Important News

The Johann Strauss Foundation Scholarships continue and are now administered by the Wirth Institute of the University of Alberta as the “Johann Strauss Foundation Music Awards for Advanced Study of Music in Austria”

Applications: Google Form

Scholarship Winner Elsie Hoover

For further information contact:

Wirth Institute for Austrian and Central European Studies

Arts Building, Suite 300
University of Alberta
Edmonton, AB
T6G 2E6
Tel: 780-492-1444
e-mail: [email protected]

Since 1975 the Johann Strauss Foundation has provided scholarships, grants and awards totaling about $ 1,000,000.00 to 145 individuals for a total of over 170 scholarships. Groups such as Opera NUOVA and the University of Alberta Academy String Orchestra were also supported.

Scholarship Winners 1976-Present

Erin Selin – Soprano, 2024
Alla Salakhova – Mezzo-Soprano, 2024
Yuanyuan Que – Piano, 2024
Pin Wen Chen – Violin, 2023
Erin James – Violin, 2023 & 2024
Allan Nelson – Violin, 2023
Meijun Chen – Conductor, 2023
Diana Rockwell – Soprano, 2022
Jin Yu – Baritone, 2022
Sonia Campbell – Soprano, 2022
Anton Achondoa – Piano, 2020
Stephanie Brenton – Soprano, 2020
Erin James Wong – Violin, 2020
Tatiana Stanischich – Soprano, 2020
Dacia Gramlick – Soprano, 2019
Heather McGuire – Piano, 2019
Victoria Grynenko – Violin, 2019
Amanda Smith – Soprano, 2018
Jesus Alberto Lopez-Alvarez – Piano, 2018
Andrea Pedro – Piano, 2018, 2019
Tatiana Stanischich – Soprano, 2017
Oliver Munar – Tenor, Franz Schubert Institute, 2017
Bo-rum Hammond – Piano, Salzburg 2017, 2019
Irina Bourget – Mezzo-Soprano, 2016
Olivia Imbrogno – French Horn, 2016, 2018
Lynnea Bartel-Nickel – Soprano, 2016, 2018
Elsie Hoover – Piano, Salzburg, Baden bei Wien 2015
David Fraser – Piano, Salzburg 2014
Jeanne Yang – Piano, Salzburg 2014, 2015, 2016
Matthew Walton – Salzburg 2013
Leslie Chen – Salzburg 2013
Elizabeth Clarke – Baden bei Wien 2013
Hycjen Lee – Salzburg 2012
Christina LaRose – Salzburg 2012
Carmen Specht – Soprano, Salzburg 2012
Mark Wilkinson – Salzburg 2012
Jodi Penner – Soprano, Baden bei Wien 2011
Jacques Arsenault – Baritone, Salzburg 2010
Joel Harder – Piano, Baden bei Wien 2009
David Eggert – Cello, Salzburg 2009
Erin Passmore – Soprano, Salzburg 2008
Lesley Anne Foster – Soprano, Baden bei Wien 2008
Daniel Fung – Piano, Salzburg 2008
Natalie Murdoch – Clarinet, Salzburg 2007
Meera Varghese – Soprano, Baden bei Wien & Salzburg, 2007
Lesley Anne Foster – Soprano, Baden bei Wien & Salzburg, 2007
Anthony Bacon – Cello, Salzburg 2007
Robert Clark – Baritone, Salzburg 2006
Christopher Bagan – Piano, Salzburg & Wien 2006
Melanie Gall – Soprano, Salzburg 2005, 2006
Elizabeth McHan – Viola, Salzburg 2005
Borislav Bontchev – Horn, Salzburg 2005
Lindsay Sikora – Mezzo-Soprano, Salzburg 2004
Emily Nenniger – Violin, Salzburg 2004
Karen Kang – Cello, Salzburg 2004
Leah Meyer-Cook – Soprano, Salzburg 2003
Kevin Gagnon – Lyric Baritone, Salzburg 2003
Natalie Fagnan – Soprano, Salzburg 2003
John Wiebe – Conductor, Salzburg, 2002
Shannon Kolotyluk – Soprano, Salzburg 2002
Sharon Crawford – Soprano, Salzburg 2002
Mireille Rijavec – Mezzo-Soprano, Salzburg 2002
Sarah Catherine Veenhoven – Violin, Vienna 2002
Francis Yang – Piano, Salzburg 2001
Margaret Carey – Viola, Salzburg 2001
Leanne Regehr – Piano, Salzburg 2000, 2001
Shaunna Shandro – Soprano, Salzburg 2000, 2001
Jason Cutmore – Piano, Salzburg 2000
Mark van Manen – Violin, Salzburg 2000
Michelle Martin – Organ, Attersee 1999
Leonor Rondeau – Piano, Salzburg 1999
Jeffrey Neufeld – Piano, Salzburg 1998
Allison Storochuk – Clarinet, Salzburg 1998
David Colwell – Violin, Salzburg 1998, 1999
Heidi Klann – Soprano, Salzburg 1997
Mikolaj Warszynski – Piano, Salzburg 1997, 2000
Carmen Falconer – Piano, Salzburg 1997
Maura Sharkey – Mezzo Soprano, Salzburg 1997, 1999
Darryl Hartshorne – Bassoon, Attergau 1996
Gloria Reimer – Piano, Salzburg 1996, 1997
Tanya Wan Lim – Piano, Salzburg 1996
Rachelle Ventura – Piano, Salzburg 1995
Jane McGillis – Soprano, Vienna 1995
Jan Berry – Saxophone, Salzburg & Vienna 1995
Mavis Callihoo – Soprano, Salzburg & Vienna 1994, 2003, 2004
Adrienne Wiebe – Mezzo Soprano, Salzburg 1994
Esther Chu – Piano, Salzburg 1994
Christine Schultz – Soprano, Salzburg 1994
Scott Godin – Piano, Vienna 1993, 1994
Trevor Brandenburg – Percussion, Salzburg 1993
Kim Mattice-Wanat – Soprano, Salzburg 1993
Corey Hamm – Piano, Salzburg 1992, 1993
Tim Hankewich – Conductor, Vienna 1991
Kathleen Lotz – Soprano, Salzburg 1991, 1992
Janet Tonin – Soprano, Salzburg 1991
Glenn Segger – Organ, Vienna 1991, 1992
Ronda Metszies – Cello, Salzburg 1990
Leslie Newman – Flute, Salzburg 1990, 1992
Roger Admiral – Piano, Salzburg 1990, 1993
Anne Marie Hoover – Soprano, Salzburg 1990
Darlene Schubert – Soprano, Salzburg & Vienna 1989, 1990, 1991
Elizabeth Raycroft – Soprano, Vienna 1989
Laurier Fagnan – Baritone, Salzburg 1989
Roland Fix – Baritone, Salzburg 1988, 1989
Patricia Steinbring – Soprano, Salzburg 1988, 1989
Richard Van Der Woude – Organ, Vienna 1988
Elizabeth Turnbull – Mezzo Soprano Salzburg, 1987
Martine Dargis – Soprano, Salzburg 1987
Marina Hoover – Cello, Salzburg 1987
Leo Parth – Piano, Salzburg 1986
Grant Maxwell – Piano, Salzburg 1986
Elizabeth Laich – Piano, Salzburg 1986
Kay McCallister – French Horn, Vienna & Salzburg 1985, 1986
Haley Simons – Piano, Salzburg, 1985
Sharon Ann Miller – Soprano, Salzburg, 1985
Heather MacLean – Soprano, Salzburg 1985, 1987
Brandon Konoval – Piano, Salzburg 1984
Joanne Opgenorth – Violin, Salzburg 1984, 1989
Gisele Rouleau – Piano, Salzburg 1983
Janet Dea – Soprano, Salzburg 1983
Kirk Muspratt – Conductor, Vienna 1983, 1984
Ming-Yee Tam – Piano, Salzburg 1982
Wendy Humphreys – Soprano, Salzburg 1982
Melody Boone – Soprano, Salzburg 1982
Monica Rist – Organ, Vienna 1982
Jacqueline Preuss – Soprano, Salzburg 1981, 1982
Katharina Megli – Mezzo Soprano, Salzburg 1980, 1981
Robert Casgrain – Piano, Vienna 1980
Margaret Bunkall – French Horn, Vienna & Salzburg 1979
Irene Brookwell – Piano, Salzburg 1979, 1980
Valeria Wills – Violin, Salzburg 1978
Betty Kolodziej – Soprano, Vienna 1978
Eileen Keown – Piano, Salzburg 1978
Beverly Cohen – Soprano, Vienna 1977
Norbert Boehm – Violin, Salzburg 1977
Robert Klakowich – Harpsicord, Engelstein 1976
Marnie Giesbrecht – Piano, Salzburg 1976, 1977
Cheryl Cooney – Piano, Salzburg 1976

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