The Gerda Lissner Foundation announces the 2024 Lieder/Song Vocal Competition Winners

We are thrilled to announce the winners of our 2024 Lieder/Song Vocal Competition!
The competition, now in its ninth year, is dedicated to highlighting the importance of art song in a singer’s development. The competition’s collaborative pianist was Arlene Shrut.
The four top prize winners will be presented in concert at Carnegie Hall Zankel Hall, along with winners of The Gerda Lissner Foundation’s 2025 International Vocal Competition (IVC), on Wednesday, April 30, 2025, at 6:30 p.m.

FIRST PRIZE: $7,000

Erin Wagner – MEZZO-SOPRANO

 

SECOND PRIZE: $5,000
Liederkranz Foundation

 

THIRD PRIZE: $3,000

 

JUDGE’S SPECIAL PRIZE: $2,000

Sponsored by Michele T. Classe

Grant

Encouragement

Lieder Song Vocal Competition Judges Panel

  • Michael Benchetrit, Minerva Artists, President

  • Ken Benson, Ken Benson Artists, President

  • Lorraine Di Simone, Voice Teacher

  • Nathaniel LaNasa, Pianist, Coach

  • Midge Woolsey, The Gerda Lissner Fnd CO-ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

  • Collaborative Pianist: Arlene Shrut , The Gerda Lissner Fnd CO-ARTISTIC DIRECTOR