Israelis sweep German Lied competition
mainDas Lied: International Song Competition in Berlin was won by mezzo-soprano Hagar Sharvit, who also took the audience prize.
Hagar’s accompanist, Ammiel Bushakevitz, shared the pianist prize.
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What an erroneous heading. Ms. Sharzvit and her accompanist did not “sweep” the German Lied competition. True, they won first prize but a sweep would have meant all of the other prizes.
How about a correction?
Not erroneous. They took both first prizes, plus audience prize.