The Yvar Mikhashoff
TRUST FOR NEW MUSIC
Announcing the Yvar Mikhashoff Prize to be awarded annually by the Artistic Committee of the Yvar Mikhashoff Trust. Eligible to receive the prize are international composers and performers of contemporary concert music, as well as individuals or organizations that have demonstrated excellence in the support of works by living composers through performances, programming, recordings and commissions. The Trust does not accept applications or nominations for the prize.
2023 Recipient
Conor Hanick, pianist
2023 Recipient
Gloria Cheng, pianist
2022 Recipient
Adam Tendler, pianist
2021 Recipient
Conrad Tao, composer and pianist
The Trust has been providing grants and awards to musicians and organizations who specialize in contemporary music since 1996. The Yvar Mikhashoff Pianist/Composer Commissioning Project resulted in eleven new works for solo piano:
2018: Kate Whitley: The Bells (Richard Uttley, pianist)
2017: Yair Klartag: Generally Pathetic (Imri Talgam, pianist)
2016: Zosha Di Castri: Dux (Julia Den Boer, pianist)
2015: Maurizio Azzan: dove tutto è stato preso (Innerespace II) (Anna D’Errico, pianist)
2014: Christopher Cerrone: the arching path (Vicky Chow, pianist)
2013: Yumiko Yokoi: sobre lo negro y blanco del camino (Yusuke Ishii, pianist)
2012: Eric Wubbels: Psychomechanometer (Eric Huebner, pianist)
2011: Ashley Fu-Tsun Wang: Current (Jenny Q Chai, pianist)
2010: Birke Bertelsmeier: Etude (Malgorzata Walentynowicz, pianist)
2009: Oscar Bettison: An Inventory of Remnants (Danny Holt, pianist)
2008: Derek Johnson: Infinity Plunge (Jiyhe Chang, pianist)
The Trust does not currently award grants or accept unsolicited proposals. We do encourage organizations and individuals to email a short letter of inquiry for proposals directly related to the promotion of Yvar Mikhashoff’s work and legacy.
Please write to us through the form on the contact page.
