WINNERS ANNOUNCED OF THE KOSCIUSZKO FOUNDATION
MARCELLA SEMBRICH INTERNATIONAL VOICE COMPETITION

Polish-American soprano Magdalena Kuźma has won the Kosciuszko Foundation 2024 Marcella Sembrich International Voice Competition, receiving the first prize of $8,000 and special performance awards offered by the Gerda Lissner Foundation and the Connecticut Lyric Opera, as well as an admission to the Stanislaw Moniuszko International Voice Competition in Warsaw, Poland. 













Lyric tenor Michael Butler was awarded the second prize of $5,000 and a $1,000 special award for the best performance of a Polish work by a non-Polish entrant funded by Drs. Francine and Henry Sikorski and a solo performance during the Sembrich Summer Festival.

The Competition's third prize of $3,000, along with a masterclass offered by acclaimed bass-baritone Tomasz Konieczny, was awarded to hailed from Montreal, Canada, contralto Rose Naggar-Tremblay.

A Special Prize of $2,500 for artistic vitality, funded by Ms. Ann C. Zagoreos in honor of Halina Rodzinska, was awarded to mezzo-soprano Rubby Dibble.

Korean-Australian soprano Gemma Nha won a $1,000 special prize for the youngest finalist, funded by Drs. Henry and Francine Sikorski.

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