Dame Myra Hess Award

{{Short description|British music award}}

The Dame Myra Hess Award is an award for postgraduate students of the piano. It has been presented by the Musicians Benevolent Fund (now Help Musicians UK) since 1968.{{cite web|url=http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/about-us/press-and-media/press-releases/dame-myra-hess-day-at-the-national-gallery |title=Dame Myra Hess Day at the National Gallery |accessdate=22 March 2016 }} Myra Hess had given the MBF crucial financial support during World War II through funds she had raised during her concert series at London's National Gallery.{{cite web |url=https://www.helpmusicians.org.uk/about-us/history |title=Help Musicians UK: History |accessdate=22 March 2016 |archive-date=25 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140225142035/https://www.helpmusicians.org.uk/about-us/history |url-status=dead }}