CAMBRIDGE, MA — The Fromm Music Foundation at Harvard University is pleased to announce the 2022 commission and project grant recipients, as well as the winner of the Fromm Music Foundation Prize.
Each year, the Fromm Music Foundation accepts applications for commissions of new music, and awards commissions to fourteen American composers. The Fromm Music Foundation commissions represent one of the ways that the foundation strives to support the creation of new musical works and bring contemporary concert music closer to the public.
2022 Fromm Music Foundation Commission Recipients:
- Adegoke Steve Colson
- Aida Shirazi
- Amadeus Regucera
- Anne Leilehua Lanzilotti
- Bahar Royaee
- Bethany Younge
- Bora Yoon
- Craig Taborn
- Karola Obermueller
- Michael Byron
- Piyawat Louilarpprasert
- Sarah Hennies
- Susie Ibarra
- Yoon-Ji Lee
2022 Fromm Music Foundation Project Grant Recipients:
- American Academy in Rome
- American Composers Orchestra
- Brevard Music Center
- Boston University Tanglewood Institute (BUTI)
- Composers Conference and Chamber Music Center
- Interlochen Center for the Arts
- Tanglewood Music Center
The Fromm Music Foundation Prize, given at the discretion of the Fromm Foundation Board, recognizes innovative commitment to the music of our time. The 2022 Fromm Music Foundation Prize recipient is JACK Quartet.
For more information about the Fromm Music Foundation, please visit: https://www.frommfoundation.fas.harvard.edu/
About the Fromm Music Foundation
The Fromm Music Foundation was founded by the late Paul Fromm in 1952. Since 1972, it has been located at Harvard University where it operates in partnership with the Harvard University Music Department. Over the course of its existence, the Fromm Foundation has commissioned over 400 new compositions and their performances. The Fromm Foundation has sponsored hundreds of new music concerts and concert series, among them Tanglewood’s Festival of Contemporary Music, American Composers Orchestra, and the Fromm Players Concert at Harvard University. The Foundation also supports Fromm Visiting Professorships at Harvard for established composers, the Paul Fromm Composer-in-Residence program at the American Academy in Rome, and Fromm Fellowships for young composers at festivals across the United States.
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