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Updated Jul 9, 2026

A Top 50 Countdown with the Bachians, Part I

In June, the Leipzig Bach Festival held a “Top 50 Bach Cantata Countdown”: 12 concerts—two per day, with four, and sometimes five cantatas each—counting down to No. 1. This … »Read

David Lang's The National Anthems at the Met

The Metropolitan Museum commemorated July 4 with David Lang’s 2014 choral work The National Anthems . The five-movement, 24-minute piece was performed three times (for free) during the … »Read

Mellon Grants $1.75M to Historic Opera House

A $1.75 million grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has breathed new life into the effort to restore and preserve the National Opera House, a 1890s-era Queen Anne-style manor in the … »Read

SFS Announces MTT Tribute Concert

In all likelihood, tickets to the San Francisco Symphony’s October 2 tribute to Michael Tilson Thomas are going fast, not so much for the starry guest roster as for the sheer “have to … »Read

Tito Muñoz to Oversee CIM Orchestra

Tito Muñoz, who has been serving as interim music director of the Cleveland Institute of Music (CIM) Orchestra, will assume the post permanently in the fall, with the title of director and … »Read

Bombed Conservatory in Gaza Stays the Course—in Tents

One of the many casualties of the war in Gaza has been the branch of Palestine’s Edward Said National Conservatory of Music. Founded in 1993, it once had well-equipped offices in Gaza City, … »Read

New in Academe

Courtney Crouse has joined the LSU School of Music as Associate Professor and the Janice Harvey Pellar Endowed Chair of Voice. She has pursued an international career as a mezzo-soprano, and … »Read

Fairy Tales to Invade Glimmerglass '27

The Glimmerglass Festival, which opens its season on July 10 with Oklahoma!, has already announced its 2027 iteration, which promises 30 mainstage performances running in repertoire July 12 to … »Read

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Robert Kimball: 1939-2026

Robert Kimball, the musical theater historian who in 1982 uncovered long-buried scores by Gershwin, Porter, Richard Rodgers, et al. in a New Jersey warehouse, died in a Manhattan hospital on July … »Read

Industry News

Finally: Lincoln's Words Meet Glass's Music

Philip Glass’s new symphony finally had its premiere on July 5 at Tanglewood with the Boston Symphony Orchestra with Karen Kamensek conducting. The work, formally known as Symphony No.15 … »Read

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HONORS & AWARDS

Each month, Musical America spotlights an important emerging talent. If you haven't heard of the New Artist of the Month before, we predict you will soon.

Estel Vivó Casanovas, saxophonist
New Artist of the Month
July 2026

Song Hee Lee, soprano
New Artist of the Month
June 2026

Élisabeth Pion, pianist
New Artist of the Month
May 2026

Theodore Platt, baritone
New Artist of the Month
April 2026

Hannah De Priest, soprano
New Artist of the Month
March 2026

Ruth Knight, director
New Artist of the Month
February 2026

Chelsea Lehnea, soprano
New Artist of the Month
January 2026

Iván López Reynoso, conductor
New Artist of the Month
December 2025

Hongni Wu, mezzo-soprano
New Artist of the Month
November 2025

Emma Wernig, viola
New Artist of the Month
October 2025

Cadie J. Bryan, soprano
New Artist of the Month
September 2025

Wendy Waszut-Barrett, designer
New Artist of the Month
August 2025

»View all New Artists of the Month

Since 1960, each year Musical America honors several outstanding musicians with an award for excellence.
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1.	A Claustrophobic Billy Budd with a Much Anticipated Role Debut
2.	Exiting Music Directors, Regional Edition
3.	Robert Kimball: 1939-2026
4.	No First Prize at the Mahler Comp
5.	Palais Garnier to Close for Five Years
6.	Leeds Gets an Update & a New Artistic Director
7.	Fairy Tales to Invade Glimmerglass '27
8.	New in Academe
9.	Philly’s Reimagined Highmark Mann, Part II
10.	Iconic Opera House Loses Its Chief