The Finals of the Kosciuszko Foundation 2024 Marcella Sembrich International Voice Competition
The awards presentation and the reception to follow the auditions.
When: Sunday, October 13, 2024, 5:00 PM
Where: The Kosciuszko Foundation: 15 E 65th Street, New York, NY 10065
Admission: $15-KF Members/ $25 - Regular admission
Join us at the Kosciuszko Foundation in NYC for the final round of the 2024 KF Marcella Sembrich International Voice Competition. The event will feature the performances of the top five finalists – talented young opera singers – as they compete for the Competition monetary prizes totaling over $20,000 and special awards. The award ceremony and reception will follow the final round of the Competition.
Tickets: $15-KF Members/ $25 – General Admission
The Competition, presented under the artistic direction of Thomas Lausmann, Director of Music Administration at the Metropolitan Opera, will be adjudicated by esteemed musicians Maestro Daniele Callegari, Beata Klatka, Director of the Stanislaw Moniuszko International Vocal Competition at the Polish National Opera, Lee Ann Myslewski – vice president of opera and classical programming for Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts and a three-time Grammy Award-winning bass-baritone Ryan Speedo Green, who serves as an Honorary Juror. We are also proud to feature two of the most sought-after opera singers of our times, Piotr Beczala, tenor, and Tomasz Konieczny, bass-baritone, who are Honorary Patrons of the Competition.
Meet the contestants of the KF Sembrich Competition 2024 – Click HERE
The Competition was made possible thanks to Ms. Krystyna Piorkowska’s generous donation. Ann C. Zagoreos, Drs. Henry and Francine Sikorski, The Sembrich, Connecticut Lyric Opera, Tomasz Konieczny, bass-baritone, and the Gerda Lissner Foundation offered special prizes.
The Kosciuszko Foundation Marcella Sembrich International Voice Competition was established in 1968 to encourage young singers to study the repertoire of Polish composers and to honor Polish soprano Marcella Sembrich Kochanska, one of the greatest artists of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, who made her Metropolitan Opera debut in 1883. After an enormously successful career, the popular singer founded the vocal programs at both the Juilliard School and the Curtis Institute.
