Munich
2007 - Julia Hajnoczy
- 3. Prize in the International Voice Competition Vokal Genial Munich
2007 - Martha Guth
- 1. Prize in the International Wigmore Hall Song Competition London
2008 - Ai Ichihara
- 1. Prize in the Voice Competition of the Hochschule für Musik Nürnberg/Augsburg
2008 - Julia Hajnoczy
- 2. Prize in the Voice Competition of the Hochschule für Musik Nürnberg/Augsburg
2008 - Benjamin Appl
- 3. Prize in the Voice Competition of the Hochschule für Musik Nürnberg/Augsburg
2008 - Mariana Carnovali
- Youth Prize in the Voice Competition of the Hochschule für Musik Nürnberg/Augsburg
2008 - Szabolcs Brickner (student 2005 - 2007)
- 1. Prize in the Queen Elisabeth Inernational Competition Brussels
2008 - Carolina Ullrich
- 2. Prize in the Intern. Robert Schumann Competition in Zwickau
2008 - Julia Hajnoczy
- 3. Prize in the Intern. Robert Schumann Competition in Zwickau
2008 - Sphie Harmsen
- 3. Prize in the Intern. Robert Schumann Competition in Zwickau
2008 - Vera Semieniuk
- Bayerischer Kulturpreis - Bavarian Culture Prize
2008 - Ai Ichihara
- 2. Prize in the International Music Competition Japan (youngest participant)
2008 - Magdalena Hinterdobler
- 3. Prize in the National Voice Competition Junior Division
2008 - Sophie Harmsen
- Special Prize German National Voice Competition
2008 - Tareq Nazmi
- Special Prize German National Voice Competition
2009 - Mariana Carnovali (21)
- Special Prize International Francisco Vinas Competition Barcelona
2009 - Carolina Ullrich
- 1. Prize and 3 Special Prizes Young Concert Artists International Competition (YCA) New York
2009 - Vanessa Goicoechea
- 1. Prize Song Competition Fidela Compina, Spain
2009 - Maximilian Lika
- Cultural Prize of the City of Augsburg
2009 - Maximilian Lika
- Premio Oratorio at the Concorsa Internazionale "Musica Sacra" in Rome
2009 - Nathalie Mittelbach
- Voice Prize at the International Mozarteum Summeracademy/Hamel Foundation
Opera Houses at which students have been engaged:
Antwerpen, Augsburg, Brussels, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Bucharest, Budapest, Cologne, Dresden Semper Opera, Dresden Opera Studio, Dortmund, Essen, Freiburg, Graz, Hannover, Innsbruck, Klagenfurt, Lausanne, Magdeburg, Minneapolis, Munich Opera Studio, Nederlands Opera, Nürnberg, Santa Fe, Opera Atelier Toronto, Ulm, Vancouver, Pacific Opera Victoria,Vienna Volksoper, Vienna State Opera, Zurich Opera Studio etc.
Scholarships:
Many students have been privileged to be recipients of scholarships given by the Canada Council for the Arts, Arts Councils of BC and Ontario, Deutsche Akademischen Austauschdienst - DAAD, Foundation Andes (Chile), Live Music Now (Menuhin Stiftung), Fulbright, Swiss Migros, Preiz Leenaards, Weltbildverlag, Richard Wagner Foundation, Cusanus Foundation, and the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes.