VC LIVE | 2025 Avery Fisher Career Grants Ceremony

Tune in here on March 18 at 6 PM (ET) for the announcement, followed by performances by this year's recipients

We're coming to you LIVE from The Greene Space in New York City for the 2025 Avery Fisher Career Grants announcement ceremony hosted by WQXR's Elliott Forrest. Performances by this year's recipients follow the announcement.

Administered by Lincoln Center, the USD $25,000 bursaries are awarded annually to talented, young solo artists and chamber ensembles who exhibit outstanding potential for major international careers. Since the first Career Grants were awarded in 1976, there have been 179 Career Grant recipients.

Avery Fisher Career Grants are designed to give professional assistance and recognition to talented instrumentalists and chamber ensembles who the Recommendation Board and Executive Committee of the Avery Fisher Artist Program believe to have great potential for major careers in classical music. Final selections are made by the Program’s Executive Committee and award recipients are chosen based on outstanding artistic merit.

Past awardees include cellist Jay Campbell, Yo-Yo Ma; pianists Kirill Gerstein, Yuja Wang, and Conrad Tao; violinists Augustin Hadelich, Gil Shaham, Midori, and Bella Hristova; flutist Demarre McGill; and Sandbox Percussion.