The Sphinx Organization has announced the three recipients of the 2024 Medal of Excellence, an award established in 2012 that recognizes transformative leaders who are addressing systemic obstacles facing Black and Latino communities in the … » Read

The fourth iteration of the International Conducting Competition for Chinese Music concluded in Hong Kong on July 27. First organized in 2011 by Yan Huichang, artistic director and principal conductor for life of the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra … » Read

Polish countertenor Jakub Jozef Orlinski has been awarded the Gold Gloria Artis Medal for Merit in Culture [pictured] from the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of Poland. He received the medal after his recital at the Museum of Interiors … » Read

The Bowdoin International Music Festival, currently underway in its 60 th -anniversary season (June 22 to August 3), has announced a $3.7 million bequest from Patricia Crawford Brown, a longtime patron and board member. Brown, who died at age 90 … » Read

Hungarian composer György Kurtág, 98, is recipient of the 2024 Wolf Prize in Music , a cash award of $100,000 sponsored by the Wolf Foundation of Israel. Acclaimed for his avant-garde chamber, vocal, and orchestral works, he has been … » Read

The Royal Opera House has received £10 million from the Julia Rausing Trust, one of the first recipients from the newly established foundation, now a distinct entity from the Julia and Hans Rausing Trust. Ms. Rausing died in April at age 63 … » Read

The Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF)has followed up a recently completed four-year grant to the Greek National Opera (GNO) with a new two-year award of €11,000,000 to support the company’s outreach efforts. The initial grant is widely … » Read

Yuki Serino [pictured, with competition official] took home the top prize at the inaugural Città de Cremona Violin Competition , held on June 12 in Cremona’s Museo del Violino. The 18-year-old Japanese artist, currently studying at … » Read

At a ceremony at the Ministry of Culture in Rome, Italian violinist Uto Ughi received a lifetime achievement award from Italy’s Chamber of Deputies recognizing the 80-year-old’s extraordinary contribution to Italian musical culture. … » Read

Violinist Xiao Wang bested 20 contestants to win first prize at the New York Classic Violin Competition on May 31st. The 37-year-old string player, currently a faculty member at the Manhattan School of Music, received a €20,000 cash prize … » Read