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 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

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Gilmore Artist Award". The Gilmore. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
  2. ^ a b Oestreich, James (16 January 2006). "Stealth Benefactors Find Their Mark". The New York Times. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
  3. ^ a b Huizenge, Tom (8 January 2014). "Cachet And Cash For Rafał Blechacz, Named 2014 Gilmore Artist". Retrieved 8 January 2014.
  4. ^ "Kirill Gerstein named as 2010 Gilmore Artist". Gramophone. 7 January 2010. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ Hernández, Javier (13 September 2023). "French Pianist Wins Surprise, Prestigious $300,000 Award". The New York Times. New York City. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
  7. ^ "Gilmore Young Artist Award", Irving S. Gilmore International Keyboard Festival, accessed May 2, 2012

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