The Bowdoin International Music Festival, currently underway in its 60 th -anniversary season (June 22 to August 3), has announced a $3.7 million bequest from Patricia Crawford Brown, a longtime patron and board member. Brown, who died at age 90 … » Read

Hungarian composer György Kurtág, 98, is recipient of the 2024 Wolf Prize in Music , a cash award of $100,000 sponsored by the Wolf Foundation of Israel. Acclaimed for his avant-garde chamber, vocal, and orchestral works, he has been … » Read

The Royal Opera House has received £10 million from the Julia Rausing Trust, one of the first recipients from the newly established foundation, now a distinct entity from the Julia and Hans Rausing Trust. Ms. Rausing died in April at age 63 … » Read

The Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF)has followed up a recently completed four-year grant to the Greek National Opera (GNO) with a new two-year award of €11,000,000 to support the company’s outreach efforts. The initial grant is widely … » Read

Yuki Serino [pictured, with competition official] took home the top prize at the inaugural Città de Cremona Violin Competition , held on June 12 in Cremona’s Museo del Violino. The 18-year-old Japanese artist, currently studying at … » Read

At a ceremony at the Ministry of Culture in Rome, Italian violinist Uto Ughi received a lifetime achievement award from Italy’s Chamber of Deputies recognizing the 80-year-old’s extraordinary contribution to Italian musical culture. … » Read

Violinist Xiao Wang bested 20 contestants to win first prize at the New York Classic Violin Competition on May 31st. The 37-year-old string player, currently a faculty member at the Manhattan School of Music, received a €20,000 cash prize … » Read

Moscow-born pianist Ilya Shmukler [pictured] has swept the triennial Géza Anda Competition awards, winning first prize of 40,000 CHF (about $45,000) along with the audience prize, the Mozart prize, the special prize of the Hungarian Radio … » Read

In announcing a new board leadership slate, the National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) has disclosed an endowment gift from longtime trustee Roger Sant of $10 million, the orchestra’s largest ever single gift and bringing Sant’s largesse … » Read

Peruvian conductor Dayner Tafur-Diaz, 26, was yesterday announced as winner of the Siemens Conductors Scholarship, entitling him to work with the Berliner Philharmoniker Karajan Academy for two years starting in October. He will also assist … » Read