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 … » Read

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 … » Read

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 … » Read

Gianandrea Noseda received the Puccini Award on July 20 at the conclusion of his tour with the Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia at the Puccini Festival. The award, established in 1971, recognizes artists for perpetuating the … » Read

The Gilmore, which hosts an annual piano festival at his home base in Kalamazoo, MI, also chooses an official Gilmore Artist every four years, and Gilmore Young Artists every two. Igor Levit was the last Gilmore Artist, in 2020, and the two Young … » Read

The 12th World Choir Games (WCG), concluded July 13 in Gangneung, Korea, following what the organization describes as “the largest global choral competition,” and awarding some 69 Gold, 19 Silver, and four Bronze medals after 11 days … » Read

Italian conductor Giuseppe Mengoli [pictured] has won the triennial Mahler Competition, which concluded on the weekend with finalists conducting the Bamberg Symphony, Music Director Jonathan Nott, the event's founder and perpetual presenter. … » Read

Trumpeter Terence Blanchard—film composer, multiple Grammy winner, and recently christened opera composer ( Fire Shut up in My Bones, Champion )—has just had his jazz credentials re-confirmed, announced as one of the four National … » Read

WARSAW, Poland (AP)—Thirty-five participants from around the world will compete in Poland’s 2nd Frederic Chopin Piano Competition on Period Instruments, October 5-15 at the National Philharmonic in Warsaw, the organizers said … » Read

SHANGHAI—Among the 50 laureates and diploma recipients of the 17 th Tchaikovsky International Music Competition, which concluded over the weekend, eight were from South Korea, eight from China, and 28 from Russia. A total of 236 … » Read