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Updated Nov 26, 2025

Smashing Pumpkins Invades the Opera House

CHICAGO—Want to celebrate the 30 th anniversary of your top-selling alt-rock double album, Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness , and pump it up to operatic proportions? If you’re … »Read

LA Phil Makes Cuts to YOLA

The Los Angeles Philharmonic’s much praised Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles (YOLA) currently provides free instruments and ensemble training for thousands of young musicians who are 5 through … »Read

New Top Exec at Portland Symphony

The Oregon Symphony board of directors has elevated Paul Snyder to the permanent position of president and CEO from an interim appointment made in July 2025. His responsibilities will include … »Read

Law & Disorder: Recent Updates

Inside This Issue: Judge Rules Against NEA’s Grant Restriction; Enforcing a Letter of Intent for an Engagement; USCIS Announces Multiple New Filing Addresses for US Artist Visa Petitions; … »Read

Gary Lakes, 1950-2025

American heldentenor Gary Lakes died on November 11 in Pittsburgh, PA. He was 75. He sang over 100 performances at the Metropolitan Opera, from 1986-1997, and was particularly known for his … »Read

Honeck's Requiem Comes to Chicago

CHICAGO—Few events in music history are as mythologized—and muddled—as the circumstances surrounding Mozart’s death and Requiem. Even two people in the room for his last … »Read

Starry Lineup for Wigmore Hall Festival

Wigmore Hall is planning a two-week celebration of its 125 th anniversary for the end of May 2026. Twenty-four concerts across 14 days, many of them broadcast on BBC Radio, will feature some the … »Read

Industry News

The Florida Orchestra Gets $10M

Florida’s orchestras are having a banner year—if not necessarily in ticket sales, then certainly in fund raising. In St. Petersburg, the Florida Orchestra just received $10 … »Read

Industry News

Apple Classical's 2025 Top Seller

Alice Sara Ott's recording of John Field’s Complete Nocturnes is Apple Music Classical’s Album of the Year for 2025, proving to be the most popular recording on Apple Classical Top 100 … »Read

Industry News

Spain's Reina Sofía School Partners with Qatar Music Academy

The Qatar Foundation (QF) and the Reina Sofía School of Music in Spain have announced the creation of a chair of Arab Studies as part of a 10-year partnership to use academic and artistic … »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.

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

Oliver Talukder, oboist
New Artist of the Month
July 2025

Katharina Wincor, conductor
New Artist of the Month
June 2025

Catharine Woodward, soprano
New Artist of the Month
May 2025

Abigail Raiford, soprano
New Artist of the Month
April 2025

Ashley Jackson, harpist
New Artist of the Month
March 2025

Kari Watson, composer
New Artist of the Month
February 2025

Gabriela Lara, violinist
New Artist of the Month
January 2025

Madeline Apple Healey, soprano
New Artist of the Month
December 2024

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Since 1960, each year Musical America honors several outstanding musicians with an award for excellence.
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1.	Honeck's Requiem Comes to Chicago
2.	SFO Secures $5M Annual Gift
3.	Starry Lineup for Wigmore Hall Festival
4.	Newly Discovered Bach Is 'Daring Music'
5.	Protesters Interrupt Carmen
6.	Arts Groups Reject $$ to Protect DEI
7.	Apple Classical's 2025 Top Seller
8.	Law & Disorder: Recent Updates
9.	Smashing Pumpkins Invades the Opera House
10.	The Florida Orchestra Gets $10M