CONTESTS & AWARDS


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"Performance Installation" Wins $100,000 Grawemeyer

December 3, 2024 | Taylor Grant, Musical America
The University of Louisville has selected English composer Christian Mason [pictured] as the recipient of the 2025 Grawemeyer Music Composition Award for Invisible Threads . Composed in 2022-2023 and premiered at the Wittener Tage für Neue … » Read
 

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Kravis Prize Winners Announced by NY Phil

November 12, 2024 | Susan Elliott, Musical America
The New York Philharmonic will bestow $200,000 each on composers David Lang and Missy Mazzoli as winners of its occasional Marie-Josée Kravis Prize for New Music. The prize, established in 2011, is said to be one of the largest in the … » Read
 

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Yo-Yo Ma Awarded RPS Gold Medal

November 5, 2024 | Anthony Brown, Musical America
Yo-Yo Ma added the Royal Philharmonic Society (RPS) Gold Medal to his ever-expanding trove of trophies on November 2, prior to his recital with pianist Kathryn Stott at the Barbican in London. When making the presentation, RPS Chair Angela Dixon … » Read
 

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A Government that Supports Its Arts Groups

October 31, 2024 | Anthony Brown, Musical America
The Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra , which claims to be the most recorded, broadcast, and streamed orchestra in Australia, is to receive $9.6 million state government funding over the next four years. When announcing the funding, Minister for the … » Read
 

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Two Cellists Place First in the Naumburg Competition

October 22, 2024 | Sarah Shay, Musical America
At the Oct. 20 finals of the 2024 Naumburg International Cello Competition, held at Manhattan School of Music U.S.–Canadian cellist Leland Ko, 26, and U.S.–Danish cellist Jonathan Swensen , 27, shared first prize. Each receives … » Read
 

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Big Competition Wins: The Latest

October 18, 2024 | Rick Beard, Musical America
The Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation awarded the 2025 Ensemble Prizes to Collective lovemusic and Tacet(i) on Oct. 17. The prize, established in 2020, carries a €75,000 cash award. Founded in 2018 by clarinetist Adam Starkie and flutist … » Read
 

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Chopin Competition Sets Restrictions for Russians

October 8, 2024 | Agence-France Presse
WARSAW (AFP)—Russian pianists will only be allowed to enter the prestigious Chopin competition under a neutral flag and if they don't support Moscow's aggression in Ukraine, the Polish organizers said last week. Held every five years since … » Read
 

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Danish String Quartet Wins Sonning Prize

October 8, 2024 | Taylor Grant, Musical America
The Danish String Quartet is the recipient of the Léonie Sonning Music Prize, an award of about $150,000 that has heretofore been given only to individual artists. Past recipients include Igor Stravinsky, Miles Davis, Leonard Bernstein, … » Read
 

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A Bounty of Awards, Honors, and Competition Wins

October 4, 2024 | Rick Beard, Musical America
The 2024 International Opera Awards, held on Oct. 2 in Munich, recognized Australian conductor Simone Young as Conductor of the Year, while Komische Oper Berlin was chosen as Opera Company of the Year for a second time. The Female and Male … » Read
 

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Maria João Pires Wins Major Japanese Award

September 12, 2024 | Sarah Shay, Musical America
Portuguese pianist Maria João Pires is this year’s recipient of the Praemium Imperiale Award for Music. The five honorees—including for architecture, painting, theatre/film, and sculpture—were announced by the Japan Art … » Read
 
 

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