The Vienna-based Javus Quartet has received the Jürgen Ponto Foundation ’s 2024 Music Prize. Given biennially since 2012 to string quartets from Germany, Austria, and Switzerland that have already won an international competition, the … » Read

From July 2 to 6, 2024, Armenia's first Academy for Young Conductors will be held in Yerevan. Organized by the Primavera Foundation Armenia and the Armenian National Philharmonic Orchestra, the academy under Vasily Petrenko’s supervision is … » Read

The Montreal International Music Competition concluded over the weekend after a series of live rounds May 5 to 16; the finals took place in the city’s Maison Symphonique with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra led by Xian Zhang.   First … » Read

Gustavo Dudamel, outgoing artistic and music director of the LA Philharmonic, was to receive the UCLA Medal , the university’s highest individual honor for extraordinary accomplishment, at a May 7 ceremony with UCLA Chancellor Gene Block. … » Read

Tyshawn Sorey has won the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for Music with Adagio (for Wadada Leo Smith) , a concerto of sorts for saxophone and concerto, commissioned by the Lucerne Festival and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. The former presented the world … » Read

The Canadian government has allocated $12 million to the Glenn Gould Foundation over the next five years. Since its creation in 1983, the foundation has leveraged its biennial Glenn Gould Prize—a multidisciplinary award for excellence and … » Read

Japanese violinist Yuki Hirano , 19, placed first in the Vienna Classic Violin Competition on April 5 at the city’s Music and Arts University. A recent graduate of Tokyo’s Toho Gakeun College of Drama and Music, she takes home … » Read

François López-Ferre r is the recipient of this year’s $30,000 Georg Solti Conducting Award, bestowed annually by the Solti Foundation “to a single, promising American conductor 36 years of age or younger.” A … » Read

The House of Chanel, that very chic brand of haute couture, jewelry, fragrances, et al., has a “Culture Fund,” out of which it biennially recognizes “ten international contemporary artists who are redefining their … » Read

The Sphinx Organization, which supports Black and Latinx classical musicians, has named three 2024 Medal of Excellence recipients, each of whom gets a $50,000 career grant in recognition of their leadership, artistry, and “spirit of … » Read