NEWS
Updated Oct 16, 2025
A Happy Renewal in Baltimore
The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (BSO) has extended Music Director Jonathan Heyward’s contract through the 2030-31 season, which is three years beyond its current end point of 2027-28. Since … »Read
Much Admired Mezzo Puts Frick's New Hall Through Its Paces
On Sunday October 12, mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter, with pianist Kristian Bezuidenbout, offered the first solo vocal recital in the Frick Collection’s new 220-seat Stephen A. … »Read
Likening Trump Era to McCarthyism, Jane Fonda Revives First Amendment Committee
On Oct. 1, Jane Fonda announced that she would revive The Committee for the First Amendment. The group, originally organized in 1947 by her father Henry Fonda and others, condemned hearings held … »Read
Year-old UAE Phil Taps German Concertmaster
Nicolas Koeckert has been named as the first concertmaster for the United Arab Emirates National Orchestra (UAENO) in Abu Dhabi. His appointment takes immediate effect. The Munich native studied … »Read
Wheeling Symphony Hires New Exec Director
Succeeding Sonja Thoms as executive director of the Wheeling Symphony Orchestra (WSO) will be Marc Zyla, a horn-performance doctoral candidate at the University of Illinois. Thoms left last June … »Read
A Mini Boulez Fête at the NY Phil
This year marks the centenary of modernist master Pierre Boulez (1925–2016), music director of the New York Philharmonic from 1971 to 1977. In tribute, the orchestra offered a back-to-back … »Read
Public Radio Cuts Endanger Classical Music on the Air
For many listeners, public radio stations, particularly those in rural areas, are the go-to sources for news, information, and classical music. The decision by the Trump administration to rescind … »Read
Broadway Musicians Will Strike, Unless...
The membership of American Federation of Musicians Local 802 has voted overwhelmingly—98 percent—in favor of a strike if negotiations with the Broadway League do not produce a new … »Read
KenCen Trees Chopped Down
The administration has taken to felling trees on the Kennedy Center campus. According to the Washington Classical Review , in a recent report on a concert by the National Symphony Orchestra … »Read
Famous 19th-century Sex Worker Gets His Own Opera
LONDON—Northern Irish composer Conor Mitchell earned plaudits for his 2023 opera Abomination: A DUP Opera , a lacerating satire on homophobia, hate speech, and the people who perpetrate it … »Read
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Sara Buechner to perform Ravel Concerto with Oakland Symphony
New York Festival Of Song Presents NYFOS Next: The Many Worlds Interpretation
All-Star Orchestra Receives 11th Emmy® Award
'Music for Film and Beyond' – Oct. 27 at Baruch PAC
The New York Virtuoso Singers Presents Season Opening Concert of Bach Motets at Manhattan’s Church of St. Luke in the Fields
Eighth Blackbird Presents the Inaugural Eyrie Festival
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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.
Emma Wernig, viola
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October 2025
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October 2025
Cadie J. Bryan, soprano
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September 2025
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September 2025
Wendy Waszut-Barrett, designer
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August 2025
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August 2025
Oliver Talukder, oboist
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July 2025
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July 2025
Katharina Wincor, conductor
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June 2025
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June 2025
Catharine Woodward, soprano
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May 2025
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May 2025
Abigail Raiford, soprano
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April 2025
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April 2025
Ashley Jackson, harpist
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March 2025
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March 2025
Kari Watson, composer
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February 2025
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February 2025
Gabriela Lara, violinist
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January 2025
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January 2025
Madeline Apple Healey, soprano
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December 2024
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December 2024
Sterling Elliott, cellist
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November 2024
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November 2024
Liza Malamut, trombonist
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October 2024
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October 2024
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