CONTESTS & AWARDS


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Contests & Awards

Recent Honors & Competition Wins

January 31, 2025 | Rick Beard, Musical America
The Animato Quartet bested seven other ensembles to win first prize at the Irene Steels-Wilsing Foundation Competition, held as part of the Heidelberg Spring String Quartet Festival on Jan. 22. The Netherlands-based foursome—violinists Inga … » Read
 

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MA's New Artist Takes Top Sphinx Prize

January 30, 2025 | Sarah Shay, Musical America
The final rounds of the 2025 Sphinx Competition on Jan. 25 and 26 selected six string players as winners, three each in the junior (17 and under) and senior (18-30) divisions. More than $100,000 in cash prizes was awarded. All the finalists … » Read
 

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UNC School of the Arts Gets $1M

January 23, 2025 | Sarah Shay, Musical America
Joe Mantello, the acclaimed stage and screen actor and director, has made a $1 million gift to The School of Drama at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA). A 1984 graduate, Mantello over his career has received five Tony … » Read
 

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Siemens Announces $4M in 2025 Prizes; Rattle Gets the Gold

January 17, 2025 | Taylor Grant, Musical America
The Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation’s awards program will disburse a total of €4 million ($4.12 million) in 2025. Sir Simon Rattle is the recipient of this year’s Siemens Music Prize, one of the world’s most prestigious … » Read
 

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ICMA Picks Its Winners

January 16, 2025 | Anthony Brown, Musical America
Remy Franck, president of the jury for the International Classical Music Awards (ICMA), has announced the 2025 honorees, who were chosen from among 374 nominees. The awards will be presented at a ceremony and gala concert at the Tonhalle in … » Read
 

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Timo Andres Wins CMS Prize

January 9, 2025 | Susan Elliott, Musical America
Timo Andres, noted Brooklyn-based composer and pianist, is the recipient of this year’s Elise L. Stoeger Prize, a biennial $25,000 cash award from the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, intended to recognize significant contributions … » Read
 

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Nantwen Ensemble Feted by Dementia Trust

January 2, 2025 | Anthony Brown, Musical America
The  Nantwen Ensemble is the recipient of a Disruption Award from the Dementia Trust. The two-year award, spanning 2025 and 2026, will support the composition and performance of a work intended to generate conversation and awareness around … » Read
 

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A Bounty of 4th-quarter Competition Wins & Awards

December 20, 2024 | Rick Beard, Musical America
Composer/ conductor Tan Dun was named Officier des Arts et des Lettres by the French Ministry of Culture at a ceremony on Dec. 13 at Musée Guimetin Paris. Named a Chevalier des Arts… in 2019, Tan Dun received this higher moniker … » Read
 

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Bloomberg Adds Accelerator Recipients, Including Met, London Phil, more

December 19, 2024 | Edward Egerton, Musical America
Bloomberg Philanthropies (BP) has dramatically expanded the number of institutions—from 50 to 200—benefitting from its Digital Accelerator Program, which provides funding and management training to improve essential digital … » Read
 

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Royal Liverpool Phil Gets £4M for Youth Music

December 6, 2024 | Anthony Brown, Musical America
The Paul Hamlyn Foundation has awarded £4 mn to the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra (RLPO) to support music opportunities for children and young people in the Liverpool metropolitan region. Of the gift, £3.5 mn will create an … » Read
 
 

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