2026-08-18T07:31:09-07:00 2025-12-31 454370453 Van Acker & Associates Ltd 6S251 New Castle Road Naperville IL 60540 990 2025-01-01 300004328 THE SOLTI FOUNDATION US CO Fiona Queen SOLT 8474488329 1555 Sherman Avenue 310 Evanston IL 60201 GRETCHEN ZOOK TREASURER/Dir 2026-08-18 true Martin Van Acker P00234480 6308544535 2025 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z 1555 Sherman Avenue 310 Evanston IL 60201 364966 false X http://www.soltifoundation.us/ X 2000 IL The Solti Foundation U.S. was established after the 1997 death of Sir Georg Solti. Its mission is to assist talented young American musicians at the start of their professional careers. It has made annual grants to awardees since 2003. Solti also provides Opera residencies and development projects to musicians 21 21 1 30 0 160786 148177 0 108025 45944 0 268811 194121 125000 120000 0 48443 43060 0 0 84244 71049 257687 234109 11124 -39988 794477 804915 4611 0 789866 804915 The Solti Foundation U.S. was established after the 1997 death of Sir Georg Solti. Its mission is to assist talented young American musicians at the start of their professional careers. It has made annual grants to awardees since 2003. Solti also provides Opera residencies and development projects to musicians false false 160826 Congratulations to all 18 recipients of the 2025 Career Assistance Awards! The Solti Foundation U.S. Board Chair Penny Van Horn and Artistic and Awards Committee Chair Elizabeth Buccheri today announced the young conductors who will receive a 2025 Career Assistance Award (CAA) in this, the Foundations 25th anniversary year. Among the 18 American conductors, all 36 years of age or younger, are a music director designate of an American orchestra, a founder and Music Director of an American chamber orchestra, a chief conductor of an Austrian orchestra, two Assistant Conductors at German opera companies, multiple Assistant Conductorships, and more. The conductors hold positions throughout the United States, in Austria, France, and Germany, as well as enjoying guest engagements around the globe. Of the 18 awardees, six of the young conductors are receiving recognition by the Foundation for the first time, while others are being acknowledged once again.Ms. Van Horn stated, The recipients of the 2025 Career Assistance Awards are a truly motivated group! From opera companies to orchestras, chamber orchestras and posts with universities and other educational organizations, to fellowships and serving as cover conductors for major American orchestras, this years applicants truly demonstrate the passion for classical music that our Foundations namesake embodied.On behalf of The Solti Foundation U.S., I am pleased to congratulate Harris Andersen, Austin Chanu, Michelle Di Russo, Stefano Flavoni, Kyrian Friedenberg, Alden Gatt, Yoona Jeong, Robert Kahn, Gerald Karni, Andrew J. Kim, Donald Lee, William Long, Ian Niederhoffer, Jacob Niemann, Luke Poeppel, Euan Shields, Matthew Straw, and William Garfield Walker. 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