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Toronto Symphony Receives Landmark Gift, Yields Budget Surplus
On the heels of its centennial, 2022-23 season, the Toronto Symphony Orchestra has announced yet another landmark gift from the estate of H. Thomas and Mary Beck, this time for $14.7 million. Added to the fiscal 2023 budget sheet, yielding a … »
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$200,000 Charles Ives Award to Sean Shepherd
Sean Shepherd, New York Philharmonic’s inaugural Kravis Emerging Composer in 2012 and the recipient of numerous commissions from other major groups, will receive the $200,000 Charles Ives Living Award from the American Academy of Arts and … »
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Two Composers Among the 20 MacArthur 'Geniuses'
The 2023 crop of MacArthur Foundation “genius” grant recipients, each of whom receives $800,000, includes two composers. Raven Chacon [pictured], 45 and from Red Hook, NY, is cited as “a composer and artist whose performances … »
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Pulitzer Endows the SLSO Music Directorship
Joining podium-endowed symphony orchestras from Alabama to Detroit, Wichita, and Chicago, the St. Louis Symphony has enlisted the aid of its most generous donors to endow its music director position. The post currently occupied by Stéphane … »
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Besançon Chooses Its Winner
The biennial Besançon International Conductors competition concluded Saturday, with 25-year-old Frenchman Swann Van Rechem emerging as winner of the Grand Prix, as well as the audience and orchestra prizes. He receives 12,000 euros plus … »
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2023 Praemium Imperiale Awards to Marsalis, Robert Wilson, Et al.
In Tokyo, the president of the Goethe Institute and a representative of the Japan Art Association announced the recipients of the 2023 Praemium Imperiale Awards, considered by many to be the “Nobel Prize of the Arts.” Presented since … »
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Competition Updates From Hungary and Australia
The second edition of the Zoltán Kodály Conducting Competition, held in Debrecen, Hungary from August 20 – 28, failed to produce a first prize winner. Alexander Sinan Binder (Germany) and Mateusz Gwizdalla (Australia/Poland) … »
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American Contralto Wins Queen Sonja Competition
Jasmin White has been announced as the winner of the 2023 Queen Sonja Singing Competition. The American contralto takes home €50,000 as well as an original artwork made by Her Majesty Queen Sonja of Norway. The second prize of €10,000 … »
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OPERA America Names 2023 Hall of Fame Inductees
OPERA America has announced the seven inductees of the Class of 2023 into the Opera Hall of Fame. Established in 2020 to mark the 50 th anniversary of Opera America, the Hall of Fame includes artists, administrators, and advocates who have … »
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Korean Conductor/Composer Wins Salzburg's Herbert von Karajan Award
South Korean conductor Hankyeol Yoon, 29, has won the Herbert von Karajan Young Conductors Award, a biannual competition whose latest iteration took place last weekend at the Salzburg Festival. He was among the 323 candidates from 54 countries … »
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