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.