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
editIn 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
edit- 1991 – David Owen Norris (England)[3]
- 1994 – Ralf Gothóni (Finland)[1]
- 1998 – Leif Ove Andsnes (Norway)[1]
- 2002 – Piotr Anderszewski (Poland)[1]
- 2006 – Ingrid Fliter (Argentina)[2]
- 2010 – Kirill Gerstein (Russia)[4]
- 2014 – Rafał Blechacz (Poland)[3]
- 2018 – Igor Levit (Russia/Germany)[5]
- 2024 – Alexandre Kantorow (France)[6]
Gilmore Young Artist Award
editEvery 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.
| 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 | Orli Shaham | Alex Slobodyanik |
| 1998 | Hsing-ay Hsu | Brenda Jones | |||
| 2000 | Andrew von Oeyen | Orion Weiss | |||
| 2002 | Jonathan Biss | Kirill Gerstein | |||
| 2004 | Christopher Falzone | Elizabeth Schumann | |||
| 2006 | Natasha Paremski | Yuja Wang | |||
| 2008 | Adam Golka | Rachel Naomi Kudo | |||
| 2010 | Charlie Albright | Ivan Moshchuk | |||
| 2012 | George Li | Conrad Tao | |||
| 2014 | Andrew Hsu | Llewellyn Sanchez-Werner | |||
| 2016 | Daniel Hsu | Micah McLaurin | |||
| 2018 | Wei Luo | Elliot Wuu | |||
| 2020 | Misha Galant | Maxim Lando | |||
| 2022 | Janice Carissa | Clayton Stephenson | |||
| 2024 | Kasey Shao | Harmony Zhu | |||
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Gilmore Artist Award". The Gilmore. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
- ^ a b Oestreich, James (16 January 2006). "Stealth Benefactors Find Their Mark". The New York Times. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
- ^ a b Huizenge, Tom (8 January 2014). "Cachet And Cash For Rafał Blechacz, Named 2014 Gilmore Artist". Retrieved 8 January 2014.
- ^ "Kirill Gerstein named as 2010 Gilmore Artist". Gramophone. 7 January 2010. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
- ^ Cooper, Michael (3 January 2018). "The Pianist of the Resistance Captures a Surprise Award". The New York Times. New York City. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
- ^ Hernández, Javier (13 September 2023). "French Pianist Wins Surprise, Prestigious $300,000 Award". The New York Times. New York City. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
- ^ "Gilmore Young Artist Award", Irving S. Gilmore International Keyboard Festival, accessed May 2, 2012