The 44-year-old will be music director designate in the 2024–25 season and then will have a four-year term.

Previous recipients have included Karina Canellakis, Roderick Cox, and Gemma New.

Conductor James Levine, who ruled over the Metropolitan Opera for more than four decades before being eased aside when his health declined and then fired for sexual improprieties, has died.

“Music’s biggest night” is right around the corner, and the classical music community has a lot to look forward to at the 2020 Grammys.