The Gerda Lissner Foundation

...encouragement and assistance to young opera artists ...

2019 LIEDER/SONG PRIZE WINNERS

FIRST PRIZE : $7,000

  • Johnathan McCullough — BARITONE 

SECOND PRIZE — Liederkranz Foundation Prize: $5,000

  • Eric Finbarr-Carey — TENOR

THIRD PRIZE: $3,000

  • Megan Moore — MEZZO SOPRANO

GRANT: $1,000

  • Alec Carlson — TENOR

  • Dennis Chmelensky — BARITONE

  • Monica Dewey — SOPRANO

  • Alexia Mate — SOPRANO

ENCOURAGEMENT: $500

  • Maria Brea — SOPRANO

  • Maire Carmack — MEZZO SOPRANO

  • Gregory Feldmann — BARITONE

  • Aaron Keeney — BARITONE

  • Yvette Keong — SOPRANO

  • Evan Lazdowski — BASS BARITONE

  • JangHo Lee — TENOR

  • Jimin Park — BARITONE

  • Dongwei Shen — BARITONE

  • Sung Shin — BARITONE

  • Anastasia Sidorova — MEZZO SOPRANO

  • CongJu Song — TENOR

  • Erin Wagner — MEZZO SOPRANO

  • Tianchi Zhang — TENOR

PANEL

JUDGING PANEL

  • Scott Barnes

  • Michael Benchetrit

  • Ken Benson

  • Lenore Rosenberg

  • Barbara Ann Testa

PIANIST

  • Arlene Shrut