All award articles
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NewsErnst von Siemens Music Foundation awards two €75,000 Ensemble Prizes for 2025
Collective lovemusic and the Tacet(i) ensembles are this year’s recipients
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NewsString player recipients of the 2024 Salon de Virtuosi career grants announced
Violinist James Birch, violist Emad Zolfaghari, and the Renaissance Quartet each receive $5,000
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NewsViolinists recognised in the latest round of German Record Critics’ Awards
Violinists Isabelle Faust, Sergey Khachatryan and Antje Weithaas have received awards for their recent recordings
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NewsViolinist Uto Ughi receives lifetime achievement award
The violinist, who has contributed greatly to Italian musical culture, has been honoured by Italy’s Culture Committee of the Chamber of Deputies
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NewsDouble bassist Paul Sharpe receives University of North Carolina Teaching Award
The bassist receives $12,500 and a bronze medallion in recognition of his teaching excellence, which has seen many of his students win positions in orchestras worldwide
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NewsCellist Anastasia Kobekina receives the Leonard Bernstein Award
The Russian cellist has been awarded €10,000 by the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival
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NewsCellist Bryan Cheng wins 2023 Virginia Parker Prize
The prize, worth CAD25,000, is awarded to an outstanding musician by the Canada Council for the Arts
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NewsViolinist Julia Fischer receives award from Bavarian arts ministry
The ‘Pro Meritis Scientiae et Litterarum’ award was given to the 40-year-old musician and pedagogue at a ceremony on 14 July
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NewsViolist Garth Knox receives honorary doctorate from RCS
The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (RCS) awarded the degree to Knox in recognition of his work as a violist and composer
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NewsIncendio Trio to receive 2023 Hans Gál Prize
The €10,000 award will be presented at a ceremony on 1 December
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NewsCellist Sterling Elliott receives $50,000 Sphinx Medal of Excellence
The 23-year-old has previously received an Avery Fisher Career Grant
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NewsWinners of 2023 Victor Elmaleh Competition announced
Two quartets, a violinist, double bassist and violin-guitar duo have taken the top prizes
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NewsTrio E.T.A. wins €12,000 Berenberg Culture Prize
The German piano trio received the award at a ceremony on 29 March
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NewsViolinist Nicola Benedetti to receive Award of Excellence
The UK star soloist will receive the honour at the 2023 Women in Classical Music Symposium in Dallas
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NewsLeonkoro Quartet wins 2022 Merito String Quartet Award
A prize package worth €50,000 will go towards the quartet’s artistic development, as well as a composition commission to be premiered at the Wiener Konzerthaus
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News19-year-old cellist wins 2022 Fanny Mendelssohn Advancement Award
German cellist Philipp Schupelius wins €10,000 for his programme commemorating Pablo Casals’ timeless messages of peace
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NewsOpus Klassik awards announced for 2022
The honours include a host of top string players, including violinist Tianwa Yang, cellist Kian Soltani, double bassist Dominik Wagner and the Armida Quartet
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NewsCellist Ben Michaels wins Keith Harvey award
The award, worth £2,500, is given by the London Cello Society to aid Michaels on his commissioning and recording project
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NewsAustralian violinist wins $20,000 overseas study grant
The grant will allow Queensland violinist Harry Egerton to pursue further musical studies abroad
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NewsViolinist Arlan Vriens receives $10,000 emerging artist award
The Toronto-based violinist receives a Lieutenant Governor of Alberta 2022 Emerging Artist award
