The quartet is one of the US’s leading ensembles.

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

Plus, the first percussion ensemble to receive this prestigious career grant.

“These period pianos, they all have the ability to play as soft as possible and I think still there’s something there, there is still a core inside.”

Teague-Núñez is the first steelpan soloist to enter — much less win — the competition.

Follow live on Sunday, February 4, as music’s biggest awards are given out!

The recipient joins a respected roster of fellowship winners, including Karina Canellakis, Mei-Ann Chen, Jeri Lynne Johnson, and Valentina Peleggi.

From her debut — at age 12 — with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Hilary Hahn has become a shining example of what it means to be a 21st century violinist.

Opera singer Renée Fleming and music star Barry Gibb were also honored at the Sunday night black-tie gala.

Tony Awards history was made when J. Harrison Ghee and Alex Newell became the first nonbinary people to win Tonys for acting.

The message of self-acceptance and respect for all was echoed across Broadway, from the new musical take on Some Like It Hot to a Black actor-led Death of a Salesman to the new play Ain’t No Mo.

The $30k grant is reserved for rising conductors and is given to further the recipient’s career and artistic development.

This year’s Grammys, the 65th annual ceremony, takes place on Sunday, February 5.

The 17-year-old violinist claimed first prize with her performance of Ernest Chausson’s Poème for violin and orchestra.

The Recording Academy announced its 2023 Grammy nominations on November 15, 2022.

The 64th Grammy Awards will occur on Sunday, April 3 in Las Vegas. Here are the categories, nominees, and eventually, winners, for the classical, jazz, and world music fields.

The first movement of Camille Saint-Saëns’ Piano Concerto No. 2 — with its “unique suspenseful opening” — secured the young artist the prize.

It’s been a strange, difficult year for the music world, which is all the more reason to celebrate musical excellence.

Originally from New Zealand, Gemma New is the music director of the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra in Ontario and the principal guest conductor of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra.

On Saturday, March 7, four young artists competed for a dream opportunity: to perform with the CSO. With her performance of the first movement of Beethoven’s Violin Concerto in D major, violinist Isabella Brown won the competition.

WFMT has been lucky enough to share conversations and interviews with many of the 2020 Grammy-nominated artists. Here are all the features with the conductors, composers, and musicians who have been recognized by the Recording Academy.

Between February 2020 and June 2021, Lina González-Granados will have the opportunity to study and work with Maestro Muti, conduct the Civic Orchestra of Chicago, and participate in cultural activities and outreach throughout the greater Chicago area.

The Americana Music Association said the new award has been created to honor those who have “either made a lasting impression through music or inspired art to recognize the legacy of Americana music traditions.”

Many musicians dream of performing on the stage of Orchestra Hall with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. The Crain-Maling Foundation Chicago Symphony Orchestra Young Artists Competition makes this dream come true for one young musician every year. On Saturday, February 23, four young musicians competed on that famous stage for the opportunity to perform with the CSO during the 2019-2020 season. …

Since beginning at WFMT in 1993, Mary has come to engineer for the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts, Live from WFMT, Impromptu, and more.