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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The International Opera Awards has published the shortlist for this year’s honors. The winners will be announced at a ceremony hosted by the Bayerische Staatsoper (the 2023 Opera Company of the Year), to be held at the Prinzregententheater … » Read

Boris Brovtsyn has won the London Classic Violin Competition. A graduate of the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Russia and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, the 47-year-old Russian-born, U.K.-domiciled violinist receives … » Read

The Sphinx Organization has announced the three recipients of the 2024 Medal of Excellence, an award established in 2012 that recognizes transformative leaders who are addressing systemic obstacles facing Black and Latino communities in the … » Read