LOTTE LEHMANN FOUNDATION NEWS

LLF Recitals Inaugural Concert Series Concert #2

2011-03-08T02:32:00.003-05:00

The Lotte Lehmann Foundation RecitalsInaugural Concert SeriesTami Petty, soprano ~ Matthew Boehler, bassThomas Bagwell, piano Sunday, March 13, 2011 at 3:00pmChrist & St. Stephen's Church, 120 West 69th Street, New York, NY, 10023$15 admission at the door / $10 students & seniorsfeaturing Songs by Schubert, Schumann, Wolf, Marx, Shostakovich, Barber, Bowles, Hageman,Vehar, Bolcom and othersDuets

Inaugural Lotte Lehmann Foundation Recital

2010-11-25T09:25:00.007-05:00

The Lotte Lehmann Foundation presents The Lotte Lehmann Foundation Recitals Inaugural Concert Martha Guth, soprano ~ Jonathan Michie, baritone Thomas Bagwell, piano Sunday, December 19, 2010 at 3:00pm Christ & St. Stephen's Church, 120 West 69th Street, New York, NY, 10023 $15 admission at the door / $10 students & seniors featuring songs of Schubert and Schumann duets of Cornelius and

Craig Urquhart in Berlin

2010-02-23T14:24:00.007-05:00

by Linn MaxwellOne of the things I like best about being president of the Lotte Lehmann Foundation is being able to work with the talented and committed people who make up our board. Craig Urquhart, Leonard Bernstein's former assistant and Vice President Public Relations and Promotion, has established The Craig Urquhart Agency, dedicated to working for musicians and organizations in the arts.

Letter from the President

2010-02-23T14:07:00.011-05:00

The Lotte Lehmann Foundation has a dual mission: to support singers of art song and the composers who write for them. In alternate years since 2005, the Foundation has awarded over $16,000 in prizes to composers under the age of thirty for art song composition; the 2009 competition was judged by distinguished composer board members Larry Alan Smith, Daron Hagen, and Stephen Dembski, along with a

ASCAP-LLF Song Cycle Competition Update

2010-02-23T14:02:00.004-05:00

by Russell PlattThe Lotte Lehmann Foundation has a dual mission: to support singers of art song and the composers who write for them. In alternate years since 2005, the Foundation has awarded over $16,000 in prizes to composers under the age of thirty for art song composition; the 2009 competition was judged by distinguished composer board members Larry Alan Smith, Daron Hagen, and Stephen

Letter From Vienna

2010-02-23T13:55:00.005-05:00

Composer Larry Alan Smith wrote the following on January 16, 2010 while in Vienna: It was a slightly warmer and blue sky day today in Vienna ... so I decided to head to the suburbs. Specifically, I went to the cemetery ... an old habit that dates back to my student days in Paris.As I made my way around some of the monuments, I turned a corner and there she was ... Lotte Lehmann. Attached are a

Art Song Forward:unplugged

2010-02-23T12:43:00.045-05:00

Present and Introduce The 21c Salon Seriescurated and produced by Beth Morrison Projects-The inaugural concert event-Lotte Lehmann Foundation and The Phoenix ConcertsArt Song Forward: unpluggedContemporary acoustic art song by living composersThursday, March 11th at 8:00PMMartha Guth, soprano ~ Nicole Mitchell, mezzo ~ Daniel Neer, tenor/baritoneMichael Fennelly, pianoGalapagos Art Space16 Main

AMELIA Vocal Score Released

2009-11-18T11:22:00.007-05:00

Daron Hagen, current board member and past Lotte Lehmann Foundation president, has published Amelia, A Two Act Opera in Six Scenes. To order the vocal score, click here.An exquisite, library-grade limited first edition, 9 x 12, 242 pages, full-color cover 4/0 on 12pt C1S with a gloss laminate, internal pages 60 lb. paper, perfect bound with hindge so that it will open comfortably on a piano rack.

ASCAP AND LOTTE LEHMANN FOUNDATION ANNOUNCE WINNERS OF ART SONG COMPETITION FOR YOUNG COMPOSERS

2009-11-17T16:37:00.011-05:00

Prizes include Cash Awards and New Song CommissionsFrances Richard, ASCAP Vice President and Director of Concert Music and Linn Maxwell, President of the Lotte Lehmann Foundation (LLF) have announced the winners of the third ASCAP/Lotte Lehmann Foundation Art Song Competition. The competition, named for legendary soprano Lotte Lehmann, was established to encourage and recognize gifted young

Autograph Auction Nets $8450

2009-05-16T15:22:00.004-05:00

Daron Hagen, Chair of the Auction Committee, and a board member of the Lotte Lehmann Foundation, announced today the successful conclusion of the 2008 Online Composer Autograph Auction. Every autograph generously donated by the composers was sold, and the winning bidders (whose names are being kept confidential) have been notified. Below is a list of the composers and the winning bid amounts:

CyberSing 2008 Winners Announced

2009-03-27T12:16:00.002-05:00

CyberSing 2008 Art Song CompetitionWINNERS ANNOUNCEDThe Lotte Lehmann Foundation proudly announces the winners of itsCyberSing 2008 Art Song Competition. A panel of distinguished judges met over the course of several months to review applicants' materials.CyberSing 2008 Art Song Competition winners are:Division One (for singers up to the age of 23):* Top Prize: $1000 (not bestowed)* Lotte

Online Composer Autograph Auction Begins

2009-03-02T07:41:00.007-05:00

The Lotte Lehmann Foundation proudly announces the 2009 Composer Autograph Online Silent Auction. The auction website went live and the auction formally began at 6:00 PM EST at www.llfauction.org.At the start of the auction, the following compsoers have generously donated musical autographs:Isabelle AboulkerMark AdamoDominick ArgentoRichard Rodney BennettChester BiscardiWilliam BolcomDavid

ASCAP/Lotte Lehmann Foundation 2009 Art Song Composition Competition Announced

2009-03-02T07:22:00.006-05:00

The Lotte Lehmann Foundation and ASCAP announce the launch of the 2009 ASCAP / Lotte Lehmann Foundation Song Cycle Competition. The competition was founded in 2005 by the Lehmann Foundation, which invited the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) to co-present and to help bring the competition to the attention of as many composers as possible.2009 GUIDELINES Previous

Lotte Lehmann Foundation Elects New Board Members

2008-07-02T11:04:00.006-05:00

The Lotte Lehmann Foundation today announced the addition of three new officers to its Board of Directors. Elizabeth Auman, Richard Lalli, and Andreas Klein were unanimously elected by the current Board. Linn Maxwell, the Foundation’s president, stated, “We are thrilled to welcome these three outstanding figures in the musical world to the Board of the Lehmann Foundation. Their expertise will

Lotte Lehmann Foundation’s Springtime Evening of Song Honors Victoria Clark

2008-05-15T14:03:00.007-05:00

The Lotte Lehmann Foundation’s annual spring event took place on Tuesday May 13 at the Bernstein family apartment. Victoria Clark, Tony-award-winning singer and actor, received a special commendation from the Foundation for her extraordinary presence on the music scene. Daniel Gundlach, the Foundation’s vice president, paid the following tribute to Ms. Clark: “In every generation there are a

Janet Baker Receives World of Song Award

2008-05-10T23:48:00.001-05:00

Janet Baker, the distinguished English mezzo-soprano has been selected by the Board of Directors of the Lotte Lehmann Foundation as the seventh recipient of its annual World of Song Award. The award alternates among composers, singers, and collaborative pianists. It serves to raise public consciousness of art song and to honor those who have devoted their creative lives to this enriching form

New Lotte Lehmann Biography Issued

2008-05-08T22:10:00.005-05:00

Cambridge University Press has just published author Michael H. Kater’s exhaustive and authoritative biography of Lotte Lehmann, entitled Never Sang for Hitler: The Life and Times of Lotte Lehmann. More than a traditional biography, Kater’s book, the result of years of assiduous

Lotte Lehmann Foundation announces CyberSing 2008

2008-04-14T08:58:00.004-05:00

The Lotte Lehmann Foundation has released the new rules, regulations, and dates for CyberSing 2008, its fourth biannual art song performance competition.The stated objective of CyberSing is “[t]o recognize and award performance of art song by singers and pianists throughout the world.”Entrants to the competition may enter in one of two Divisions: Division One, for singers 23 years of age and

Carol Kimball Joins LLF Advisory Board

2007-09-20T08:55:00.000-05:00

The Lotte Lehmann Foundation Board of Directors proudly announced today the unanimous election of Carol Kimball to the Board of Advisors of the Lotte Lehmann Foundation.A passionate advocate for classical song, Carol Kimball is the author of Song: A Guide to Art Song Style and Literature, a highly regarded reference and text that has become "the principal one-volume American source on the topic,"

LLF Elects New President, VP, and Treasurer

2007-09-20T08:33:00.002-05:00

The Lotte Lehmann Foundation today announced the election of three new officers to the posts of president, vice president and treasurer. Linn Maxwell, new to the board, will serve as president, Daniel Gundlach will assume the position of vice president and Larry Alan Smith will serve as treasurer.Past president Daron Hagen, in remarks to the Board of Directors at the Foundation's Annual Fall

ASCAP-LLF 2007 Competition is Launched

2007-03-02T16:41:00.000-05:00

The Lotte Lehmann Foundation and ASCAP announce the launch of the 2007 ASCAP / Lotte Lehmann Foundation Song Cycle Competition. The compeition was founded in 2005 by the Lehmann Foundation, which invited the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) to co-present and to help bring the competition to the attention of as many composers as possible.2007 GUIDELINES

LLF and NYSTA Co-Present NYC Recital

2007-02-28T10:36:00.000-05:00

“POETS, PROPHETS AND QUEENS”AN EVENING OF AMERICAN SONGPRESENTED BY THE NEW YORK SINGING TEACHERS ASSOCIATIONANDTHE LOTTE LEHMANN FOUNDATIONFriday, April 20, 2007, 7:30 pmYamaha Showroom689 Fifth Avenue, NYCAn outstanding quartet of young singers will perform a program entitled Poets Prophets and Queens, on Friday, April 20 at the Yamaha Showroom, located at 689 Fifth Avenue. The evening

Larry Alan Smith Joins Board of Directors

2007-02-22T16:02:00.000-05:00

The Lotte Lehmann Foundation announced today that American composer, pianist, educator, and poet Larry Alan Smith has been elected to the Board of Directors of the Lotte Lehmann Foundation.Praised by the New York Times as “a young composer of great gifts”, Smith has developed an international reputation as a composer, performer, educator and arts executive. Many of today’s outstanding soloists,

CYBERSING 2006 WINNERS ANNOUNCED

2007-02-09T16:23:00.000-05:00

The Lotte Lehmann Foundation is proud to announce the winners of the 2006 CyberSing Competition. CyberSing is the only international singing competition available to entrants purely on the basis of their recorded submissions. This year, the biannual competition drew entries from Asia, Europe and North America. Contestants are divided into two categories: Division I includes singers up to the age

EC Schirmer and LLF Sign Publishing Agreement

2006-12-20T13:03:00.000-05:00

The Lotte Lehmann Foundation is proud to announce a groundbreaking publication and print music distribution agreement with ECS Publishing covering all print music publications of the Lotte Lehmann Foundation's VoxNova Media division.Each work will be published in printed format by ECS as part of a series identified as "The Lotte Lehmann Foundation VoxNova Editions" and shall be made available by

John Wustman Receives 2007 World of Song Award

2006-11-11T17:28:00.000-05:00

John Wustman, the distinguished American collaborative pianist and educator, has been chosen by the Board of Directors of the Lotte Lehmann Foundation as recipient of its annual 2007 World of Song Award.The award alternates among composers, singers, and collaborative pianists. It serves to raise public consciousness of art song and to honor those who have devoted their creative lives to this

LLF Board Member Daniel Gundlach commissions and performs new works

2006-11-10T12:42:00.000-05:00

Lehmann Foundation Board Member Daniel Gundlach has joined with fellow countertenor Mark Crayton and pianist James Janssen in performances of a recital program entitled Conversations: New Music for Two Countertenors. The singers commissioned new and newly-arranged work from eight different composers, including LLF board members Daron Hagen (We Two, two Walt Whitman poems) and Craig Urquhart (

Lehmann Tribute CD issued by Arabesque Records

2006-10-21T09:25:00.000-05:00

On September 15, 2006, Arabesque Records released the first in a series of recordings in tribute to the artistic legacy of Lotte Lehmann. This unique document features spoken and sung tributes by students of Lotte Lehmann, as well as performances by advisors of the Lotte Lehmann Foundation.After retiring from the recital stage, Lotte Lehmann devoted her activities toward establishing the Music

Daron Hagen is Elected Lifetime Member of Yaddo

2006-09-23T12:13:00.000-05:00

Saratoga Springs, NY (September 20, 2006) – The Corporation of Yaddo, which oversees one of the oldest and most prestigious artists’ retreats in the United States, has elected Daron Hagen, the renowned composer and President of the Lotte Lehmann Foundation, to the honor of lifetime membership in the Corporation. The election took place at the members’ annual meeting at Yaddo in September.Founded

Famed Soprano Carol Neblett Joins Board of Advisors

2006-09-23T11:44:00.000-05:00

The Lotte Lehmann Foundation Board of Directors are proud to announce that famed soprano Carol Neblett has been elected to the Foundation's Board of Advisors.A leading soprano with the Metropolitan, San Francisco, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York City, Buenos Aires, Salzburg, Hamburg, and Covent Garden opera companies, Miss Neblett has been acclaimed the world over by both critics and audiences.

Famed Tenor Damien Top Joins Board of Directors

2006-09-23T11:27:00.000-05:00

The Lotte Lehmann Foundation is proud to announce that famed singer Damien Top has been elected to the Board of Directors of the Foundation. Mr. Top has served as a member of the Board of Advisors since the Foundation's founding.Mr. Top will serve as Editor of the French Catalogue of vocal works currently being prepared for publication by the Foundation's VoxNova Media Divison, and as a member of

New Book by Mary Dibbern is Published

2006-08-26T22:19:00.000-05:00

Mary Dibbern, a member of the board of advisors of the Lehmann Foundation, has published Faust/Roméo et Juliette - A Performance Guide. The new volume joins Mary's previous books, The Tales of Hoffmann: A Performance Guide, Carmen: A Performance Guide, and Interpreting the Songs of Jacques Leguerney (in collaboration with Carol Kimball and Patrick Choukroun).In 1850, the French mezzo-soprano

Marni Nixon Autobiography is Published

2006-08-25T19:17:00.000-05:00

Marni Nixon, active and valued member of the Board of Advisors of the Lehmann Foundation, has published her memoirs, co-penned with Stephen Cole.Film critic Roger Ebert writes, "Marnie Nixon is the unacknowledged star of some of the greatest Hollywood musicals of all time. Those who loved Anna in The King and I, Maria in West Side Story, Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady, and Grandmother Fa in

WFMT Lotte Lehmann Radio Documentary Premieres

2006-08-02T11:11:00.000-05:00

LOTTE LEHMANN – HER LIFE AND HER LIVING LEGACY PREMIERE BROADCAST DATE: 27 August 2006At the 30th anniversary of her death, a commemoration of the life and work of the legendary soprano and greatly influential teacher Lotte Lehmann, featuring rarely heard interviews and masterclasses with Madame Lehmann, specially recorded conversations with distinguished performers, scholars and others who knew

Mary Dibbern to Perform on Beijing Benefit Concert

2006-07-04T09:54:00.000-05:00

Mary Dibbern, treasured Paris-based member of the LLF Board of Advisors, will appear on a 4 November 2006 Gala Benefit Concert at the Grand Ballroom of the Kerry Centre Hotel in Beijing, along with Lea Woods Friedman, Jennifer Hines, Scott Scully, Ryan Taylor and Joshua Winograde (the group calls itself SINGERS BEYOND BORDERS, and last performed in Manila in December 2005 for the charity Gift of

Troy Peters Joins Board of Advisors

2006-06-25T19:39:00.000-05:00

American composer, conductor, and educator Troy Peters was elected by unanimous vote of the Board of Directors of the Lotte Lehmann Foundation to the Board of Advisors at the foundation's annual spring meeting on 31 April 2006 in New York City. "Working as I do with young musicians, I am especially excited to be involved in the Lotte Lehmann Foundation's work to bring art song into the lives of

Spring / Summer 2006 SongScape Published

2006-06-23T13:57:00.000-05:00

The latest issue of the official Lotte Lehmann Foundation newsletter SongScape is now available online. Content includes articles about:The ASCAP / LLF Song Cycle Competition2006 World of Song Award Recipient Dominick ArgentoCyberSing 2006Board NewsA tribute to Birgit Nilsson, Member of the Board of Advisors'For Phyllis Curtin' — a tribute by Ned RoremVoxNova Media — the LLF's new divisionLatest

VoxNova Submission Guidelines Posted

2006-06-23T13:09:00.000-05:00

Stephen Dembski and William Rhoads, members of the Board of Directors of the Lotte Lehmann Foundation, and co-directors of VoxNova Media, the media production and distribution arm of the LLF, announced today that the VoxNova Media Submission Guidelines have been posted online at the VoxNova Media Website: http://voxnovamedia.com/guidelines/index.html.Vox Nova Media (VNM), the media production and

NewMusicBox Profiles ASCAP/LLF Competition Winners

2006-04-12T18:22:00.000-05:00

Triple Win in Lehmann Song Competition: Commission, Publication, Multiple Performances By Anna Reguero Published: April 12, 2006 Reprinted from NewMusicBox, the online magazine of the American Music Center. Click here to see the article in its original context. First Prize Winner Scott Gendel Winning composers of the ASCAP and Lotte Lehmann Foundation's first Song Cycle Competition have good

Board Member Peter Kazaras Directs 'Turn of the Screw'

2006-03-22T19:29:00.000-05:00

A Perfect Show for Young Artists: Kazaras on Directing The Turn of the ScrewBy Ed HawkinsClick here to see the article in its original context.With more than twenty years on international opera stages, tenor Peter Kazaras has become a skilled teacher and will be working with the current Young Artists throughout their training at Seattle Opera. As a singer, Kazarasmade his Seattle Opera debut as

ASCAP AND LOTTE LEHMANN FOUNDATION ANNOUNCE WINNERS OF NEW SONG CYCLE COMPETITION FOR YOUNG COMPOSERS

2006-02-10T14:53:00.000-05:00

Click here to see the feature on ASCAP's website.New York, NY, February 13, 2006: Frances Richard, ASCAP Vice President and Director of Concert Music and Daron Hagen, President of the Lotte Lehmann Foundation (LLF) announced today the winners of the first ASCAP/Lotte Lehmann Foundation Song Cycle Competition. The competition, named for legendary soprano Lotte Lehmann, was established to encourage

Birgit Nilsson, Member of the Board of Advisors, Dies

2006-02-08T16:58:00.000-05:00

Birgit Nilsson, one of the greatest helden sopranos of the 20th century, and from the beginning a valued member of the Board of Advisors of the Lotte Lehmann Foundation, died in December 2005 at the age of 87.Nilsson attended music school in Stockholm and eventually became a global star admired for her interpretations of composer Richard Wagner. Her voice was so powerful that she actually could

Dominick Argento Receives 2006 World of Song Award

2005-12-15T10:29:00.000-05:00

Dominick Argento, the distinguished American composer, has been chosen by the Board of Directors of the Lotte Lehmann Foundation as recipient of its 2006 World of Song Award.The award, presented annually by the Foundation, alternates among composers, singers, and collaborative pianists. It serves to raise public consciousness of art song and to honor those who have devoted their creative lives to

CyberSing 2006 Receives First $4000 in Underwriting

2005-12-06T19:29:00.000-05:00

CyberSing 2006, the Lotte Lehmann Foundation's bi-annual Internet-based Art Song Performance Contest, is set to begin on 1 January 2006. The first prizes of this season's competition have been announced, and the Lehmann Foundation acknowledges them with gratitude and excitement: In Division I (singers below the age of 23), Violent Chang has underwritten the Violet Chang Lieder Prize in Memory of

Phyllis Curtin and Su Lian Tan Join Board of Directors

2005-10-23T16:26:00.000-05:00

The esteemed American soprano and teacher PHYLLIS CURTIN studied at Wellesley College (B.A., 1943) and received vocal instruction from Olga Avierino, Joseph Regnaeas, and Goldovsky.In 1946 Phyllis Curtin made her operatic debut as the Countess in Figaro with Goldovsky's New England Opera Theater. Her recital debut followed in 1950 at New York’s Town Hall. In October 1953 she made her first

ASCAP Lehmann Foundation Composition Contest Deadline of September 15th Approaches

2005-09-06T13:30:00.000-05:00

September 15th is the submission deadline for the ASCAP Lotte Lehmann Foundation Composition Contest.The competition was established to recognize talented young composers who write for the human voice. Winning works will be selected via a juried national competition from among eligible composers under the age of thirty.First Prize is a $3,500 commission for a song cycle for voice and piano,

Lehmann Website Goes Live on 1 September

2005-08-10T13:53:00.000-05:00

Created by Founder and Past President Gary Hickling, the site has over the past decade grown to over 2000 pages, with numerous sound, graphics and video files. It has included not only the Lotte Lehmann pages, but also 'Song!, the popular online repository for information on classical song,' as well as pages devoted to Hickling's popular Hawaii-based radio program, 'Great Songs.'The new website

News Brief: Hawaii Art Song Contest Semi-Finalists

2005-07-10T13:37:00.000-05:00

You may hear the 13 semi-finalists in the Eighth Annual Hawaii Art Song Contest.Four winners will be selected from this group to share a recital in Orvis Auditorium on the University of Hawai’i Manoa campus on 10 September 2005 at 7:30pm.1. Georgia Boyd sings Pilkinton’s Rest Sweet Nymphs (Beebe Freitas, piano)2. Rosanna Perch sings Barber’s Solitary Hotel (Beebe Freitas, piano)3. Winnie So sings

News Brief: Spring Benefit a Triumph

2005-06-10T14:23:00.000-05:00

View photo gallery from the Benefit.The Lotte Lehmann Foundation held its first annual Benefit on 10 May at the Century Association in New York City. Scott Dunn (Board Member & Co-Chair of Benefit Committee), Valerie Komar (Winner of CyberSing 2004), Lukas Foss (Advisor), Ned Rorem (Board Member), Phyllis Curtin (Honoree), Brian Zeger (Lehmann Foundation Vice President) and Ralph Jackson (