John Williams, at 90 the world’s most feted living composer, just received his 53 rd Academy Award nomination for Best Original Score, for Steven Spielberg’s The Fabelmans. This makes Williams not only the most nominated composer in … » Read

On March 8, 2023, International Women Right’s Day, La Maestra Competition will open applications for its third annual iteration. Unlike most competitions, this one has no age limit. And, since the gender balance among conductors remains … » Read

The Voice of Black Opera Awards -- open to Black and South Asian singers from Commonwealth countries and sponsored jointly by the British Black Classical Foundation and Welsh National Opera (WNO)— ended in Birmingham, U.K., on December 6. … » Read

The Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation for the Arts, established in May 2022 to accept the proceeds from the record-breaking sale of the couple’s art collection, has pledged what amounts to the largest gift ever received by the San Francisco … » Read

British composer Julian Anderson has won the 2023 Grawemeyer Award for Music for Litanies , a 25-minute cello concerto premiered in 2020 by German cellist Alban Gerhardt, its dedicatee, and the National Orchestra of France at the Radio France … » Read

The invasion of Ukraine has led the International Competition for Young Pianists in Memory of Vladimir Horowitz, usually held in Kyiv, to accept the invitation of the World Federation of International Music Competitions (WFIMC) to convene this … » Read

Julian Lloyd Webber has taken the BBC to task for sidelining its own annual Young Musician competition. It was first broadcast in 1978 on BBC One, where it annually attracted 13 million viewers. In the mid-1980s, the competition was moved to BBC … » Read

The annual Concours de Genève concluded events in composition and piano on October 26 and November 3, respectively, at the Geneva Conservatory in Switzerland. Of the composers, who were tasked with pieces for chamber vocal ensemble, … » Read

From the  Grammy website: Best Orchestral Performance Award to the Conductor and to the Orchestra. Adams, John Luther: Sila - The Breath Of The World Doug Perkins, conductor (Musicians Of The University Of Michigan Department Of Chamber … » Read

From the auditions of 12 semi-finalists that took place in Manhattan over the weekend, Young Concert Artists has chosen the winning four: American mezzo-soprano Erin Wagner , 24, a first-year Houston Grand Opera Studio artist and winner of … » Read