It’s not clear that the 16 th International Tchaikovsky Competition, scheduled for June 17-29, will take place. Moscow Conservatory Rector Alexander Sokolove last week expressed concern that, although the monies had been allocated for the … » Read

Lincoln Center has announced its Emerging Artist Awards, a kind of broadened version of the Center’s Martin E. Segal Awards, which originated in 1986. Each of the ten winners is chosen by a Center constituent and each receives $7,500 for … » Read

“We live in a society that is hostile towards classical music and serious art in general….So it is wonderful to have such organizations as Musical America that still have a voice in the modern day and may help listeners navigate the … » Read

The Grammy nominations were announced on December 7, pushed back from December 5 due to President George H.W. Bush's funeral. These apply to the 61st annual awards, scheduled for February 10 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. The portion of … » Read

In October, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation invested $20 million in Detroit arts groups , such as Sphinx and Michigan Opera Theater. This month, it announced Miami arts groups will be getting $37 million. Since 2005 the foundation has … » Read

Just as the University of Michigan discontinues the M-Priz e, the curtain is rising on a new chamber music competition organized by the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, in Birmingham, UK. The title decidedly doesn’t roll off the tongue: The … » Read

The University of Michigan’s $100,000 M-Prize has played its swan song. The university’s School of Music, Theater & Dance said on Wednesday that funding for the annual chamber music competition had run out and that the third … » Read

Dutch composer Joel Bons has won the 2019 University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition, the University announced today. Bons’s one-hour Nomaden , for cello and mixed ensemble, was named as the winning piece. The award, … » Read

Felix Mildenberger, a 28-year-old German conductor, has won the Donatella Flick Conducting Competition for 2018. The competition, created in 1990 by Italian philanthropist Donatella Flick, helps young conductors gain experience working with great … » Read

Seasoned soloist and chamber musician Grace Park has won the top prize in the 2018 Naumburg Violin Competition, one of the five performers in the finals concerts on November 16 at the 92 nd Street Y Kaufmann Concert hall. She takes home $25,000 … » Read