{"id":57935,"date":"2019-01-10T11:44:32","date_gmt":"2019-01-10T16:44:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/?p=57935"},"modified":"2019-01-10T17:45:36","modified_gmt":"2019-01-10T22:45:36","slug":"scoop-american-jazz-musician-named-winner-the-%e2%80%a8glenn-gould-protege-prize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2019\/01\/10\/scoop-american-jazz-musician-named-winner-the-%e2%80%a8glenn-gould-protege-prize\/","title":{"rendered":"THE SCOOP | American Jazz Musician Named Winner Of The \u2028Glenn Gould Prot\u00e9g\u00e9 Prize"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_57941\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-57941\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-57941\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/01\/Cecile-McLorin-Salvant.jpg\" alt=\"C\u00e9cile McLorin Salvant\" width=\"1024\" height=\"535\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/01\/Cecile-McLorin-Salvant.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/01\/Cecile-McLorin-Salvant-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/01\/Cecile-McLorin-Salvant-768x401.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-57941\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jessye Norman names jazz singer and composer C\u00e9cile McLorin Salvant, as the recipient of The Glenn Gould Prot\u00e9g\u00e9 Prize. (Photo: Mark Fitton)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Glenn Gould\u00a0Foundation have today announced jazz singer and composer <strong>C\u00e9cile McLorin Salvant<\/strong>, as the recipient of The Glenn Gould Prot\u00e9g\u00e9 Prize.<\/p>\n<p>The Glenn Gould Prot\u00e9g\u00e9 Prize is given to an outstanding young artist who shows the promise of an exceptional lifetime contribution to enriching the human condition through the arts, such as that exhibited by the young Glenn Gould. The prize is selected exclusively by winners Glenn Gould Prize, who in April 2018, was American opera singer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2018\/04\/13\/the-scoop-jessye-norman-wins-2018-glenn-gould-prize\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jessye Norman<\/a>. The Prot\u00e9g\u00e9 Prize comes with a cash\u00a0prize of $15,000 (CAD).<\/p>\n<p>In a press release statement, Norman described Salvant as, \u201ca unique voice supported by an intelligence and full-fledged musicality which light up every note she sings. There is an intense, yet quiet confidence\u00a0in her music-making that I find compelling and thoroughly enjoyable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was awestruck when I found out Jessye Norman chose me for the Glenn Gould prot\u00e9g\u00e9 award,\u201d said C\u00e9cile McLorin Salvant. \u201cJessye Norman is iconic, one of my idols for as long as I can remember, and I am so grateful to her for the incredible sound, artistry, and poetry she has brought to the world. Gould and Norman are absolutely reasons to get up in the morning.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Salvant is a laureate of the 2010 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition. Her album <em>For One To Love<\/em> won the\u00a0Grammy Award\u00a0for\u00a0Best Jazz Vocal Album\u00a0in 2016.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/E5MGpLjHskI?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>Both Norman and Salvant will receive their awards at a gala event on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/event\/glenn-gould-foundation-glenn-gould-prize-celebrates-jessye-norman\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">February 20, 2019<\/a>, at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, where she will be presented with the Prot\u00e9g\u00e9 Prize by Jessye Norman and\u00a0Viggo Mortensen, Chair of The Glenn Gould Prize Jury. Features performances by the COC Orchestra, Swedish soprano Nina Stemme, soprano Sondra Radvanovsky, the Nathaniel Dett Chorale, and mezzo Wallis Giunta.<\/p>\n<p>Past Prot\u00e9g\u00e9 Prize winners include\u00a0Timo Andres (2016),\u00a0Gustavo Dudamel (2009), Jean-Guihen Queyras (2002), Wu Man (1999), Tan Dun (1996), and Benny Green (1993).<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">+++<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Updated to clarify that <span class=\"\">Viggo Mortensen, Chair of The Glenn Gould Prize Jury <\/span><span class=\"\">is one of the presenters, and to include a subsequent statement by\u00a0C\u00e9cile McLorin Salvant.<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jessye Norman names jazz singer and composer C\u00e9cile McLorin Salvant, as the recipient of The Glenn Gould Prot\u00e9g\u00e9 Prize.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":57941,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[25164,5,39],"tags":[25852,1434,18505,25853],"yst_prominent_words":[25863,25885,25862,25858,9021,16993,25883,25844,25843,25845,25860,25856,18489,25859,25884,25847,25846,25861,25857,25886],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/01\/Cecile-McLorin-Salvant.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9bakr-f4r","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57935"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57935"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57935\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57947,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57935\/revisions\/57947"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57935"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57935"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=57935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}