On Oct. 18 the Gish Prize Trust named Gustavo Dudamel, music and artistic director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, as the 25 th annual recipient of the $250,000 Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize. Chosen from among 70 finalists in the fields of … » Read

Another auspicious artist named Wang has emerged on the pianist scene. Concert Artists Guild on Wednesday announced that Yinuo Wang [pictured], a 22-year-old pianist from Beijing, China, captured first prize at its annual competition . Wang is a … » Read

The Lucerne Symphony Orchestra, which traces its origins to the turn of the 19th century, has received an endowment gift of 15 million francs, to be named for its benefactors, Michael and Emmy Lou Pieper. Interest generated from the so-called MEP … » Read

Russian pianist Daniil Trifonov has been announced as Musical America’s 2019 Artist of the Year. The 27-year-old virtuoso, also a composer, leads an impressive MA “of-the-year” lineup for 2019, which also recognizes Julia Wolfe … » Read

With women composers so en vogue these days, it’s fitting that the New York Philharmonic would choose South Korean composer Unsuk Chin to receive the $200,000 Marie-Josée Kravis Prize for New Music. As announced this morning, she is … » Read

Composer/conductor Matthew Aucoin [pictured] has been chosen as a 2018 MacArthur Fellow in the area of music performance and composition. Aucoin at age 28 has written four operas, four orchestral works, and a variety of other pieces, all of which … » Read

Violinist Leila Josefowicz, who has made a specialty of championing new and especially thorny music, has been awarded the 2018 Avery Fisher Prize, among the most prestigious and lucrative—$100,000—in the field. The award was announced … » Read

Oper Frankfurt, whose 2018-19 season plans no less than 14 new productions, has for the fourth time been voted Opera House of the Year by the esteemed Opernwelt m agazine. It has received the accolade in 1996, 2003, 2015, and now 2018; the … » Read

The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation has given Miami’s Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts $600,000 toward its next three Masterworks seasons, identifying the monies as a matching grant that “will be matched with $1.2 … » Read