Raven Chacon, a member of the Navajo Nation who lives in Albuquerque, has received the 2022 Pulitzer Prize in Music for Voiceless Mass , a work for ensemble and pipe organ. It was an unexpected honor for an artist whose work in music, video, and … » Read

Soprano Angel Blue is the 2022 Richard Tucker Award winner, a decision made by conferral among the Foundation members rather than audition. Given to an artist “on the verge of” a major international career, the award carries a $50,000 … » Read

Baritone Will Liverman, who opened the Met Opera’s 2021-22 season in the lead role of Terence Blanchard’s Fire Shut Up in My Bones , has been named winner of the 2022 Beverly Sills Artist Award, an annual $50,000 prize for … » Read

The Solti Foundation U.S. has tapped Earl E. Lee, assistant conductor of Boston Symphony Orchestra, as the 2022 recipient of the Sir Georg Solti Conducting Award. This annual recognition, now over two decades old, goes to a promising American … » Read

The World Federation of International Music Competitions has cancelled the membership of the Moscow-based International Tchaikovsky Competition. “The WFIMC as an apolitical organization cannot support or have as a member, a competition … » Read

Ukrainian musicians took the top prizes in two of the three categories at the Carl Nielsen International Competition , which concluded on Sunday in the composer’s hometown of Odense, Denmark. First prize in the violin category was a tie … » Read

With a dozen well-chosen words—"In the current exceptional circumstances, participation in the competition was not possible.”—the Sibelius Competition did what the Cliburn would not. It banned Russian musicians from the 11-day … » Read

Two longtime supporters of the Austin Opera (AO)—Sarah and Ernest Butler—have given the company $3.3mn to support Spanish language programming and appoint an inaugural curator of Hispanic and Latinx repertoire and performers. … » Read

Thirty young pianists will compete for prizes in the 16th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. Normally held every four years, the pandemic led to a one-year delay, with the competition now scheduled for June 2 to18 in Fort Worth. Of the … » Read

Last night’s Grammy awards constituted a victory for women in the classical recording industry. All but two of the ten recordings that won were dominated by women, either as composers, performers, producers, or engineers. It appears, in one … » Read