Three major New York-based foundations are underwriting a $125mn program to offer 2,400 artists across New York State a guaranteed monthly income of $1,000 over 18 months. Another 300 will receive a $65,000-a-year job with a community-based … » Read

The Sphinx Organization has announced the winners of its annual awards, the finals of which took place virtually over the weekend. Winners of the senior division are bassist Kebra-Seyoun Charles, a Juilliard student who gets $50,000 by placing … » Read

French pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard has been awarded the Léonie Sonning Music Prize 2022, Denmark’s most prominent music award. The ceremony will take place on Oct 7 during a concert with the Royal Danish Orchestra in Copenhagen. … » Read

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The 2022 Grammy Awards will shift to an April show in Las Vegas after recently postponing the ceremony due to rising COVID-19 cases because the omicron variant . The awards will be broadcast live from the MGM Grand Garden … » Read

The Welsh government has bolstered its pre-Christmas support package for the arts worth £5.25mn ($7.2mn) with an additional £10.2mn ($14mn). The government’s deputy minister for arts and sport Dawn Bowden described the funding … » Read

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has renewed its support for the National Alliance for Audition Support (NAAS) , a partnership among the Sphinx Organization, New World Symphony, and the League of American Orchestras designed to increase the … » Read

After the in-person competition circuit sprung back to life during the fall season, Covid-19 is upending the field once again. The Sphinx Organization announced yesterday that the 25th annual Sphinx Competition and SphinxConnect conference … » Read

The Juilliard School will enlarge its Black and Latino weekend student population by means of a $50 million grant from Crankstart, a California-based foundation created by venture capitalist Michael Moritz and his wife Harriet Heyman. The monies … » Read

The Nashville Symphony Orchestra (NSO), forced to shut down entirely for nearly a year during the pandemic, is awarding its musicians the organization’s own 2021 Harmony Award, given annually to performers who “embody the harmonious … » Read

Austrian composer Olga Neuwirth, the first woman to have her opera performed at the Vienna State Opera, has won the $100,000 Grawemeyer Award for the work Orlando. Commissioned by the State Opera, it is based on Virginia Woolf’s novel about … » Read