News & Updates

Twelve Gurwitz 2024 Contestants Announced
Over the course of the summer this year, a preliminary jury - 2020 Gold Medalist Jiale Li, Italian pianist Pasquale Iannone, and U.S. pianist Daria Rabotkina - narrowed down from 76 total applicants...

Announcing The Gurwitz 2024 International Piano Competition!
Get ready to immerse yourself in a world of piano brilliance and virtuosity as we proudly announce The Gurwitz International Piano Competition, occurring from 26 January - 4 February 2024 in San...

2020 Gold Medalist Jiale Li back in San Antonio
In a recital titled after the artist's Gold Medal win at the 2020 Gurwitz International Piano Competition, Musical Bridges Around the World presents pianist Jiale Li in “Golden Touch” to open its...

Dionne Warwick is Gurwitz 2024 Honorary Chair!
On 5 February 2023, The Gurwitz International Piano Competition announced its new Honorary Chair for the upcoming competition in January/February 2024, international music icon Dionne Warwick. As a...

Watch Full Concert – Yedam Kim + Gwangju Symphony Orchestra
On 5 February 2023, pianist Yedam Kim and the Gwangju Symphony Orchestra performed at the Tobin Center for the Performing Arts in celebration 40th anniversary of Sister City relations between...

Season 26 of San Fernando Cathedral Announced!
Musical Bridges Around the World founder Anya Grokhovski says when she moved to the US from the USSR in the ‘90s, she never imagined she would reach 25 years of leading a performing arts...

Watch Full Concert – Leonardo Colafelice @ San Fernando Cathedral
Leonardo Colafelice, Italian concert pianist and 2020 Bronze Medalist and Audience Favorite of The Gurwitz International Piano Competition, returned to San Antonio in March 2023 with a stellar new...

“The Quilt” Makes Its San Antonio Debut
The educational documentary about African American music makes its public red carpet premiere!

Kids to Concerts Merges Into Musical Sprouts!
As Sprouts educational program grows, Kids to Concerts branded programming will be absorbed by the Musical Sprouts brand.

The History of Musical Sprouts
Learn the history of MBAW’s educational programming throughout its existence, starting with concerts and now including curriculum.