Marilyn Horne Song Competition

The Marilyn Horne Song Competition is an annual competition for participants of the voice and piano programs at the Music Academy of The West.

Name

The Competition was launched in 1997 as the Marilyn Horne Foundation Vocal Competition and held by the Marilyn Horne Foundation. In 2010 the foundation’s programs became part of the Weill Music Institute at Carnegie Hall. The Competition is since being held by the Music Academy of the West under its current name.[1]

Overview

The competition is held in front of a jury and a public audience. Singers perform three songs, one of which has to be in English. The pianists accompany at least one of the singers. Winning singers and pianists can, but don't have to have performed together. The winners receive a monetary prize and the opportunity to perform in a prestigious venue, among other things.[2][3]

The competition commemorates Gwendolyn Koldofsky, who established the first Department of Accompanying at the University of Southern California in 1947.[4] Marilyn Horne recalls Kodofsky as “Teacher, mentor, accompanist, and my dear friend.” Together they had toured for 10 years.[5]

List of winners
Year Singer Voice type Pianist Jury members[6]
1998 Isabel Bayrakdarian soprano Spencer Meyer
1999 Dina Kuznetsova soprano
2000 Liesel Fedkenheuer mezzo-soprano Spencer Meyer
Nicolai Janitzky baritone Ji Young Lee
2001 Ramon Diggs tenor Nino Sanikidze
2002 Deborah Domanski mezzo-soprano Jerome Tan Marilyn Horne, Michael Benchetrit, Fred Carama, Barbara Hocher, Gayletha Nichols
2003 Megan Latham mezzo-soprano Carol Wong Marilyn Horne, Michael Benchetrit, Mary Lou Falcone, Barbara Hocher, Robert White
2004 Daniela Lehner mezzo-soprano Marie-Ève Scarfone Marilyn Horne, Michael Benchetrit, Sheri Greenawald, Barbara Hocher, Bill Vendice
2005 Elaine Alvarez soprano Tamara Sanikidze Marilyn Horne, Michael Benchetrit, Mary Lou Falcone, Barbara Hocher, Brian Zeger
Isabel Leonard mezzo-soprano
2006 Evan Hughes bass-baritone Marilyn Horne, Mary Lou Falcone, Barbara Hocher, Speight Jenkins, Robert White
2007 Nadine Sierra soprano Karen Kyung-Eun Na Marilyn Horne, Michael Benchetrit, Thomas Hampson, Barbara Hocher, Ken Noda (absent), Gianna Rolandi
2008 Simone Osborne soprano In-Sun Suh Marilyn Horne, Michael Benchetrit, Barbara Hocher, Kenneth Merrill, and Joan Morris
Edward Parks baritone
2009 Jeffrey Hill tenor Lio Kuokman Marilyn Horne, Mary Lou Falcone, Margo Garrett, Barbara Hocher, Peter Kazaras
Ronnita Miller mezzo-soprano
2010 Megan Marie Hart (as Megan Hart) soprano Sun Ha “Sunny” Yoon
2011 Karen Vuong soprano Saule Tlenchiyeva
2012 Tracy Cox soprano Maureen Zoltek
2013 John Brancy baritone Mario Antonio Marra
2014[7] Michelle Bradley soprano Michael Gaertner Marilyn Horne, Barbara Hocher, Jeremy Geffen, Matthew Epstein, Alexander Neef, Craig Terry
2015[8] Benjamin Dickerson baritone Alden Gatt Marilyn Horne, Matthew Epstein, Barbara Hocher, Martin Katz, Gayletha Nichols
2016[9] Ben Lowe baritone Madeline Slettedahl Marilyn Horne, Margo Garrett, Barbara Hocher, Nicholas Mathias, Emmanuel Villaume
2017[10] Hannah Rose Kidwell soprano Christina Giuca Marilyn Horne, Renee Fleming, Jake Heggie
2018[11] Kelsey Lauritano mezzo-soprano Andrew Sun Marilyn Horne, Ricky Ian Gordon, Ken Noda, Susanna Phillips
2019[12] Sun-Ly Pierce mezzo-soprano Chien-Lin Lu Marilyn Horne, Michael Heaston, Jennifer Higdon


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