In an unprecedented decision, the jury for the 25 th annual Lenya Competition last week awarded three first prizes. Mezzo-soprano Taylor-Alexis DuPont, baritone Ryan Johnson, and soprano Nyla Watson each took home  $25,000. Geared toward … » Read

Rhiannon Giddens can do no wrong these days. Artistic director of Silkroad, music director of the upcoming Ojai Festival, Macarthur fellow, singer/songwriter, Grammy winner, multi-instrumentalist, etc., she wrote her first opera libretto a few … » Read

On May 4 Ukrainian violinist Dmytro Udovychenko won first prize at the Concours Musical International de Montréal with his performance of Shostakovich’s Violin Concerto No.1. The 23-year-old native of Kharkiv received CAD30,000 cash, … » Read

Opera in the Ozarks, a summer training program and festival that this year runs June 23 to July 21, has received $34 million from the Walton Family Foundation to build a new, 300-seat theater. Founded in 1950, based in Eureka Springs, AK, OiO has … » Read

Ukrainian pianist Roman Fediurko, 18, swept the International Horowitz Competition in Geneva , which concluded a week’s worth of rounds on April 21. Fediurko, a scholarship student  at the International Music Academy in Lichtenstein, … » Read

Six singers—a tenor, two mezzo-sopranos, two sopranos, and a bass-baritone—were selected from among ten finalists as winners of the 2023 Metropolitan Opera Eric and Dominique Laffont Competition. The 69 th edition of the competition, … » Read

Trumpeter/composer Terence Blanchard has been chosen to address graduates of the Peabody Conservatory at Johns Hopkins University on May 24 and, in an even exchange, will be given the school’s highest honor, the George Peabody Medal for … » Read

Jazz pianist Isaiah J. Thompson was declared winner of the 2023 American Pianists Awards at the conclusion of the gala finals last weekend in Indianapolis. He receives an estimated $200,000 worth of career support, which includes an artist … » Read

Within minutes of the Met Opera’s announcement of  Ryan Speedo Green as the 2023 recipient of its $50,000 Beverly Sills Award, the LA Opera announced the 2023 recipients of its $50,000 Eva and Marc Stern Artist Award: conductor Lina … » Read

Bass-baritone Ryan Speedo Green, currently starring in his first lead role at the Metropolitan Opera, has won the company’s 2023 Beverly Sills Artist Award, an annual $50,000 prize to “extraordinarily gifted” singers. Named for … » Read