The Sylva Gelber Music Foundation Awards program was established in 1981 and until 2007 was administered by the Canada Council for the Arts. Since then, the Foundation has directed an expanded program of support, offering awards on an annual basis to the most talented young applicants, based on their performance in live audition before a jury of eminent musicians. Below is the complete list of award winners to date.
| 2022 | Leslie Ashworth (viola) Matthew Cairms (tenor) Gabrielle Després (violin) Daniel Dastoor (violin) Sarah Dufresne (soprano) Vartan Gabrielian (bass-baritone) Lauren Margison (soprano) Elizabeth Pion (piano) Sebastian Reuten (oboe) Nicolas Richard (bassoon) Abigail Sinclair (soprano) Korin Thomas-Smith (baritone) |
| 2021 | Justin Almazan (viola) Sydney Baedke (soprano) Aaron Chan (violin) Adanya Dunn (mezzo-soprano) Maryse Legault (historical clarinet) Daniel Hass (cello) Cole Knutson (collaborative piano) William Leathers (trumpet) Byungchan Lee (violin) Jonathan Mak (piano) Emma Meinrenken (violin) Christian Paquette (flute) Élisabeth Pion (piano) Cameron Shahbazi (counter-tenor) Gabriel Trottier (horn) |
| 2020 | Eva Aronian (violin) Tim Beattie (classical guitar) Aaron Chan (violin Anny Chen (violin) Bryan Cheng (cello) Isabelle David (piano) Jaeden Izik-Dzurko (piano) Jessy Je Young Kim (violin) Alexander Malikov (piano) Ema Nikolovska (mezzo-soprano) Christian Paquette (flute) Élisabeth Pion (piano) Phoebe Robertson (flute) Grace Sohn (cello) Abby Walsh (violin) Tony Yike Yang (piano) |
| 2019 | Kevin Ahfat (piano) Joel Allison (bass-baritone) Suren Barry (piano) Ariane Brisson (flute) Bryan Cheng (cello) Kady Evanyshyn (mezzo-soprano) Maïthéna Girault (violin) Xiaoyu Liu (piano) Josh Lovell (tenor) Ema Nikolovska (mezzo-soprano) |
| 2018 | Eva Aronian (violin) Michael Bridge (accordion) Bryan Cheng (cello) Aviva Fortunata (soprano) Maïthéna Girault (violin) Dasol Jeong (violin) Xiaoyu Liu (piano) Anna-Sophie Neher (soprano) Yoanna Prodanova (cello) Hillary Simms (trombone) Charles Sy (tenor) Tony Yike Yang (piano) |
| 2017 | Noam Bierstone (percussion) Ariane Brisson (flute) Timothy Chooi (violin) Cameron Crozman (cello) Andrew Erasmus (baritone) Byungchan Lee (violin) Shannon Lee (violin) Kerson Leong (violin) Iain MaNeil (baritone) Scott MacIsaac (piano) Megan Milatz (piano) Yoanna Prodanova (cello) Elizabeth Skinner (violin) |
| 2016 | Eric Abramovitz (clarinet) Michael Bridge (accordion) Cameron Crozman (cello) Beste Kalender (mezzo soprano) Evanna Lai (mezzo soprano) Kerson Leong (violin) Scott MacIsaac (piano) Jesse Morrison (viola) Alex Seredenko (piano) Jessica Strong (soprano) Marina Thibeault (viola) David Zucchi (saxophone) |
| 2015 | Thierry Bégin-Lamontagne (classical guitar) Michael Bridge (accordion) Tracy Cantin (soprano) Arnold Choi (cello) Timothy Chooi (violin) Teo Gheorghiu (piano) Amy Hillis (violin) Kerson Leong (violin) Joshua Peters (violin) Suzanne Rigden (coloratura soprano) Alex Seredenko (piano) |
| 2014 | Carson Becke (piano) Yolanda Bruno (violin) Thomas Chartré (cello) Mehdi Ghazi (piano) Julie Harguindey (bassoon) Boson Mo (violin) Jenavieve Moore (soprano) Joshua Peters (violin) Barbara Cole Walton (soprano) |
| 2013 | Carson Becke (piano) Lindsay Bryden (flute) Jonathan Chan (violin) Thomas Chartré (cello) Philip Chiu (piano) Aaron-Timothy Chooi (violin) Nikki Chooi (violin) E. Kendra James (viola) Dorothy Ro (violin) Jessica Strong (soprano) |
| 2012 | Dongkyun An (cello) Yolanda Bruno (violin) Aaron-Timothy Chooi (violin) Jonathan Chan (violin) Keith Dyrda (trombone) Wallis Giunta (mezzo-soprano) Eric Han (cello) Julia Harguindey (bassoon) Todd Yaniw (piano) |
| 2011 | Dongkyun An (cello) Yolanda Bruno (violin) Caroline Cole (harp) Camillo Davila Marin (clarinet) Jeffrey Dyrda (violin) Devon Joiner (piano) Brian Yoon (cello) |
| 2010 | Jonathan Chan (violin) Isaac Chalk (viola) Keith Dyrda (trombone) David Eggert (cello) Carl Philippe Gionet (piano accompaniment) Todd Yaniw (piano) |
| 2009 | Nathaniel Andersen-Frank (violin) David Eggert (cello) Simone Osborne (soprano) |
| 2008 | Lambert Chen (viola) Nikki Chooi (violin) Andrew Dunsmore (percussion) Adam Zinatelli (trumpet) |
| 2007 | Joshua Hopkins (baritone) |
| 2006 | Jane Archibald (soprano) Darryl Friesen (piano) |
| 2005 | Judy Kang (violin) Michèle Losier (mezzo-soprano) |
| 2004 | Kaori Yamagami (cello) Jocelyne Roy (flute) |
| 2003 | Measha Brueggergosman (soprano) Sonia Chan (piano) |
| 2002 | Alexandre Da Costa (violin) |
| 2001 | David Jalbert (piano) |
| 2000 | Jessica Linnebach (violin) |
| 1999 | Stewart Gabriel Goodyear (piano) |
| 1998 | Ian Parker (piano) |
| 1997 | Joseph Elworthy (cello) |
| 1996 | Jasper Wood (violin) |
| 1995 | Joanne Hounsell (soprano) |
| 1994 | Connie Shih (piano) |
| 1993 | Juliette Kang (violin) |
| 1992 | Nathan Berg (bass-baritone) |
| 1991 | Lara St. John (violin) |
| 1990 | Michelle Mares (piano) |
| 1989 | Remi Boucher (guitar) Patricia Shih (violin) |
| 1988 | Scott St-John (violin) Stéphane Rancourt (oboe) |
| 1987 | Marc-André Hamelin (piano) Guy Few (trumpeter) |
| 1986 | Trevor Tureski (percussion) Martha Collins (soprano) |
| 1985 | Martin Mangrum (bassoon) Julie Triquet (violin) |
| 1984 | Yuval Fichman (piano) |
| 1983 | Henry van der Sloot (cello) |
| 1982 | Angèle Dubeau (violin |
| 1981 | Jon Kimura Parker (piano) |