MUSICAL AMERICA AWARDS 2020

At the 2020 Musical America Awards ...
Photos by Richard Termine
(L-R) 2020 Instrumentalist of the Year Guitarist Sharon Isbin, 2020 Vocalist of the Year Peter Mattei, 2020 Composer of the Year Joan Tower, 2020 Festival of the Year Salzburg Festival Artistic Director Markus Hinterhäuser and President Helga Rabl-Stadler, and 2020 Ensemble of the Year Danish String Quartet members Fredrik Øland (violin) Asbjørn Nørgaard (viola), and Fredrik Sjölin (cello).
(L-R) 2020 Composer of the Year Joan Tower, MusicalAmerica.com News and Special Report Editor Susan Elliott, WQXR Mid-day Host Annie Bergen.
(L-R) 2020 Ensemble of the Year Danish String Quartet members Asbjørn Nørgaard (viola), Fredrik Sjölin (cello), and Fredrik Øland (violin).
(L-R) 2020 Instrumentalist of the Year Guitarist Sharon Isbin and Elizabeth Schulze.
(L-R) WQXR Mid-day Host Annie Bergen and Supporting Sponsor Director of Cultural Initiatives Karen Ames, Meyer Sound.
Guests enjoy the 59th Annual Musical America Awards reception, 4 December 2019, Weill Terrace Room, Carnegie Hall.
(L-R) Markus Hinterhäuser, Artistic Director Salzburg Festival; Larry Perelman, Semantix Creative Group; Heinrich Spängler, Friends of the Salzburg Festival; Salzburg Festival President Helga Rabl-Stadler.
(L-R) Salzburg Festival Society's Joseph Bartning and Dorothée Volpini de Maestri.
(L-R) 2020 Ensemble of the Year Danish String Quartet member Asbjørn Nørgaard (viola) and Kirshbaum Associates' Hannah Goldschlack-Wolf and Emma Biggert.
(L-R) Elizabeth Schulze and Elizabeth Dworkin, Dworkin & Company.
(L-R) Peri Stedman, Kirshbaum Associates; Charlotte Schroeder, Colbert Artists Management; Gregory Brown, Kirshbaum Associates.
(L-R) Hanna Arie-Gaifman, 92nd Street Y; Martin Wittenberg, Columbia Artists.
(L-R) David Chesy, Hdtracks; Artistic Director Markus Hinterhäuser, Salzburg Festival.
(L-R) Lead Sponsor Global Foundation for the Performing Arts Group: Sunnie Zhang, Lucia Guo, China Conservatory of Music President Wang Liguang, The Violin Channel's Geoffrey Davies, Executive Director Benjamin Woodroffe and Mou Xiofei, China Conservatory of Music.
(L-R) Steve Sherman, photographer; Craig Urquhart, the Leonard Bernstein Office; Nancy Shear, Shear Arts Services.
(L-R) Marianne Sciolino, Sciolino Artists Management; Trudy Chan, Black Tea Music.
(L-R) Elizabeth Schulze; Genevieve Spielberg and Ann Rosenblum, GSI; Elizabeth Dworkin, Dworkin & Company.
(L-R) Lead Sponsor Athens Philharmonic Orchestra Group: Peer Danish, Danish Media Group; Maestro Yiannis Hadjlouizou; WQXR Mid-day Host Annie Bergen.
(L-R) Metropolitan Opera Director of Archives Peter Clark, 2020 Vocalist of the Year Peter Mattei, Musical America Features Editor Sedgwick Clark.
Guests enjoy the 59th Annual Musical America Awards reception, 4 December 2019, Weill Terrace Room, Carnegie Hall.
(L-R) Musical America Features Editor Sedgwick Clark; Shirley Kirshbaum, Kirshbaum Associates, 2020 Ensemble of the Year Danish String Quartet members Asbjørn Nørgaard (viola) and Fredrik Øland (violin).
(L-R) 2020 Instrumentlist of the Year Guitarist Sharon Isbin and Hanna Arie-Gaifman, 92nd Street Y.
(L-R) Chamber Music America Executive Director Margaret Lioi, Nancy Shear, Shear Arts Services; Executive Director Wende Persons, The Sorel Organization.
(L-R) Connie Shuman, Shuman Associates and Eric Gewirtz, Rubinstein Communications.
(L-R) Suzi Weiss, Ambassador Martin Weiss, Austrian Embassy; Joseph Bartning, Salzburg Festival Society, Dorothée Volpini de Maestri.
(L-R) Ambassaor Martin Weiss and Suzi Weiss and 2020 Festival of the Year Salzburg Festival President Helga Rabl-Stadler.
(L-R) Kathy Schuman, Caramoor and Synneve Carlino, Carnegie Hall.
2020 Festival of the Year Salzburg Festival Group with President Helga Rabl-Stadler (2nd from left) Austrian Embassy Ambassador Martin Weiss (4th from left) and Artistic Director Markus Hinterhäuser (5th from left).
(L-R) 2019 Musical America Top 30 Professionals Andrew Ousley, Unison Media; Monica Felkel, Young Concert Artists; Benjamin Woodroffe, Global Foundation for the Performing Arts; Synneve Carlino, Carnegie Hall.
(L-R) John Rockwell and George Loomis.
Guests enjoy the 59th Annual Musical America Awards reception, 4 December 2019, Weill Terrace Room, Carnegie Hall.
(L-R) Amanda Sweet, Bucklesweet, and Supporting Sponsor Vivian Chiu, director of Cultural Partnerships and Artist Services, Steinway & Sons.
(L-R) Flutist Carol Wincenc and Jennifer Wada.
(L-R) Edna Landau and Mary Lou Falcone, M.L. Falcone Public Relations.
(L-R) Betsy Vorce and Lucy Kraus.
2020 Ensemble of the Year Danish String Quartet Cellist Fredrik Sjölin; Tina Pelikan, ECM Records USA; Violist Asbjørn Nørgaard; MuscialAmerica.com contributor Clive Paget.
Musical America Features Editor Sedgwick Clark; Anna Weber, Carnegie Hall; Frank Salomon, Frank Salomon Associates.
Guests enjoy the 59th Annual Musical America Awards reception, 4 December 2019, Weill Terrace Room, Carnegie Hall.
(L-R) Executive Director Wende Persons, The Sorel Organization and Jessica Lustig, 21C Media Group, Inc.
(L-R) Chris Putnam, Colbert Artists Management; Jason Belz, Kirshbaum Associates; Rachel Sokolow, G. Schirmer, Inc.
(L-R) Milina Barry, Milina Barry Public Relations; 2020 Festival of the Year Salzburg Festival President Helga Rabl-Stadler; Musical America Features Editor Sedgwick Clark; Margaret Mercer.
(L-R) Rebecca Davis and Martin Wittenberg, Columbia Artists.
(L-R) Metropolitan Opera Director of Archives Peter Clark; Craig Urquhart, The Leonard Bernstein Office; Eric Latzky; James Barron, The New York Times.
(L-R) Executive Director Clive Gillinson, Carnegie Hall; Ambassador Martin Weiss, Austrian Embassy, 2020 Festival of the Year Salzburg Festival Artistic Director Markus Hinterhäuser and President Helga Rabl-Stadler.
WQXR Mid-day Host Annie Bergen gets things started at the 59th Musical America Awards reception.
Features Editor Sedgwick Clark introduces the 2020 honorees at the 59th Annual Musical America Awards ceremony.
2020 Composer of the Year Joan Tower receives her award from Musical America Features Editor Sedgwick Clark.
2020 Composer of the Year Joan Tower accepts her award.
2020 Instrumentalist of the Year Sharon Isbin accepts her award.
Musical America Features Editor Sedgwick Clark gives 2020 Instrumentalist of the Year Sharon Isbin her award.
Musical America Features Editor Sedgwick Clark gives 2020 Vocalist of the Year Peter Mattei his award.
2020 Vocalist of the Year Peter Mattei accepts his award.
(L-R) 2020 Ensemble of the Year Danish String Quartet members Fredrik Øland (violin) Asbjørn Nørgaard (viola), and Fredrik Sjölin (cello) accept their award from Musical America Features Editor Sedgwick Clark.
(L-R) 2020 Ensemble of the Year Danish String Quartet members Asbjørn Nørgaard (viola), Fredrik Sjölin (cello) and Fredrik Øland (violin) accept their award from Musical America Features Editor Sedgwick Clark (2nd from left).
2020 Festival of the Year Salzburg Festival President Helga Rabl-Stadler accepts their award.
Lead Sponsor partners President Wang Liguang, China Conservatory of Music and Executive Director Benjamin Woodroffe, Global Foundation for the Performing Arts.
 
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