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Updated May 15, 2026 02:47 PM

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A Storied Competition Turns 100

A little over a hundred years ago, banker and music-lover Walter Naumburg met a young singer who told him of her difficulties in financing her New York debut recital, and how she had been forced … »Read

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Artistic Chief Exits Santa Fe for Dallas

Dallas Opera has hired David Lomeli, chief artistic officer at Santa Fe Opera and casting consultant for Bayerische Staatsoper, as its next general director and CEO as of June 1, 2026. He succeeds … »Read

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Lincoln Center West Breaks Ground

The new Lincoln Center West Initiative will include a 2,000-seat amphitheater, christened The Baron Theater, and the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) Gardens, each named for donors of $75 … »Read

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Honoring the Carlisle Floyd Centennial

Carnegie Hall will offer the centerpiece concert for the Carlisle Floyd Centennial on June 20, with Jake Heggie as host and Christopher James Ray, executive director of the Carlisle Floyd … »Read

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A New Medusa at La Monnaie

BRUSSELS—Medusa sulks among stone bodies of men. Around her, the world has hardened into a mausoleum: gray walls, dead air, her lamenting gorgon sisters, and fate approaching in the form of … »Read

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COT's Wilde, Grimm 2026-27 Season

Chicago Opera Theater (COT) 2026-2027 season pairs two Chicago premieres with expanded investment in new work and arts education. The Importance of Being Earnest, composed by Mario … »Read

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'I Was Put on This Earth...to Tell Certain Kinds of Stories'

Gabriela Lena Frank is on a roll. On May 5, Musical America’s Composer of the Year for 2026 was awarded the 2026 Pulitzer Prize in Music for Picaflor: A future myth ,” a work inspired … »Read

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New Gigs for Bard Prof

James Bagwell, director of the music program at Bard College, has been appointed principal conductor at the Tulsa Symphony Orchestra and the Berkshire Bach Society, where he will also be director … »Read

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Frida y Diego Comes to the Met, Finally

Racked by unrelenting pain, Mexican painter Frida Kahlo wrote in her diary shortly before she died: “I joyfully await the exit — and hope never to return.” Yet return she does … »Read

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Santa Fe Opera Unveils 2027 Season

The Santa Fe Opera, whose 2026 season runs July 3-August 29, has already laid the groundwork for 2027, which will run July 2 through August 28 and mark its 70 th anniversary. Boasting 38 … »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.


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
Oliver Talukder, oboist
New Artist of the Month
July 2025
Katharina Wincor, conductor
New Artist of the Month
June 2025

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Since 1960, each year Musical America honors several outstanding musicians with an award for excellence.
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