Pianist Angela Hewitt has been brilliantly plying her trade since the 1980s, but 2020 appears to be the year in which she is properly lauded. On June 2, 2020 she will receive the Wigmore Medal, which recognizes major international personalities … » Read

The warm, celebratory atmosphere of the Musical America Awards, deemed by many as the industry’s annual holiday party, belies the logistical challenges for the organizers. First, the event has to take place in December, when the annual … » Read

OPERA America has awarded its first two IDEA Opera Grants, which are intended to support and promote new works by promising composers and librettists of color. “By facilitating their work,” noted Marc A. Scorca, president/CEO of OPERA … » Read

Chinese-American composer Lei Liang has won the Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition for A Thousand Mountains, a Million Streams , an orchestral work about climate change. The piece was commissioned by the Boston Modern Orchestra Project … » Read

The Lincoln Center 2020 class of Emerging Artists is comprised of nominees from each of the Center’s 11 resident organizations. “The Emerging Artist Awards,” said Lincoln Center President and CEO Henry Timms, “unite our … » Read

Apart from the Best Orchestral Performance nominations, the names among the 2020 Classical Grammy award contenders, announced this morning, are not limited to the Usual Suspects. The awards will be broadcast by CBS on January 26, although … » Read

The Young Concert Artists International auditions concluded last Sunday in Merkin Concert Hall, with four winners—two pianists, a string quartet, and a saxophone player—chosen from a field of 150 applicants from 17 countries. Each of … » Read

For its second edition, the Carl Nielsen International Chamber Music Competition on October 19 awarded Vienna-based Simply Quartet first prize in the string quartet category. The quartet, which receives €15,000 and concert opportunities … » Read

California’s Edgerton Foundation has contributed $4 million to the Los Angles Philharmonic to support the new Judith and Thomas L. Beckmen YOLA (Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles) Center at Inglewood . Slated to open in fall 2020, the … » Read

The New York and Hong Kong philharmonics’ Music Director Jaap van Zweden has won not one but two awards in the last 24 hours. Today, the Amsterdam Concertgebouw announced him as the winner of its 2020 Concertgebouw Prize, given to musicians … » Read