The critically acclaimed soprano Measha Brueggergosman was awarded the Grand Prize at the 2002 Jeunesses Musicales Montreal International Competition and has been a prizewinner in other renowned competitions including the Wigmore Hall in London, George London Foundation in New York, and Robert-Schumann in Germany. In a busy international career she has appeared throughout North America and Europe, including a Royal Command Performance for Queen Elizabeth II. She also appeared as Liuin Turandot in a return engagement with Cincinnati Opera. She has been honoured to sing for the Prince of Wales and for Nelson Mandela. Recent operatic engagements have brought appearances in Turandot, Elektra and Dead Man Walking with Cincinnati Opera, and, in the concert hall, a recital debut at Roy Thomson Hall, and the Verdi Requiem with Helmuth Rilling at the International Beethoven Festival Bonn.