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SFO Secures $5M Annual Gift

San Francisco Opera will receive $5 million a year from Jensen and Lori Huang, co-chairs of the company’s Monkey King Honorary Committee. The gift is helping to underwrite the recent … »Read

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Newly Discovered Bach Is 'Daring Music'

It took Peter Wollny more than three decades to determine that two unsigned manuscripts he discovered at the Royal Library of Belgium while in graduate school at Harvard were the work of a teenage … »Read

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Protesters Interrupt Carmen

The Met Opera stage had a few extra supernumeraries Friday night, as hecklers landed on stage during Act 1 of the updated, bus-and-truck Carmen   to protest the late right-wing billionaire … »Read

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Arts Groups Reject $$ to Protect DEI

Executive orders by Donald Trump restricting the use of federal grant money for projects that promote diversity, equity and inclusion have led several organizations to decline grants from their … »Read

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Paris Opera Competition Finis

Welsh baritone Steffan Lloyd Owen won the first prize at the biennial Paris Opera Competition on Nov. 20 at Marigny Theatre. As a member of the International Opera Studio at Zürich Opera, … »Read

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A Potpourri of New Cello Encores

For anyone whose favorite instrument is the cello, Davies Symphony Hall was the place to be on November 16. The occasion was the world premiere of Gaïa , Greek for Goddess of the Earth, a … »Read

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Pittsburgh Symphony Reports Robust Financials

The preliminary results for the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra’s (PSO) 2024–2025 fiscal year are full of good news. PSO President & CEO Melia Tourangeau and Board Chair Anthony … »Read

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Stulberg Comp Names New Exec

The Stulberg International String Competition, coming up on its 50 th anniversary in May, has  appointed Garret Jones, director of administration for the Kalamazoo Symphony, to be its next … »Read

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Galilee Chamber Takes a Quiet Stateside Tour

At first glance the Galilee Chamber Orchestra seems an unlikely meeting of musical minds. Based in Nazareth, the ensemble includes 46 musicians drawn from students, faculty, and alumni at the … »Read

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Strange Choices for Berlioz's Faust

PARIS—Behold the tale of a journey thwarted. The chief draw to this new staging of La Damnation de Faust at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées (TCE), Paris, was the … »Read

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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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