Imagine winning a piano competition you had no idea you’d entered. Now imagine that your victory comes with $300,000. The Gilmore Artist Award, presented every four years and won this year by Argentine pianist Ingrid Fliter, might be the most labor-intensive competition in existence, but more for its organizers than the contestants. “Six jury members travel the world, listening to pianists identified by an international panel as exceptionally gifted and deserving of a higher profile. To get an idea of the pianists’ range, the jury members attend orchestra concerts, recitals and chamber music performances, without ever telling the pianists they are being considered for the award.”