Brian Vu named a winner in the 2016 Lotte Lenya competition
Brian Vu '14 MM, '15 AD was awarded the top prize in the 2016 Lotte Lenya Competition sponsored by the Kurt Weill Foundation for Music. The win earned Vu a cash prize of $15,000, and was one of nine awards distributed for the competition which totaled $79,000.
Vu impressed the judges with a carefully thought-out program including "O Carlo, ascolta" from Don Carlo; "Bowler Hat" from Pacific Overtures; "West Wind" from One Touch of Venus; and "Where is the Life that Late I Led?" from Kiss Me Kate. The judges remarked that he displayed "...refreshing flair and vocal prowess."
Earlier this year, Vu was named a Grand Finalist in this year's Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, one of the most prestigious vocal competitions in the country, and will appear as the Kurt Weill/Lotte Lenya Young Artist at the Glimmerglass Festival this summer.
