Gustavo Dudamel—Musical America’s 2013 Artist of the Year , current artistic head of the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Paris Opera—has been given the fourteenth Glenn Gould Prize, a biennial award honoring its namesake’s … » Read

The 2022 violin iteration of the annual Cooper Competition (Oberlin, OH) ended on August 19 with a first-prize win for 13-year-old Seohyun Kim of Seoul, South Korea. In addition to $20,000 cash, she earns a two-year package that incorporates the … » Read

After four days of competition in front of a live and on-line audience, 24-year-old British tenor Laurence Kilsby on Wednesday night won the £10,000 first prize of Wigmore Hall’s biennial International Song Competition. Hardly a … » Read

The Isidore String Quartet, a new ensemble of Juilliard students under the tutelage of Joel Krosnick, among others, has won the Banff International String Quartet Competition. Sunday’s win concludes seven days at the Banff Centre for Arts … » Read

A new documentary by Belgian director Thierry Loreau, music director of his country's public service broadcaster RTBF, examines why young Korean musicians are increasingly taking the competition world by storm.  The last two Cliburn Gold … » Read

The Kennedy Center has announced the recipients of this year's honors for “lifetime artistic achievements,” and it’s a mixed bag indeed: Think movie star George Clooney meets composer Tania León meets rock group U2 meets … » Read

Three musicians are recipients of the Sphinx Organization’s 2023 Medal of Excellence. Cellist Thomas Mesa, soprano Aundi Marie Moore, and composer Joel Thompson will each receive the medal and a $50,000 career grant recognizing … » Read

With Russia and Ukraine in the news on a daily basis, their respective artists have been especially visible on the competitions circuit, not least at the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition , where a Russian and a Ukrainian took second … » Read

The finals of the 19 th International Singing Competition Neue Stimmen, June 26-30 in Gütersloh’s Stadthalle, have been won by Italian soprano Francesca Pia Vitale and Spanish baritone Carles Pachon, each of whom takes home 15,000 … » Read

South Korean pianist Yunchan Lim took the gold last night at the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in Fort Worth, TX. At age 18, he becomes the youngest ever to win the 60-year-old competition and the second Korean in a row, after … » Read