Edith Wiens studied theology and church music at Columbia Bible College in Clearbrook.
13 Facts About Edith Wiens
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Edith Wiens went on to Oberlin Conservatory of Music to study with Richard Miller.
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Edith Wiens received her Bachelor and Master of Music degrees here.
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Edith Wiens has worked with well known conductors like Daniel Barenboim, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Kurt Masur, Seiji Ozawa, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Klaus Tennstedt and Sir Georg Solti.
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Edith Wiens had her operatic debut in 1986 at the Glyndebourne Festival as Donna Anna in Mozart's Don Giovanni under Bernard Haitink.
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Edith Wiens sang further Mozart roles in Amsterdam, Milan, Buenos Aires, in Canada, the US and Japan.
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Edith Wiens was especially known as a concert singer, singing with major orchestras worldwide, such as New York Philharmonic, Cleveland, Philadelphia and Chicago, London Philharmonic, the Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam, Israel Philharmonic, and many others.
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Edith Wiens was a member of the faculty at the Juilliard School in New York City.
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Edith Wiens teaches singers of the Lindemann Program at the Metropolitan Opera.
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Edith Wiens is a regular guest of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London and the Royal College, and is repeatedly engaged to teach the young ensembles at the opera houses of Munich, Frankfurt, Zurich and Oslo.
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Edith Wiens won first prize in the Robert Schumann International Competition for Pianists and Singers, second prize at the ARD International Music Competition in Munich, and was a prize winner at the Mozart Competition in Salzburg.
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Edith Wiens has honorary doctorates from Oberlin College and the University of Regina, as well as from the University of Saskatchewan in Canada.
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Edith Wiens was invested an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2000.