Gary Galván, Curator of Music Special Collections at the Free Library of Philadelphia since 2015, was honored on June 21 with the 2026 Eroica Award for Outstanding Service to Music at the Free Library. The award was granted by MOLA: An … » Read

Brad Hoylman-Sigal, the Manhattan borough president, is devoting the entirety of his office’s $50 million discretionary budget to grants ranging from $60,000 to $2 million directed to 55 cultural institutions and 28 schools. Labelling the … » Read

On June 13 five competing teams of composers and librettists gathered at Morehouse College for the fifth edition of the 96-Hour Opera Project at The Atlanta Opera’s NOW Festival. They were challenged to develop original stories centered on … » Read

NEW YORK (AP) — The Recording Academy has tweaked some of its rules for the 2026 Grammy Awards, including the addition of five new categories. The academy on Tuesday announced the addition of a best Asian pop music performance category … » Read

Canadian soprano Measha Brueggergosman-Lee has received the $50,000 Molson Price for outstanding achievements in the arts. The Molson Foundation, named for and funded by the brewery of the same name, supports “the betterment of Canadian … » Read

Cellist Starla Breshears, 18, won the 41st Irving M. Klein International String Competition on June 7 at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. (She has also just won a seat in the San Francisco Symphony.) From the competition she receives … » Read

The 12 th edition of the Osaka International Chamber Music Competition, held May 17 to 24, comprised sections for string quartets and for piano trios and quartets. Austria’s Motus Quartet—violinists Tim de Vries and Karla Križ, … » Read

A little over a hundred years ago, banker and music-lover Walter Naumburg met a young singer who told him of her difficulties in financing her New York debut recital, and how she had been forced to importune her friends for donations. A recital … » Read

As  reported earlier this week, Gabriela Lena Frank is the recipient of the 2026 Pulitzer Prize for Music for her piece Picaflor: A future myth. She is Musical America’s 2026 Composer of the Year. Also announced this week was the 2026 … » Read

Joining a list of distinguished recipients, tenor Ben Bliss has been chosen by the Metropolitan Opera to receive the 2026 Beverly Sills Artist Award, which gives him $50,000 and a pretty solid lock on future employment. The award, named for the … » Read