Gilmore Artist Award

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
YearRecipients
1991Wendy ChenBrenda HuangPeter MiyamotoChristopher Taylor
1994Soojin AhnAnders MartinsonAndrea Schneider
1996Andrew ArmstrongKatherine K. LeeAdam NeimanOrli ShahamAlex Slobodyanik
1998Hsing-ay HsuBrenda Jones
2000Andrew von OeyenOrion Weiss
2002Jonathan BissKirill Gerstein
2004Christopher FalzoneElizabeth Schumann
2006Natasha ParemskiYuja Wang
2008Adam GolkaRachel Naomi Kudo
2010Charlie AlbrightIvan Moshchuk
2012George LiConrad Tao
2014Andrew HsuLlewellyn Sanchez-Werner
2016Daniel HsuMicah McLaurin
2018Wei LuoElliot Wuu
2020Misha GalantMaxim Lando
2022Janice CarissaClayton Stephenson

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