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Updated Sep 9, 2026 12:48 PM

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BSO Hires New Chorus Director

Montreal-based conductor Jean-Sébastien Vallée is the new director of choruses and conductor of the Tanglewood Festival Chorus (TFC) for the Boston Symphony Orchestra, with immediate … »Read

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Netrebko Loses Defamation Suit

Over a few tortured weeks in February and March of 2022 the Metropolitan Opera and its reigning prima donna, Russian soprano Anna Netrebko, engaged in a war of words that ended with the severing … »Read

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David Rubinstein Buys Blue

David Rubenstein, the former chair of The Kennedy Center whom Donald Trump ousted in February of 2025, has stepped forward to purchase Joel Shapiro’s Blue , the abstract sculpture removed … »Read

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Star of Met's New Così Doesn't Sing, She Slithers

NEW YORK (AP) — Pretty much everyone on stage at the Metropolitan Opera in New York must audition — even the snake who will briefly take center stage in an upcoming adaptation of a … »Read

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Events.com Buys Operabase

Events.com, an AI and data-driven platform, has acquired Operabase. Operated by Copenhagen-based Arts Consolidated ApS since its 1996 founding, Operabase has been the definitive source for … »Read

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At the Proms: Berlin Proves Its Bona Fides, If Not Scriabin's

LONDON--A great deal of ink has been spilled this last month on a perennial question: Is the Berlin Philharmonic the world’s greatest orchestra? This September 3 Royal Albert Hall concert, … »Read

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Partial Ceiling Collapse at KenCen

WASHINGTON (AP) — A chunk of ceiling fell inside a main hallway of the Kennedy Center, according to a spokesperson who said the damage underscores the need to shut down the historic arts … »Read

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Requiem for America Finally Gets Its U.S. Premiere

Brent Michael Davids’s Requiem for America: Singing for the Invisible People will be introduced to an American audience at a one-night performance in Boston on Nov. 14, six months after its … »Read

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Düsseldorf Cancels Early Season Operas

The deteriorating conditions at the Düsseldorf Opera House have forced the Deutsche Oper am Rhein to cancel performances, including all six of Madama Butterly , through the fall, and the … »Read

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Mazzoli and Vavrek's The Galloping Cure Premiered in Edinburgh

EDINBURGH, Scotland (AP) — Missy Mazzoli’s desire to compose an opera about the opioids epidemic was sparked by the deaths of two cousins. “One was in 2002 and the other passed … »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.


Skylar Tang, trumpeter
New Artist of the Month
September 2026
Jingwen Cai, mezzo-soprano
New Artist of the Month
August 2026
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

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