Students

Many of Edith Wiens’ students have established careers in Europe and North America in opera, concert and recital. They have sung at Festivals like  Aix-en-Provence, Glyndebourne, Salzburger Festspiele, Tanglewood, Boston Early Music, Edinburgh, Europäische Festwochen Stuttgart, Berlin Festival, Herrnchiemsee Festival, London Proms, Verbiers, Ravinia, Ludwigsburger Festspiele, Harnoncourt´s Styriarte in Graz etc, with recitals repeatedly in Wigmore Hall, Musikverein Vienna, Carnegie Hall, New York.

Orchestral engagements include,  among many others, the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Berlin Philharmonic, the Israel Philharmonic, the Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Dresden Staatskapelle, Gewandhaus Leipzig, Cleveland Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, Toronto Symphony, Montreal Symphony and the New York Philharmonic. 

Recording contracts include the Deutsche Gramophon,  Naxos and Warner Classics.

Opera Houses at which students have been engaged:  

Aix-en-Province, Antwerpen, Augsburg, Basel, Brussels, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Bucharest, Budapest, COC Toronto, Chatelet Paris, Chicago Lyric, Cincinnati, Cologne, Dallas, Dijon,  Dresden Semper Opera, Dresden Opera Studio, Dortmund,  Edmonton, Fort Knox, Essen, Freiburg, Florence, Frankfurt, Geneva, Graz, Hannover, Houston Grand Opera,  Houston Grand Opera Studio, Innsbruck, Klagenfurt, Lausanne, Leipzig, Lieges, Lindemann Studio Metropolitan Opera New York, Los Angeles, Luxembourg, Magdeburg, Metropolitan Opera New York, Minneapolis, Munich Opera Studio, Munich Nationaltheater, Nederlands Opera Amsterdam, Nürnberg, Palermo, Regensburg, Rom, Royal Opera House, London (Covent Garden), Saarbrücken, Santa Fe,  Tampa, Theater an der Wien, Toronto,  Turin, Opera Atelier Toronto, Toulouse, Ottawa, Ulm, Vancouver, Pacific Opera Victoria,Vienna Volksoper, Vienna State Opera, Warsaw Opera, Wiesbaden, Zurich Opera.

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

Heidi Maier

• 1. Prize at the International Anneliese Rothenberger Competition

Measha Brüggergosman

• 1. Prize and 5 special prizes at the International Jeunesses Musicales Competition Montreal

Martha Guth

• 2. Prize at the Canadian National Competition

2003

Colin Balzer

• 2. Prize at the International Wigmore Hall Song Competition London

Martha Guth

• 4. Prize at the International Wigmore Hall Song Competition London

Measha Brüggergosman

• 2. Prize and 2 special prizes at the International ARD Munich Competition

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
• 1. Prize plus 2 special prizes at the International s’Hertogenbosch Competition

Colin Balzer

• 2. Prize at the International Hugo Wolf Competition Stuttgart
• 1. Prize at the International Robert Schumann Competition in Zwickau (highest mark in 25 yrs)
• 1. Prize at the Munich Konzertgesellschaft Deutsches Lied Competition
• Special prize for Best Lieder at the International s’Hertogenbosch Com
  petition

Stefanie Iranyi

• 2. Prize at the International Robert Schumann Competition Zwickau
• 3. Prize at the Munich Konzertgesellschaft Deutsches Lied Competition

Magdalena Hinterdobler (18 yrs)

• 2. Prize at the German National Voice Competition Berlin Youth Division

Stefanie Iranyi

• 1.Prize and one special prize at the German National Voice Competition Berlin Main Division

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

Tyler Duncan

• 3. Prize Naumburg Voice Competition New York

Ruby Hughes

• Prizewinner of the Salzburg Mozarteum Akademie with concert in the Salzburger Festspiele

Roxana Constantinescu

• 3. Prize Concours International de Chant de Verviers

2006

Szabolcs Brickner

• 1. Prize Voice Competition of the Nürnberg-Augsburg Hochschule für Musik

Roxana Constantinescu

• 2. Prize (no first prize awarded) at the
  International ARD Competition Munich

Carolina Ullrich

• 2. Prize (no first prize awarded) at the International ARD Competition Munich plus Audience Prize
• 1. Prize and Prize for the best modern piece at the National Voice Competition Berlin

Colin Balzer

• 3. Prize at the International
  ARD Competition plus prize for the best performance of the commissioned work

Roxana Constantinescu

• 1. Prize and Audience Prize at the International Singing Competition Cologne - Hohnen Stiftung

Julia Hajnoczy

• 2. Prize, Orchestra Prize and Mozart Prize at the International Singing Competition Cologne - Hohnen Stiftung

2007

Melissa Shippen

• 1. Prize in the Voice Competition of the Nürnberg-Augsburg Hochschule für Musik
• 1. Prize in the International Voice Competition Vokal Genial Munich

Sophie Harmsen and Ai Ichihara

• 3. Prizes in the Voice Competition of the Nürnberg-Augsburg Hochschule für Musik

Maximilian Lika

• Youth Prize in the Voice Competition of the Nürnberg-Augsburg Hochschule für Musik

Carolina Ullrich

• 3. Prize in the International Lieder Competition “La Voce”

Ai Ichihara

• 1. Prize in the Mozart Competition Japan
• 2. Prize and Audience Prize in the International Voice Competition Vokal Genial Munich

Julia Hajnoczy

• 3. Prize in the International Voice Competition Vokal Genial Munich

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
• 2. Prize in the International Music Competition Japan (youngest
  participant)

Julia Hajnoczy

• 2. Prize in the Voice Competition of the Hochschule für Musik Nürnberg/Augsburg
• 3. Prize in the Intern. Robert Schumann Competition in Zwickau

Benjamin Appl

• 3. Prize in the Voice Competition of the Hochschule für Musik Nürnberg/Augsburg

Mariana Carnovali

• Youth Prize in the Voice Competition of the Hochschule für Musik Nürnberg/Augsburg

Szabolcs Brickner (student 2007)

• 1. Prize in the Queen Elisabeth Inernational Competition Brussels

Carolina Ulltrich

• 2. Prize in the Intern. Robert Schumann Competition in Zwickau

Sophie Harmsen

• 3. Prize in the Intern. Robert Schumann Competition in Zwickau
• Special Prize German National Voice Competition

Vera Semieniuk

• Bayerischer Kulturpreis - Bavarian Culture Prize

Magdalena Hinterdobler

• 3. Prize in the National Voice Competition Junior Division

Tareq Nazmi

• Special Prize German National Voice Competition2009

Mariana Carnovali

• Special Prize International Francisco Vinas Competition Barcelona

Carolina Ullrich

• 1. Prize and 3 Special Prizes Young Concert Artists International Competition (YCA) New York

Vanessa Goicoechea

• 1. Prize Song Competition Fidela Compina, Spain

Maximilian Lika

• Cultural Prize of the City of Augsburg
• Premio Oratorio at the Concorsa Internazionale “Musica Sacra” in Rome

Nathalie Mittelbach

• Voice Prize at the International Mozarteum Summeracademy/Hamel Foundation

2012

Heather Engebretson

• 2nd Prize and Audience Prize at the Lois Alba Competition Houston

• Graz Prize at the Belvedere Competition Vienna

• 1st Prize at the Savonnlina  Opera Festival Singing Competition Finland

  John Brancy

• 3rd Prize at the International Montreal Voice Competition

Simone Easthope

• 3rd Prize at the International Robert Schumann Competition in Zwickau

Virginie Verrez

• First prize and Special prize at the International Voice Competition in Arles

Lara Secord-Haid

• Encouragement Prize from the Giulio Gari Foundation

Nathalie Mittelbach

•  First prize and Prize for the best Swiss singer  at the International Suisse Ernst Haefliger Voice Competition


2013

Nathalie Mittelbach 

• International Competition "Das Lied"  3rd Prize

Heather Engebretson

• Novick Career Advancement Award

Emalie Savoy

• Annenburg Scholarship Award

Virginie Verrez

• Opera Index Competition New York  First Prize

James Knight

• Opera Index Competition New York    Encouragement Award

Avery Amereau

•  Opera Index Competition New York   Encouragement Award

2014

Virginie Verrez

• Mary Trueman Vocal Competition NY  1. Prize

Elliott Hines

•  Mary Trueman Vocal Competition NY 2. Prize

Virginie Verrez

• Gerda Lissner Foundation International Vocal Competition New York  1. Prize

Szymon Komasa

• Kosciutszko Foundation Sembrich Voice Competition  1. Prize

Kateryna Kasper

• International Voice Competition Mirjam Helin Helsinki   1. Prize  €30.000.00 

2015

Virginie Verrez

• Metropolitan Opera National Council Competition New York 

Szymek Komasa

• International Gerda Lissner Competition New York 2nd Prize

Kirsten MacKinnon

• International Gerda Lissner Competition New York 2nd Prize

Kady Evanyshyn

• Trophy at the Winnipeg Music Festival "Tudor Bowl"

Kirsten MacKinnon

• Licia Albanese-Puccini Foundation International Vocal Competition  Grant Winner

John Brancy

• Jensen Foundation Vocal Competition ($15.000) First Prize

Jakub Jozef Orlinski

• International Voice Competition Bucharest "Le Grand Priz d´Opera"   3rd Prize and Gala Prize

Emalie Savoy

• Munich International ARD Competition 1. Prize

Samantha Hankey

•  Opera Index Competition New York 3rd Prize

Daniel Miroslaw

• Opera Index Competition New York      Encouragement Award

2016

Jakub Jozef Orlinski

• Metropolitan Opera National Council Competition New York

Sol Jin

• Metropolitan Opera National Council Competition New York

Rihab Chaieb

•  Gerda Lissner Foundation International Vocal Competition  1. Prize

Samantha Hankey

• Gerda Lissner Foundation International Vocal Competition  3. Prize 

 Virginie Verrez

• Dallas Opera Guild Vocal Competition  1. Prize

Sol Jin

• Dallas Opera Guild Vocal Competition 3. Prize

Sol Jin

• Guilo Gari Vocal Competition 2. Prize

2017

Angela Vallone

•  Gerda Lissner Foundation /Liederkranz Lied Competition New York 2. Prize

Kelsey Lauritano

• Gerda Lissner/Liederkranz Lied Competition New York  3. Prize

Samantha Hankey

•  Gerda Lissner/Liederkranz Lied Competition New York  Career Grant

Rihab Chaieb

• Opera Index New York  2. Prize

Angela Vallone

•  Opera Index New York 2. Prize

Jakub Jozef Orlinski

•  Opera Index New York Emerging Artist Award

Samantha Hankey

• Metropolitan Opera National Council Competition New York -   Winner

Kirsten MacKinnon

• Metropolitan Opera National Council Competition New York - Winner

Angela Vallone

• Gerda Lissner Foundation  International  Competition  First Prize

Jakub Jozef Orlinski

• Gerda Lissner Foundation International Competition Second Prize 

Samantha Hankey

• Annenburg Foundation Scholarship Award

Samantha Hankey

• Dallas Opera Guild Vocal Competition 1. Prize

Tamara Banjesevic

• International Mannhattan Competition 1.Prize

John Brancy

• International Wigmore Hall Competition 2. Prize

Tamara Banjesevic

• Opera Index Competition New York Major Prize

James Ley

• Opera Index Competition New York Emerging Artists Award

Meghan Kasanders

• International Mildred Miller Competition Pittsburgh First Prize

2018

John Brancy

• Lotte Lenya Competition First Prize
• Montreal Competition First Prize in Song Division and multiple other prizes

Samantha Hankey

• First Prize Winner of the Glyndebourne Cup
• Sara Tucker Career Grant
• Second Prize Winner at the Operalia Competition
• Birgit Nilsson Prize at the Operalia Competition

Äneas Humm

• Arts Award (Förderpreis) of the German Radio
• Arts Award (Förderpreis) of the Proskension Stiftung

Rihab Chaieb

• Third prize Winner at the Operalia Competition

Ryan Hurley (19 yrs)

• Hal Leonard Competition College Art Song to 23 yrs Second Prize

• Hal Leonard Competition College Art Song to 23 yrs Third Prize

Gabriella Reyes

• Sara Tucker Study Grant

Hubert Zapiór

• First prize in the Gerda Lissner International Competition
• First prize in the  Guilo Gari Voice Competition
•  First prize in the Gerda Lissner International Song Competition
• First prize  - Major Award -  in the Opera Index Competition New York
• Four prizes at the Kosciutszko Foundation Sembrich International Competition: First prize Song, Second prize overall, Recital in Paris, Engagement in Lodz.

2019

Meghan Kasanders

• Dallas Opera Guild First Prize
• Finalist Metropolitan Opera National Arts Council

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Scholarships:

Many students have been privileged to be recipients of scholarships given by the Annenberg Foundation, Canada Council for the Arts, Arts Councils of BC and Ontario, Deutsche Akademischen Austauschdienst - DAAD, Foundation Andes (Chile), Kovner Foundation, Live Music Now (Menuhin Stiftung), Fulbright, Novick Career Grant, Swiss Migros, Preiz Leenaards, Weltbildverlag, Richard Wagner Foundation, Cusanus Foundation, and the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes.