Gilmore Artist Award

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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.

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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
YearRecipients
1991Wendy ChenBrenda HuangPeter Miyamoto Christopher Taylor
1994Soojin AhnAnders MartinsonAndrea Schneider
1996Andrew ArmstrongKatherine K. LeeAdam Neiman Orli Shaham Alex Slobodyanik
1998Hsing-ay HsuBrenda Jones
2000 Andrew von Oeyen Orion Weiss
2002 Jonathan Biss Kirill Gerstein
2004Christopher FalzoneElizabeth Schumann
2006 Natasha Paremski Yuja Wang
2008Adam GolkaRachel Naomi Kudo
2010 Charlie Albright Ivan Moshchuk
2012 George Li Conrad Tao
2014Andrew HsuLlewellyn Sanchez-Werner
2016 Daniel Hsu Micah McLaurin
2018Wei LuoElliot Wuu
2020Misha Galant Maxim Lando
2022Janice Carissa Clayton Stephenson

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