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William Matheus Sullivan Foundation bestows $85,000 on 13 Opera Singers

Recipients of the Sullivan Award engage in a five-year initiative involving grants to prepare for upcoming roles.

BY MB LIFESTYLE

Nov 16, 2023 11:23 PM 

The William Matheus Sullivan Musical Foundation awarded $85,000 to 13 early career opera singers who auditioned for the Foundation in New York on Oct. 29 and 30, 2023. Sullivan Award winners participate in a five-year program of grants for preparing new roles, a unique feature of the Foundation's professional development support.

The seven winners of $10,000 Sullivan Awards and five years of role preparation assistance are sopranos Amber R. Manroe, Murrella Parton, and Teresa Perrotta; mezzo-sopranos Meridian Prall and Michelle Mariposa; tenor Moises Salazar; and bass-baritone Le Bu.  

The panel also awarded $2,500 Career Development Grants to six singers: sopranos Mary Evelyn Hangley and Kathleen O’Mara; countertenor Kyle Tingzon; tenors Lawrence Barasa and Thomas Cilluffo; and baritone Sankara Harouna.

Audition judges were Sullivan trustees Susanne Mentzer, Evans Mirageas, and George Shirley, joined by Khori Dastoor, General Director and CEO of Houston Grand Opera. Application judges were Sullivan trustees Erie Mills and Marietta Simpson, along with past Sullivan grant recipient Patrick Carfizzi. The audition pianists were Adam Nielsen and Jinhee Park.

Awards designated in memory of distinguished Sullivan Foundation board members are Meridian Prall’s award for soprano Rose Bampton; Murrella Parton’s award for soprano Gail Robinson, director of the Metropolitan Opera’s Lindemann Young Artist Development Program and National Council Auditions; Amber R. Monroe’s award for mezzo-soprano Betty Allen, the second president of the Harlem School for the Arts; Moisés Salazar’s award for tenor David Lloyd, executive director of the Sullivan Foundation and director of the Juilliard American Opera Center; and Le Bu’s award for baritone Theodor Uppman.

Blind pianist Lucy stuns Royal Albert Hall with breathtaking Debussy debut

Blind pianist Lucy stuns Royal Albert Hall with breathtaking Debussy debut | Classic FM Live

By Kyle Macdonald

 

Watch a very special performance, as the exceptional pianist who won Channel 4’s ‘The Piano’ plays deeply emotional Debussy to an audience of 6,000 in London’s iconic theatre. 

Monday night saw an incredible piano debut on one of the world’s biggest and most iconic stages.

Playing at Classic FM Live with Viking was a musician whose talent and deep relationship with music has stunned the classical world. Teenage pianist Lucy played Claude Debussy’s Arabesque No. 1 to the packed hall.

The remarkable young pianist won the Channel 4 series The Piano earlier this year, aged just 13. Her opening performance of a Chopin nocturne on a train station piano left judge Lang Lang stunned and lost for words.

From that moment, a new piano star was born. Lucy played in May’s Coronation Concert for King Charles at Windsor Castle, and has now continued her incredible journey with this Classic FM concert and a Royal Albert Hall debut.

Lucy, from West Yorkshire, is blind and neurodivergent. She is taught by Daniel Bath, a teacher who she first met when she was three years old. Daniel was beside his student on stage as she made her debut on Monday.

Watch her performance above. Her interpretation of the French composer’s music captivated the huge audience, holding them in an awed silence before a huge ovation at the end. What a moment it was.

Lucy plays at Classic FM Live with Viking. Picture: Matt Crossick

The Arabesque is a piece Lucy has made her own. In March, she played it at London’s Royal Festival Hall, as part of the grand finale of the TV series where she took top honours.

The concert saw a night of incredible solo performances, with British-Iranian pianist Arsha Kaviani, guitarist Miloš Karadaglic, and brilliant young violinist – and Classic FM Rising Star – Luka Faulisi all sharing the stage with Lucy.

Along with the Debussy, Lucy also played Bach’s beautiful C-major Prelude from the Well-tempered Klavier.

You can hear her performances and all the night’s musical magic by catching up on Friday’s exclusive broadcast of Classic FM Live with Viking here on Global Player. YOu can also watch the full concert soon on Sky Arts.