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Contests & Awards
3 Rising Artists Receive Avery Fisher Grants

Violinist Joshua Brown, cellist Tommy Mesa, and the Viano Quartet yesterday received 2025 Avery Fisher Career Grants in a presentation at The Jerome L. Greene Performance Space. The ceremony was presided over by Avery Fisher Program Chair Deborah … »Read
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Polar Music Prize to Barbara Hannigan, Herbie Hancock, Queen

Barbara Hannigan, Musical America’s 2025 Artist of the Year , has been announced as one of the three Polar Music Prize winners, along with jazz pianist Herbie Hancock and legendary rock group Queen. Founded in 1989, the Prize’s … »Read
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Met Grand Finals Yield Five Winners

Two sopranos, two mezzos, and a baritone have been declared the winners of the 2025 Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition, which concluded Sunday afternoon at the Met with nine finalists competing from the stage. Karen Kamensek conducted the MET … »Read
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RPS Awards Honor Disability-Themed Organizations

The Royal Philharmonic Society (RPS) announced its annual awards on March 6 at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, the first time the event had taken place in that city. The evening honoring classical music in the U.K. recognized more than a dozen … »Read
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February Competitions & Awards: The Results Are In.

Yuki Hirano took home first prize at the Seventh International Heifetz Competition for Violinist s, held on Feb. 21 and 22 in Vilnius, Lithuania. The 21-year-old Japanese musician, currently a student at the Music and Arts University of the City … »Read
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$100,000 Fellowships Recognize Senior Jazzists

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation is initiating the Jazz Legacies Fellowship, a program that will honor 20 jazz musicians with a no-strings-attached $100,000 grant. The only requirement—the recipients must be at least 62 years old. "Many of … »Read
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