Music biz attorney John G. Branca has announced a $5 million gift to Occidental College, his alma mater, to establish an Institute for Music bearing his name at the private liberal arts college in Los Angeles. The idea is to partner with local … » Read

On June 1 Ukrainian violinist Dmytro Udovychenko celebrated his 25th birthday with a performance of Shostakovich’s First Concerto that won him first place at the 2024 Queen Elisabeth International Violin Competition in Brussels. The first … » Read

Berry Gordy, founder of Motown, formerly Motown Records, has pledged a $5 million gift to the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, established as a standalone music school in 2008 by a gift of $30 million from its namesake. The Gordy monies will go … » Read

Swedish soprano Matilda Sterby is the 2024 recipient of the Birgit Nilsson Stipendium, a €21,500 cash award presented annually to a young Swedish singer. (The stipend is not to be confused with the Birgit Nilsson Prize, a triennial award of … » Read

The Vienna-based Javus Quartet has received the Jürgen Ponto Foundation ’s 2024 Music Prize. Given biennially since 2012 to string quartets from Germany, Austria, and Switzerland that have already won an international competition, the … » Read

From July 2 to 6, 2024, Armenia's first Academy for Young Conductors will be held in Yerevan. Organized by the Primavera Foundation Armenia and the Armenian National Philharmonic Orchestra, the academy under Vasily Petrenko’s supervision is … » Read

The Montreal International Music Competition concluded over the weekend after a series of live rounds May 5 to 16; the finals took place in the city’s Maison Symphonique with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra led by Xian Zhang.   First … » Read

Gustavo Dudamel, outgoing artistic and music director of the LA Philharmonic, was to receive the UCLA Medal , the university’s highest individual honor for extraordinary accomplishment, at a May 7 ceremony with UCLA Chancellor Gene Block. … » Read

Tyshawn Sorey has won the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for Music with Adagio (for Wadada Leo Smith) , a concerto of sorts for saxophone and concerto, commissioned by the Lucerne Festival and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. The former presented the world … » Read

The Canadian government has allocated $12 million to the Glenn Gould Foundation over the next five years. Since its creation in 1983, the foundation has leveraged its biennial Glenn Gould Prize—a multidisciplinary award for excellence and … » Read