The Score | Musical America’s 2022 Awardees: Uchida, Abrams, Mazzoli, Tines

Pianist Mitsuko Uchida has been named 2022 Artist of the Year by Musical America, publisher of the annual International Directory for the Performing Arts, edited by Clive Paget, and of the daily Musical America news site, edited by Susan Elliott. Also receiving awards in other categories were Teddy Abrams, music director of the Louisville Orchestra (Conductor of the Year); Missy Mazzoli (Composer of the Year); and bass-baritone Davóne Tines (Vocalist of the Year). As was the case last year, the awardees participated in a ceremony that took place online, due to the pandemic. Paget hosted the December 5 Facebook Live ceremony, during which each awardee was interviewed by a friend or colleague; interviewers included composer John Adams (Abrams); violinist Jennifer Koh (Mazzoli); opera director Yuval Sharon (Tines); and pianist Jonathan Biss (Uchida).