Some 20 pianists, chosen by invitation, are to compete in the First China International Music Competition starting on May 4, to be held in Beijing at the China Conservatory of Music. The government-funded event offers an unprecedented (for an … » Read

Soprano Lisette Oropesa, whose CV boasts over 100 performances at the Metropolitan Opera, including winning the Guild’s 2005 National Council Auditions, has been chosen by a panel of elites to receive the 2019 Richard Tucker Award. The … » Read

On Apr. 1, OPERA America announced grants totaling $100,000 to support the work of seven female composers. These Discovery Grants, part of the Opera Grants for Female Composers program, provide up to $15,000 to support operas in the developmental … » Read

The ten days of the Carl Nielsen Competition’s final rounds, taking place in the Danish composer’s birthplace of Odese, concluded over the weekend with first, second, and third prizes awarded in violin, clarinet, and flute. Johan … » Read

The Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions finals jury has selected five 2019 winners, following performances yesterday afternoon on the Met Stage.  Anthony Roth Costanzo, a 2009 winner (and Musical America 2019 Vocalist of the … » Read

ST. PAUL—Performance Today has announced that JoAnn Falletta has been named its first-ever Classical Woman of the Year. A three-time Grammy Award-winner with 13 Grammy nominations, Faletta became the first woman to lead a major American … » Read

The Metropolitan Opera has announced the names of the nine singers who have advanced to the last phase of this year’s Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, the 65 th in the organisation’s history. The semi-finals, which were … » Read

The 12th edition of the Grumiaux International Competition for Young Violinists concluded on March 10 in Brussels, Belgium, with prizes awarded in four age ranges. Category A, for those under 10, went to seven-year-old Himari Yoshimura of Japan … » Read

The Detroit Symphony Orchestra’s (DSO) Classical Roots Celebration and gala dinner on March 9 raised $351,000 to support the performance, commissioning, and recording of works by African-American composers and to feature African-American … » Read

Peter Boyer, an American composer best known for his Grammy Award-nominated work Ellis Island: The Dream of America , for actors and orchestra, has been chosen as one of the recipients of the 2019 Ellis Island Medal of Honor. Established in 1986, … » Read