2023 Shirley Rabb Winston Classical Voice Scholarship Recipients
2023 Winston Voice
19-22 Age Group;
Grand Prize-$6000
Dalia Medovnikov- New Jersey (From Connecticut)
Outstanding Recognition- $2000
Matilda Smolij-Ohio River Valley
Laura Santamaria-Mendez-Florida
Maya McGuire-Washington DC
16-18 Age Group
First Place- $1000
Ella Vaughn-Ohio River Valley
Encouragement Award- $500
Olivia Gonzales-Arkansas
Tiara Abraham- Indiana
Judges
Justyna Giermola
Marco Nistico
Martin Sedek
Soprano Dalia Medovnikov is in her first year of masters studies at the Curtis Institute of Music. This past summer, Ms. Medovnikov was a fellow at Music Academy of the West and performed Villa Lobos’s Bachianas Brasileiras alongside eight cellists. There, she also performed the role of Musetta in a semi-staged concert version of La Boheme. Earlier in the year she performed the roles of Giannetta in Elisir d'amore by Donizetti and Dalinda in Handel's Ariodante.