Hong Kong violinist Hiu Sing Fan, a recent semi-finalist in the 2025 Paganini Violin Competition, is the recipient of the fourth annual Gurrena Fellowship at Meadowmount School of Music. Located in the Adirondack Mountains, the school is a … » Read

Canadian pianist Élisabeth Pion was crowned the Gold Laureate of this year’s Honens Competition. The triennial event’s top prize is $100,000 (CAD) plus a three-year artist development program, which Honens values at $500,000 … » Read

While the Big News this week has been the quintennial International Chopin Competition in Warsaw, won by American pianist Eric Lu , there have been other and ample challenging contests over the last two months. They may have a lower profile than … » Read

American Eric Lu won the gold medal and €60,000 at the XIX International Chopin Competition in Warsaw on Monday. The 28-year-old artist bested ten other finalists from seven countries in an event that Ivan Hewett, classical music critic for … » Read

Composer/performer Meredith Monk  has received the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement during a ceremony at the Venice Biennale Musica. At age 82,  Musical America’s 2012 Composer of the Year  continues to be a sound … » Read

On Sept. 14 in Munich, the 74 th ARD International Music Competition awarded cash prizes in three categories—clarinet, trumpet, and piano. The largest international classical music competition in Germany, the ARD is organized annually by … » Read

Jeonghwan Kim took home the €22,000 first prize at the Bartók World Competition , which concluded at the Liszt Academy in Budapest, on Sept. 7. The Korean-German pianist also received several concert in. vitationsSpain's Gorka Plada … » Read

On Aug 31, the Poeisis Quartet emerged from among three ensembles to win first prize at the 15 th edition of the Banff (CA) International String Quartet Competition, held every three years. The Cincinnati-based foursome—violinists Sarah … » Read

After reviewing 526 submissions from 47 countries, the Barlow Endowment for Music Composition at Brigham Young University has awarded David Biedenbender the 2025 Barlow Prize. The $25,000 cash award is to support his creation of a major new work … » Read

The Salzburg Festival has tapped Christian Blex of Germany as the winner of its biennial Herbert von Karajan Young Conductors Award (YCA); Blex, 31, took top honors after leading a concert with the Camerata Salzburg over the weekend at the Main … » Read