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

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Kennedy Center Honors returned to tradition this year. The lifetime achievement awards for artistic excellence were presented Sunday night in a gala at the Kennedy Center’s main opera house after the coronavirus … » Read

The Handel and Haydn Society (H&H) has received an anonymous gift of $10mn, by far the largest in the Boston-based ensemble’s 206-year history. The gift honors Harry Christophers [pictured], who will retire as artistic director of the … » Read

The recently announced Gilmore 2022 Young Artist Awardees are pianists Janice Carissa and Clayton Stephenson. Carissa, who is Indonesian, is currently studying at the Curtis Institute of Music with Gary Graffman and Robert McDonald. She and … » Read

The Sphinx Organization has selected three recipients of its 2022 Venture Fund grants. Launched in 2020, the fund aims to invest $1.5mn over five years to support initiatives related to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) in classical music … » Read