ASCAP AND LOTTE LEHMANN FOUNDATION ANNOUNCE WINNERS OF ART SONG COMPETITION FOR YOUNG COMPOSERS
Prizes include Cash Awards and New Song Commissions

Frances 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 composers who write for voice.

Commenting on the competition, Frances Richard said, "It is in the great tradition of ASCAP to encourage gifted young composers to set inspiring texts for voice. We are proud to join with the Lotte Lehmann Foundation in this exciting biannual commissioning program. The winning composers were selected through a rigorous juried competition open to composers under the age of thirty. We thank our dedicated judges, and congratulate the winners."

Linn Maxwell, mezzo-soprano and President of the Lotte Lehmann Foundation, said, "We are excited to welcome these talented young composers to the winners' podium. I am confident that their contributions will inspire singers to pursue excellence in the spirit of Lotte Lehmann, whose legacy we uphold and celebrate. Congratulations to each of them." Learn more by clicking here.

DAMIEN TOP
After studying Literature and Philosophy in Lille and graduating in Germanic Studies at the University of Paris, Damien Top studied Singing and Dramatic Art at the Conservatoire in Lille. Later, at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris, he joined the classes of Nicole Broissin (Atelier Lyrique-Opérette) and Corazza (Vocal Technique), Isabelle Aboulker (Musical Theory), and studied with Galina Vischnievskaya, Jean-Christophe Benoit, and Jacques Pottier (Melbourne University).  more>>>