LEILA JOSEFOWICZ AWARDED 2018 AVERY FISHER PRIZE
5/10/2018
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We are delighted to announce that Leila Josefowicz has received the 2018 Avery Fisher Prize. The presentation took place on 4 October following her performance of Stravinsky’s Violin Concerto in D at the David Geffen Hall with the New York Philharmonic and their new Music Director Jaap van Zweden.
Awarded to American musicians for outstanding achievement and excellence in music, Josefowicz receives $100,000, and will see her name added to the marble plaque in the David Geffen Hall celebrating the winners, which includes the Emerson String Quartet, Yo-Yo Ma, Yefim Bronfman, Gil Shaham and Claire Chase.
Jane Brown
Senior Director, Co-Head of Artist Management
Elise Jennings
Senior Artist Manager