The Sphinx Organization has named cellist Sterling Elliott, tenor David Portillo, and conductor Kalena Bovell as recipients of the 2024 Sphinx Medal of Excellence, an honor that carries a $50,000 cash award for each. Elliott earned an MM degree … » Read

Violinist Yeyeong Jenny Jin (South Korea/US) has won the 2023 Michael Hill International Violin Competitio n in Auckland, NZ. The 20-year-old Juilliard student took home cash prizes of $24,920 and $1,246 (for chamber music), as well as a … » Read

Korean baritone Taehan Kim, a 22-year-old student currently enrolled in the College of Music at Seoul National University, has won the first, Queen Mathilde Prize at the Queen Elisabeth Voice Competition, which concluded over the weekend in … » Read

Switzerland’s Fritz Gerber Foundation for Gifted Young People selected Italian cellist Elide Sulsenti [pictured] as one of three recipients of its annual award, given to artists 28 or younger who are Swiss citizens or have lived in the … » Read

The Concert Artists Guild (CAG) has selected two soloists and three ensembles as grand prize winners of the 2023 Victor Elmaleh Competition. All will receive management in North and South America and Europe by CAG and Young Classical Artists … » Read

The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center (CMS) has announced the winner of this year’s Elise L. Stoeger Prize and the nine individual artists and one ensemble selected for The Bowers Program. Formerly known as the CMS 2, the program was … » Read

In an unprecedented decision, the jury for the 25 th annual Lenya Competition last week awarded three first prizes. Mezzo-soprano Taylor-Alexis DuPont, baritone Ryan Johnson, and soprano Nyla Watson each took home  $25,000. Geared toward … » Read

Rhiannon Giddens can do no wrong these days. Artistic director of Silkroad, music director of the upcoming Ojai Festival, Macarthur fellow, singer/songwriter, Grammy winner, multi-instrumentalist, etc., she wrote her first opera libretto a few … » Read

On May 4 Ukrainian violinist Dmytro Udovychenko won first prize at the Concours Musical International de Montréal with his performance of Shostakovich’s Violin Concerto No.1. The 23-year-old native of Kharkiv received CAD30,000 cash, … » Read

Opera in the Ozarks, a summer training program and festival that this year runs June 23 to July 21, has received $34 million from the Walton Family Foundation to build a new, 300-seat theater. Founded in 1950, based in Eureka Springs, AK, OiO has … » Read