2024 Gilmore Festival Fellows
Today’s successful artists need to know much more than the music.
The Gilmore Festival Fellowship is a tuition-free, five-day immersive experience focused on the art, the business, and the person. Learn to navigate the industry, build your audience, and expand your network of peers and collaborators — while you build your skills and find your artistic voice. The supportive, professional environment is designed to cultivate the whole artist, through mentorships, master classes, Festival performances and networking.
Competition victories no longer guarantee a career. Today’s most successful artists know much more than the music. They know how to navigate the industry, build their own audiences, take more programming risks, and cultivate an extensive network of peers and collaborators. Our Festival Fellowship will take a holistic approach to The Art, The Business, and The Person.
During three unique, five-day residencies, talented pianists age 18 or older will immerse themselves in a professional music culture. Collegiate or university level to early career pianists will learn from the Artist Teacher in Residence, distinguished thought leaders, and Festival artists:
2024 Artist Teachers in Residence
2024 Guest Speakers
The fellowship aims to develop the whole artist through mentorships with resident artist teachers, master classes with Festival artists, and talks and professional development sessions with today’s musical thought-leaders.
Residency Dates
April 27 — May 1, 2024
- Hongbo “Marcel” Cai
- In-Ae Had
- Oscar Jiang
- YiQiao Li
- Guoanni “Annie” Qin
- Ramilia Saubanova
- Charlotte Tang
- Jialin Yao
- Seulki Yoo
Artist Teacher in Residence
Mūza Rubackytė
May 2 — May 6, 2024
- Yoshiko Arahata
- Jeanne Hourez
- Bonhwi Kim
- Klyde Ledamo
- Pablo Molano
- Dmitry Sin
- Axel Trolese
- Pablo Valladares
- Joseph Vaz
Artist Teacher in Residence
Gabriela Montero
May 7 — May 11, 2024
- Po-Hsiang Chang
- Yan Fang
- Artem Kuznetsov
- Robert Levinger
- Hao Wei Lin
- Angeline Ma
- Cristian Makhuli
- Jiin Kim
- Cindy Sang
Artist Teacher in Residence
Piotr Anderszewski
2002 Gilmore Artist
What’s Included:
Master classes with Festival artists. (announced in November, 2023)
Lessons and coaching sessions with resident artist teachers
Lectures and workshops in on musicianship, marketing, and more
Tickets to Festival performances and events
Access to free, local lodging.
A $500 stipend for travel and meals per Fellow
A full tuition scholarship for each participant, valued at $1,200.
The Art
Fellows will advance their artistry by participating in daily coaching with Artist Teachers, attending Master Classes with renowned clinicians and faculty, and observing the Master Classes of their peers. Fellows will have access to Festival performances and events, artist interviews, lectures and talks, and have the opportunity to meet and talk with Festival artists.
The Business
Fellows will learn the essential elements of a successful career in the arts, including how to pitch stories to the media, present themselves online, and work with marketing and management professionals. They will study the entrepreneurial mindset, soft skills, non-linear career paths, and new approaches to earning income while developing their career.
The Person
Pianists must also develop a network of relationships for the exchange of creative ideas. The Fellowship will cultivate relationships between current artists and thought leaders, and their peers. Alongside developing their artistic voice, the program will encourage the Fellows to cultivate their role as artist-influencer.
Repertoire
Accepted Fellows will be asked to submit in advance five selections in a range of styles and time periods. Gilmore representatives and Festival artists will select the pieces to be performed at the master classes.
This Project is Supported by the Art Mentor Foundation Lucerne
AMFL considers itself a mentor of the arts. The nonprofit foundation was brought into being with the aim of supporting projects that are conducted in a professional manner who blaze new and innovative trails in one of the three grant areas: Visual Art, Music, and Cultural Education. The following pages are designed to provide an insight into the Foundation’s mission and activity, while at the same time serving as a platform for the submission of a project request for suitable artistic proposals.
Questions about Gilmore Fellows?
For additional information, and/or if the application fee is a barrier to your participation, please contact Education and Community Engagement Manager Leslie Baron or 269.342.1166 x130