The Music & Opera Singers Trust saves the prestigious competition in an alliance that’s great news for classical music.

The ABC Young Performers Awards will return in 2017 under the management of the philanthropic organisation Music & Opera Singers Trust (MOST). The new deal to rescue the prestigious competition has been announced by the ABC.

Audiences, past-winners and industry professionals alike were devastated to hear the news in 2015 that the ABC Young Performers Awards would not be continuing in 2017 after Symphony Australia – the organisation that had managed the awards since 1997 – explained that, due to a major restructure of activities, the award would “not be continuing into the future.”

MOST approached Symphony Services and the ABC in March this year, according to the ABC, with a proposal to support the continuation of the awards. “We are thrilled to be presenting this prestigious competition for young talented musicians,” said MOST CEO Roland Gridiger. “The partnership with the ABC will ensure the continuing promotion and development of the next generation of Australia’s best musical talent.”

The ABC Young Performers Awards, which first began in 1944, have launched the careers of many prominent Australian...