The Leeds International Piano Competition capped its triennial edition September 18 by awarding first prize to Alim Beisembayev, a 23-year-old pianist from Kazakhstan. He wins £25,000, recitals at Wigmore Hall and the Southbank Centre, … » Read

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded the League of American Orchestras’ Catalyst Fund $2.1mn to advance efforts to develop and strengthen equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) practices in American orchestras. The grant comes on the … » Read

Serbian soprano Sonja Šaric [pictured] has won first prize as well as the audience award at the 4 th Éva Marton International Singing Competition, which concluded on Sept. 5 at the Liszt Academy in Budapest. She has studied at the … » Read

Two major piano competitions concluded over the weekend: the Clara Haskil International, in Vevey, Switzerland, and the International Ferruccio Busoni, in Bolonzo, Italy. The finals for both occurred last Friday. Yumeka Nakagawa, 19, of Germany, … » Read

Chamber Music America (CMA) has announced 81 grants totaling $1,290,450 spread over six programs. Awards will support the creation, performance, and presentation of small ensemble works, community engagement and audience-building initiatives, and … » Read

The three artistic principals of the Long-Thibaud-Crespin Competition have stepped down, in the words of the French periodical La Lettre du Musicien , “so that the competition… continues to live on.” Their departure is part of … » Read

Lincoln Center will distribute a $20 million gift from Lynne and Richard Pasculano among four of its constituents to defray the many millions of losses from the pandemic and to encourage cross collaborations. A New York Times article mentions the … » Read

Honoring his near 15-year tenure as principal conductor of the London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO), the Royal Philharmonic Society had bestowed on Vladimir Jurowski its Gold Medal, whose past recipients include Brahms, Benjamin Britten, Leonard … » Read

British conductor Joel Sandelson has been chosen as the recipient of the 2021 the Herbert Karajan Young Conductors Award at the Salzburg Festival. After the three finalists each conducted hour-long concerts with the Camerata Salzburg in the Great … » Read

A 24-year-old seasoned competition winner has taken the top prize in the Cleveland International Piano Competition, which concluded over the weekend in Severance Hall with the city’s orchestra performing Rachmaninoff’s Third Piano … » Read