Baritone Navasard Hakobyan Among Winners of Music Academy’s Marilyn Horne Song Competition 2023

(Photo: Zach Mendez) The Music Academy’s Marilyn Horne Song Competition has announced that baritone Navasard Hakobyan and pianist Brian Cho are its 2023 winners. The two will receive $5,000 in cash and will also work on a commissioned work by composer Joel Thompson. They will then present the premieres of these works in recital during the 2024 summer festival. Hakobyan {…}

Aug 24, 2022

Joanne Evans & Tzu-Kuang Tan Major Winners of Marilyn Horne Song Competition

The Music Academy has announced the 2022 winners of its Marilyn Horne Song Competition. Taking home the vocal prize was mezzo-soprano Joanne Evans. Meanwhile Tzu-Kuang Tan won the prize for vocal piano. Evans has a master’s degree from the Bard College Conservatory and was the 2022 winner of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Boston District. Currently a Resident Artist with {…}