Young Concert Artists Explained

Young Concert Artists
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Type:Non-profit
Founded:1961
Founder:Susan Wadsworth
Location:New York City, New York, United States
Key People:Daniel Kellogg (President)
Industry:Artist management

Young Concert Artists is a New York City-based artist management company dedicated to discovering and promoting the careers of talented young classical musicians from all over the world. The organization, founded in 1961, invites artists to audition and compete as soloists or in an ensemble. The number of winners varies from year to year, as there is no specified limit to the number of participants who can win.

Winners of the competition receive a cash prize and are provided the opportunity to perform in concert at Carnegie Hall in New York City and the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. They are also provided with managers who promotes the artist through booking concert engagements both in the United States and abroad, and providing publicity materials, promotion, and career development. Many artists in the program's history have also made their debut recordings through the help of the organization.

Notable alumni who began their careers at Young Concert Artists include violinists Pinchas Zukerman, Ray Chen, Anne Akiko Meyers, Viviane Hagner, Karen Gomyo, Jean-Jacques Kantorow, Mayuko Kamio, Ida Kavafian and Randall Goosby; pianists Murray Perahia, Emanuel Ax, Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Richard Goode, Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, Fazıl Say, Lise de la Salle, Freddy Kempf, Olli Mustonen, Jeremy Denk, and George Li; cellists Alban Gerhardt, Narek Hakhnazaryan and Edgar Moreau; violists Nobuko Imai and Antoine Tamestit; the Tokyo, St. Lawrence, and Modigliani string quartets; singers Dawn Upshaw, Julia Bullock, and Sasha Cooke; and composers Andrew Norman, Mason Bates and Kevin Puts.[1]

List of winners

Young Concert Artists refers to its winners as alumni:[2] [3]

1960s

1961[4]

1962

1963

1964

1965

1966

1967

1968

1969

1970s

1970

1971

1972

1973

1974

1975

1976

1977

1978

1979

1980s

1980

1981

1982

1983

1984

1985

1986

1987

1988

1989

1990s

1990

1991

1992[7]

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000s

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2008/2009

2009

2010s

2010

2011

2012[8]

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020s

2020

2021

2022

2023[11]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Alumni by Year. 2023-11-12. Young Concert Artists. 19 June 2020. en-US.
  2. Web site: Young Concert Artists Alumni . Young Concert Artists.
  3. Web site: Alumni by Year. 2020-08-27. Young Concert Artists. 19 June 2020 . en-US.
  4. "Debut Music Series Set: 9 Programs Listed Here by Young Concert Artists" The New York Times October 5, 1961
  5. "Young Sextet Gives A Chamber Concert" The New York Times, April 25, 1964
  6. https://www.nytimes.com/1968/05/05/archives/recital-for-young-concert-artists.html?sq=Young%2520Concert%2520Artists&scp=4&st=cse The New York Times, May 5, 1968
  7. https://www.nytimes.com/1992/02/03/arts/new-young-concert-artists.html?scp=3&sq=Young%20Concert%20Artists&st=cse The New York Times, February 3, 1992
  8. http://www.yca.org/media/pdfs/2012_Winners_Press_Release.pdf Quartet, Violinist, Cellist, Pianist, and Soprano Win 2012 Young Concert Artists International Auditions.
  9. Although Balch is on Young Concert Artists' alumni list under 2016 and 2017, other sources do not support the earlier date, see Web site: Young Concert Artists International Auditions . December 28, 2016 . WQXR.
  10. https://yca.org/announcing-2021-composer-in-residence/ Announcing the 2021 YCA Composer-in-Residence
  11. https://yca.org/2023winners/ Young Concert Artists announces Winners of 2023 Susan Wadsworth Final Auditions

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