Solti Foundation Career Assistance Awards provide support to young conductors that "may include transportation expenses, financial support for language studies, creation of demonstration DVDs, or other worthy projects." George Solti (1912–1997), whose Foundation has sponsored these awards since 2004, was music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra from 1969 to 1991, with many other conducting credits worldwide, and more than 250 recordings under his baton.
Solti Foundation Career Assistance Awards

Solti Award Recipients with NEC Affiliations
2017
Aram Demirjian '11 M.M.
2016
Joshua David Gersen '06
2015
Yuga Cohler '07 Prep
2012
Joshua Weilerstein '05 Prep, '09, '11 M.M.
2007
Anthony Barrese '99 M.M.