The trouble with competitions

Instrumental and singing competitions are prime launching pads for young musicians – starting their careers with a burst of publicity, and often a nice nest egg to boot; but they are rife with "nepotism, sexual coercion, financial greed and downright megalomania that has gone unchecked for decades," Jessica Duchen writes in The Independent:

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/classical/features/the-murky-music-prize-1671566.html