Young Concert Artists is a New York City-based artist management company dedicated to discovering and promoting the careers of talented young classical musicians from all over the world. The organization, founded in 1961, invites artists to audition and compete as soloists or in an ensemble. The number of winners varies from year to year, as there is no specified limit to the number of participants who can win.
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| Company type | Non-profit |
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| Industry | Artist management |
| Founded | 1961 |
| Founder | Susan Wadsworth |
| Headquarters | New York City, New York, United States |
Key people | Daniel Kellogg (President) |
| Revenue | 4,233,489 United States dollar (2017)  |
| Website | yca |
Winners of the competition receive a cash prize and are provided the opportunity to perform in concert at Carnegie Hall in New York City and the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. They are also provided with managers who promotes the artist through booking concert engagements both in the United States and abroad, and providing publicity materials, promotion, and career development. Many artists in the program's history have also made their debut recordings through the help of the organization.
Notable alumni who began their careers at Young Concert Artists include violinists Pinchas Zukerman, Ray Chen, Anne Akiko Meyers, Viviane Hagner, Karen Gomyo, Jean-Jacques Kantorow, Mayuko Kamio, Ida Kavafian and Randall Goosby; pianists Murray Perahia, Emanuel Ax, Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Richard Goode, Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, Fazıl Say, Lise de la Salle, Freddy Kempf, Olli Mustonen, Jeremy Denk, and George Li; cellists Alban Gerhardt, Narek Hakhnazaryan and Edgar Moreau; violists Nobuko Imai and Antoine Tamestit; the Tokyo, St. Lawrence, and Modigliani string quartets; singers Dawn Upshaw, Julia Bullock, and Sasha Cooke; and composers Andrew Norman, Mason Bates and Kevin Puts.[1]
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Young Concert Artists refers to its winners as alumni:[2][3]
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References edit
- ^ "Alumni by Year". Young Concert Artists. 19 June 2020. Retrieved 2023-11-12.
- ^ "Young Concert Artists Alumni". Young Concert Artists.
- ^ "Alumni by Year". Young Concert Artists. 19 June 2020. Retrieved 2020-08-27.
- ^ "Debut Music Series Set: 9 Programs Listed Here by Young Concert Artists" The New York Times October 5, 1961
- ^ a b "Young Sextet Gives A Chamber Concert" The New York Times, April 25, 1964
- ^ The New York Times, May 5, 1968
- ^ The New York Times, February 3, 1992
- ^ Quartet, Violinist, Cellist, Pianist, and Soprano Win 2012 Young Concert Artists International Auditions. Young Concert Artists. November 12, 2012 (Press Release; PDF).
- ^ Although Balch is on Young Concert Artists' alumni list under 2016 and 2017, other sources do not support the earlier date, see "Young Concert Artists International Auditions". WQXR. December 28, 2016.
- ^ Announcing the 2021 YCA Composer-in-Residence Young Concert Artists. April 9, 2021 (Press Release).
- ^ Young Concert Artists announces Winners of 2023 Susan Wadsworth Final Auditions Young Concert Artists. November 12, 2023 (Press Release).