Fine Tuning
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Emanuel Ax awarded 2016 Jean Gimbel Lane Piano Prize
Northwestern University’s Bienen School of Music honors pianist with $50,000 prize.
Trailblazers: Two Bienen students featured as senior standouts
First-generation college students often encounter an unknown world when they arrive on campus.
Opening Year Celebration Events
Throughout the 2015–16 academic year, special events celebrated the Bienen School of Music’s new Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Center for the Musical Arts, commemorating the transformative time in the school’s history.
Horn Symposium features workshops, public concerts
The Bienen School’s first-ever Horn Symposium will feature three days of workshops as well as two public concerts.
Steve Reich Awarded 2016 Nemmers Prize in Music Composition
Steve Reich, recently called “our greatest living composer” by The New York Times has been awarded the $100,000 Michael Ludwig Nemmers Prize in Music Composition from the Henry and Leigh Bienen School of Music at Northwestern University.
New Music Thrives at Northwestern
The Institute for New Music held its second new-music conference November 6–8. NUNC! 2 brought together composers, performers, theorists, and musicologists specializing in new music.
Saxophonist Steven Banks and Kenari Quartet receive top M-Prize winds award
Steven Banks, a first-year master’s saxophone student of Taimur Sullivan, received first place with the Kenari Quartet at the inaugural M-Prize Competition at the University of Michigan.
Join Northwestern’s Arts Circle Celebration
Free June 4 daylong Arts Circle Celebration to feature dance, music, demos, exhibits and more.
Two Bienen School students receive Fulbright awards
Two graduate students from the Bienen School of Music at Northwestern University have received Fulbright U.S. Student Program grants to support research or study outside the United States.
Bienen pianist Dong-Wan Ha wins two European competitions
Pianist Dong-Wan Ha, a doctor of musical arts degree candidate at the Bienen School of Music, recently won two major piano competitions in Europe, receiving a total of €10,000 in awards.
Bienen student wins prestigious award for cello performance
In a cover of “Radioactive” by Imagine Dragons, Bienen junior Wickliffe Simmons uses every possible sound he could make on his cello to recreate the harmonies, beats and subtle rushes in the song.