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 Tanglewood, Boston Early Music, Edinburgh, Europäische Festwochen Stuttgart, Berlin Festival, Herrnchiemsee Festival, London Proms, Verbiers, Ravinia, Ludwigsburger Festspiele, Harnoncourt´s Styriarte in Graz etc.

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

Recording contracts include the Deutsche Gramophon and Naxos.

Opera Houses at which students have been engaged:  

Aix-en-Province, Antwerpen, Augsburg, Brussels, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Bucharest, Budapest, COC Toronto, Cincinnati, Cologne, Dallas, Dijon,  Dresden Semper Opera, Dresden Opera Studio, Dortmund,  Fort Knox, Essen, Freiburg, Frankfurt, Graz, Hannover, Innsbruck, Klagenfurt, Lausanne, Los Angeles, Luxembourg, Magdeburg, Metropolitan Opera New York, Minneapolis, Munich Opera Studio, Munich Nationaltheater, Nederlands Opera, Nürnberg, Regensburg, Saarbrücken, Santa Fe,  Tampa, Theater an der Wien, Opera Atelier Toronto, Toulouse, Ulm, Vancouver, Pacific Opera Victoria,Vienna Volksoper, Vienna State 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 $10.000.00

Emalie Savoy

• Annenburg Scholarship Award $50.000.00

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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.