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”

Johann Strauss Award Announcement

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 totalling about $ 900,000.00 to 140 individuals as well as groups such as NUOVA and the University of Alberta Academy String Orchestra.

Scholarship Winners 1976-Present

Pin Wen Chen – Violin, 2023
Erin James – Violin, 2023
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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