Texas Cello Grand Prix
A prestigious award given quad-annually by the TexasCellos Foundation.
Recognition of Exceptional Creativity:
The award celebrates individuals who demonstrate extraordinary originality, insight, and potential for significant future advancements to the cello.
No Strings Attached Funding:
Recipients receive a substantial award, distributed in installments over four years. The grant comes with no specific reporting requirements, allowing recipients the freedom to pursue their work as they see fit.
Nomination-Based Process:
Nomination-Based Process: Individuals cannot apply for the Texas Cello Grand Prix; instead, they are nominated by anonymous nominators invited by the TexasCellos Foundation. These nominators are experts in their fields, chosen for their ability to identify exceptionally creative individuals.
Impact and Purpose:
The TexasCellos Foundation aims to highlight the importance of imaginative thinking and risk-taking, expand our understanding of creativity, and cultivate the next generation of artists. The award is intended as an investment in the individual's originality, insight, and potential, enabling them to pursue their creative instincts for the benefit of human society.
The selection criteria focus on exceptional creativity, as demonstrated through a track record of significant achievement, and manifest promise for important future advances. Emphasis is placed on nominees for whom our support would relieve limitations that inhibit them from pursuing their most innovative ideas. The Texas Cello Grand Prix is not a lifetime achievement award; we are looking for individuals on the precipice of great impact to music and cello playing.
Creativity comprises the drive and ability to make something new or to connect the seemingly unconnected in significant ways so as to enrich our understanding of ourselves, our communities, the world, and the universe that we inhabit.