Two months after the abrupt resignation of its artistic director, Fabio Luisi, the Paganini International Violin Competition in Genoa, Italy, concluded on Saturday with a new crop of winners. First prize went to 17-year-old American violinist … » Read

Recently elected Pulitzer Prize Administrator Dana Canedy [pictured] has shared some insights into how Kendrick Lamar’s hip-hop album DAMN won the Pulitzer Prize for Music, the first non-classical, non-jazz work to do so in the … » Read

The 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Music has been awarded to hip-hop artist Kendrick Lamar for his album DAMN . He is the first non-classical, non-jazz person to win the music award since its inception in 1943. DAMN , issued on his label Top Dawg … » Read

Jennifer Higdon has won the $100,000 Michael Ludwig Nemmers Prize in Music Composition, an award established in 2003 and given every two years by Northwestern University. The prize honors composers of outstanding achievement. In addition to the … » Read

In auditions at the 92nd Street Y on April 3 and 4, a group of rising singers, nominated from the field, sang for a distinguished jury* of professionals chosen by the Richard Tucker Foundation. The winner of the can’t-apply-for-it … » Read

LONDON--A new singing competition breezed onto England’s south coast on March 24 as the inaugural Glyndebourne Opera Cup came to a memorable conclusion. American singers occupied five of the final ten places, with U.S. representatives … » Read