Young French pianist wins $300k

Young French pianist wins $300k

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norman lebrecht

September 14, 2023

The 2024 Gilmore Artist Award has been bestowed on the rising Frenchman Alexandre Kantorow, who is 26.

He receives $50k in cash and a further quarter of a million in career development over the next four years.

Past Gilmore winners are Igor Levit (2018), Rafał Blechacz (2014), Kirill Gerstein (2010), Ingrid Fliter (2006), Piotr Anderszewski (2002), Leif Ove Andsnes (1998), Ralf Gothóni (1994), and David Owen Norris (1991).

Kantorow’s father is the violinist and conductor Jean-Jacques Kantorow.

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