Second Prize Art Song
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Harriet
Burns

Soprano
United Kingdom

British soprano Harriet Burns is quickly making a name for herself as a song interpreter. She has given recitals at the venerable Wigmore Hall, as well as the Oxford Lieder Festival and the International Lied Festival Zeist. She has collaborated with acclaimed pianists Malcolm Martineau and Graham Johnson, and she sings on two of Johnson’s multi-volume recordings for Hyperion, The Songs of 
Brahms.

Harriet Burns’ took Second Prize at the Wigmore Hall/​Independent Opera International Song Competition and the Song and Recital Prizes at the International Vocal Competition‘s‑Hertogenbosch.

Based in London, Burns is a vocal coach and voice teacher, and is on staff at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.

Last modified: 2022

Second Prize Art Song

  • Maureen Forrester Second Prize Cash Prize

    $15,000

    offered by Roy and Marjorie Linden

Special Prizes Arts Song

  • German Lied Award

    $5,000

    offered by Arija and Clarence Stiver

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