Mezzo-soprano Erin Wagner, a Manhattan School graduate working on her master’s degree at the Juilliard School, won the Walter W. Naumburg Foundation's 2021 International Vocal Competition, which concluded May 27. The Texas native takes home … » Read

V iva Españ a! Spanish artists clinched the top slots in four different competitions this month. The 16th Donatella Flick Conducting Competition concluded May 23 in London,  awarding first prize to Julio García Vico, a Spanish … » Read

The Los Angeles Master Chorale is among the nearly 100 L.A. arts organizations with (prepandemic) budgets of under $10 million to receive Covid-19 recovery support from the L.A. Arts Recovery Fund. The Chorale has received $1.5 million, the top … » Read

The biennial Menuhin Competition concluded Saturday in Richmond, VA, naming 18-year-old violinist María Dueñas of Spain as the first-prize winner of the senior division, and 15-year-old violinist Keila Wakao of Japan (currently … » Read

WASHINGTON (AP) — Friday night's Kennedy Center Honors was a slimmed-down affair as the nation emerged from the coronavirus pandemic — but honoree Dick Van Dyke still called it  “the capper on my career.” The 43rd … » Read

Swedish soprano Johanna Wallroth [pictured] was awarded the 200,000 SEK (about $24.000) Birgit Nilsson Stipendium, or scholarship, on May 17, the birthday of the prize’s namesake. A member of the Opernstudio of the Wiener Staatsoper, the … » Read

Two key competitions concluded over the weekend, the Metropolitan National Council Auditions—now known as the Metropolitan Opera Eric and Dominique Laffont Competition, the latter of whom is on the Met Advisory Council—and the … » Read

In Tel Aviv on May 3, the 16th Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition, held triennially, selected Juan Perez Floristan from Spain [pictured] as its 2021 first-prize winner from among six finalists. Second place went to Shiori … » Read

Scheduling upheavals continue to ripple across the competition field. Some events have been cancelled, but most are carrying on with virtual and/or in-person events, the balance often determined by local health guidelines. The Cleveland … » Read

The Concours musical international de Montréal (CMIM), scheduled to take place online from April 26 to May 14, has pianists Till Fellner and Charles Richard-Hamelin to the jury. Chaired by Zarin Mehta, the panel already includes Arnaldo … » Read