Voice 2022: LAUREATES

And the Winners Are…

Earlier this evening, at Maison symphonique, the audience and the international jury of Voice 2022 attended the Aria Grand Finale of the Concours musical international de Montréal (CMIM). After the performance, the jury members met one final time to deliberate and determine the winners of the Art Song and Aria divisions of Voice 2022.

SIMONE McINTOSH (Canada) and MEREDITH WOHLGEMUTH (United States) Crowned
Two Canadians Among the Winners

ARIA LAUREATES

🥇 First prize 🥇
Simone McIntosh, mezzo-soprano (Canada)
Grand cash prize of $30,000 offered by la Ville de Montréal

🥈 Pierre Péladeau ans Raymonde Chopin Second Prize 🥈
Sarah Dufresne, soprano (Canada)
$15,000 offered by Quebecor

🥉 Third Prize 🥉
Valerie Eikhoff, soprano (Germany)
$10,000 offered by Stingray Classica

ART SONG LAUREATES

🥇 James Norcop First Prize 🥇
Meredith Wohlgemuth, soprano (United States)
Grand cash prize of $30,000 offered by the John R. Stratton Trust
She was also granted the Joseph Rouleau Career Development Grant of $50,000 offered by the Azrieli Foundation, as well as the Normand Beauchamp Winner’s Tour to Three North American Cities of $15,000 offered by Sarah Beauchamp.

🥈 Maureen Forrester Second Prize 🥈
Harriet Burns, soprano (United Kingdom)
$15,000 offered by Roy and Marjorie Linden

🥉 Lois Marshall Third Prize 🥉
Bryan Murray, baryton (United States)
$10,000 offered by James Norcop and Rowley Mossop, in memory of Roger Bowen Mossop

GAGNANTS et GAGNANTES DES PRIX SPÉCIAUX

ARIA DIVISION

Simone McIntosh, mezzo-soprano (Canada) 🥇
Opera Aria Award – $5,000 offered by Riki Turofsky and Charles Petersen
André Bourbeau Award for the Best Canadian Artist Prize – $3,000 offered by La Fondation Bourbeau
Montreal students’ coup de coeur Prize – $500 grant selected by students of CSSDM

Sarah Dufresne, soprano (Canada) 🥈
Observatoire québécois de l’art lyrique Prize – $1,000 offered by the Observatoire québécois de l’art lyrique for the Best Competitor from Quebec or based in Quebec for at least one year
Montreal students’ coup de coeur Prize – $500 grant selected by students of CSSDM

Nils Wanderer, countertenor (Germany)
ICI Musique People’s Choice Award – Aria – $3,000 offered by Ici Musique
CMIM Grant for unranked finalists – $3,000 offered by Mireille Bourbeau, John Farrell and François Leclair

Adanya Dunn, mezzo-soprano (Bulgaria | Canada)
Bita Cattelan Philanthropic Engagement Award – $5,000 offered by the WCPD Foundation

Hugo Laporte, baritone (Canada)
CMIM Grant for unranked finalists – $3,000 offered by Mireille Bourbeau, John Farrell and François Leclair

ART SONG DIVISION

Deepa Johnny, mezzo-soprano (Canada | Oman)
André Bourbeau Award for the Best Canadian Artist Prize – $3,000 offered by La Fondation Bourbeau
ICI Musique People’s Choice Award (Art Song) – $3,000 offered by Ici Musique

Meredith Wohlgemuth, soprano (United States) 🥇
French Art Song Award – $5,000 offered by Diane Loeb

Harriet Burns, soprano (United Kingdom) 🥈
German Lied Award – $5,000 offered by Arija and Clarence Stiver

Michael Lafferty, baritone (United Kingdom)
André Bachand Award for the Best Performance of a Canadian Work – $2,000 offered by Claudette Hould

Jinhee Park (South Korea)
John Newmark Prize for Best Collaborative Pianist – $5,000 offered by La Fondation Famille Lupien

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