The Gerda Lissner Foundation, in association with The Liederkranz Foundation, announced the winners of its 2026 Art Song Competition.

Tenor Edward Ferran and soprano Anna Thompson received the two top prizes of $12,000 each, and baritone Dominic Townsend received the $2,500 Judges’ Special Prize. The three will be presented at the Foundation’s annual Winners Concert on Thursday, April 29, 2027, at Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall, alongside the top prize winners of the 2027 International Vocal Competition and collaborative pianists Francesco Barfoed and Arlene Shrut.

Six singers received $2,000 grants including mezzo-sopranos Sophia Baete and Lindsay Martin, sopranos Shannon Crowley, Sabrina Langlois and Laura Thaller, and baritone Justice Yates.

The preliminary rounds took place Oct. 13-15 and the finals on Oct. 16 at The Kosciuszko Foundation in New York City.

The judges were collaborative pianist and coach Francesco Barfoed, who is also faculty in Italian diction at The Juilliard School; Michael Benchetrit, founder and president of Minerva Artists; Alison d’Amato, assistant professor of vocal coaching at the Eastman School of Music and co-founder of Art Song Lab at the Vancouver International Song Institute; F. Paul Driscoll, vice president of The Gerda Lissner Foundation and former editor in chief of Opera News; and Midge Woolsey, president and co-artistic director of the Foundation.