Gilmore Artist Award Explained

The Gilmore Artist Award is awarded every four years to a concert pianist. The award was established in 1989 by The Gilmore of Kalamazoo, Michigan.

Selection criteria

In contrast with other music awards, nominees are not aware that they are under consideration, but are assessed discreetly over a period of time through live performances and recordings. The prize money is $300,000, of which $50,000 to be spent as the winner desires and $250,000 to be used for career development.[1] [2]

Previous winners

Gilmore Young Artist Award

Every two years, the Gilmore Young Artist Award is presented to promising pianists below age 23. An anonymous selection committee receives and evaluates nominations by music professionals from around the world. As with the Gilmore Artist Award, the nominees are not aware that they are being considered. Awardees receive a $15,000 stipend and another $10,000 to commission an original piano composition that they will have the exclusive right to perform for one year.[7]

The award was first granted in 1991. 38 pianists have received a Gilmore Young Artists Award.

Gilmore Young Artist Award winners
Year Recipients
1991 Wendy Chen Brenda Huang Peter Miyamoto Christopher Taylor
1994 Soojin Ahn Anders Martinson Andrea Schneider
1996 Andrew Armstrong Katherine K. Lee Adam Neiman Alex Slobodyanik
1998 Hsing-ay Hsu Brenda Jones
2000 Orion Weiss
2002 Kirill Gerstein
2004 Christopher Falzone Elizabeth Schumann
2006 Yuja Wang
2008 Adam Golka Rachel Naomi Kudo
2010 Ivan Moshchuk
2012 Conrad Tao
2014 Andrew Hsu Llewellyn Sanchez-Werner
2016 Micah McLaurin
2018 Wei Luo Elliot Wuu
2020 Misha Galant Maxim Lando
2022 Janice Carissa Clayton Stephenson
2024 Kasey Shao Harmony Zhu

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Gilmore Artist Award. The Gilmore. 8 January 2014.
  2. News: Oestreich. James . Stealth Benefactors Find Their Mark . 8 January 2014 . . 16 January 2006.
  3. News: Kirill Gerstein named as 2010 Gilmore Artist. 8 January 2014. Gramophone. 7 January 2010.
  4. News: Huizenge. Tom. Cachet And Cash For Rafał Blechacz, Named 2014 Gilmore Artist. 8 January 2014. 8 January 2014.
  5. News: Cooper . Michael . 3 January 2018 . The Pianist of the Resistance Captures a Surprise Award . The New York Times . New York City . 13 January 2018.
  6. News: Hernández . Javier . 13 September 2023 . French Pianist Wins Surprise, Prestigious $300,000 Award . The New York Times . New York City . 13 September 2023.
  7. http://www.thegilmore.org/gilmore-young-artist-award/ "Gilmore Young Artist Award"