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Avery Fisher Career Grants Announced
This year’s Avery Fisher Career Grantees, each of whom gets $25,000, include two chamber groups at opposite ends of the musical spectrum, two violinists, and a pianist. Decided upon by an A-list of mostly east-coast artistic administrators … »
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La Maestra Conducting Comp Picks Winners
The third edition of La Maestra International Conductors Competition concluded last weekend at the Philharmonie de Paris. Fourteen candidates led the Paris Mozart Orchestra before a jury overseen by Nathalie Stutzmann. Bar Avni [pictured], 34, of … »
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Met Laffont Competition Winners Announced
On St. Patrick’s Day the Metropolitan Opera announced the five winners of the 2024 Eric and Dominique Laffont Competition. The 70-year-old competition, once known as the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, attracted more than … »
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Salonen and '70s Disco Guru Win Polar Music Prize
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Nile Rodgers, American songwriter and co-founder of the influential 1970s disco band Chic, and esteemed Finnish classical music composer and conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen won the 2024 Polar Music Prize on Tuesday. The Polar … »
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Catching Up on Competition Wins & Awards
On Feb. 26, Andrey Gugnin [pictured] won the third edition of the Classic Piano International in Dubai. The Russian-born, Netherlands based pianist, 36, took home one of classical music’s most munificent prizes—a cash award of … »
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More Millions for the Cleveland O
A $4.6 million gift to the Cleveland Orchestra from Myrna and Jim Spira will help underwrite artistic programming, the pension and annual funds, and endow the Myrna and Jim Spira Bass Clarinet Chair. This marks the orchestra's third major gift … »
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London Foundation Competition Names Winners
On Feb. 16, the 52 nd George and Nora London Foundation Competition for young North American opera singers selected six winners from among a dozen finalists. Each performed one selection before a live and on-line audience at the Morgan Library … »
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Competition Wins and Honorary Awards
Mannes School of Music at The New School’s College of Performing Arts has chosen Robert Bily to receive the 2024 Alexis Gregory Vendome Prize. The 26-year-old Czech pianist receives $30,000 cash as well as several concert dates throughout … »
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To Combat Sexism, Leeds Introduces Blind Pre-selection Rounds
Fiona Sinclair, chief executive of the Leeds International Piano Competition, has taken aim at the bias that stunts the concert careers of female pianists regardless of their talents. Armed with data from several recent studies, she points to the … »
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The Classical Grammy Award Winners: The List
Best Orchestra Performance Thomas Adès: Dante Gustavo Dudamel, conductor Los Angeles Philharmonic Best Opera Performance Terence Blanchard: Champion Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor; Ryan Speedo Green, Latonia Moore, … »
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