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NY Phil to Make Radio City Debut

How to follow an act as iconic as the Radio City Hall Christmas Spectacular, complete with 36 Rockettes as backward-cascading toy soldiers, 4200-pipe mighty Wurlitzer in full cry, and accompanying … »Read

Fred Child's Next Move

Fred Child, who resigned in October after a 25-year run as host of the NPR-originated program Performance Today, is moving to a different side of classical music radio. As of January 2, he is to … »Read

Anne-Sophie to Celebrate 50 Years

Beginning in 2026, violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter will mark the 50 th anniversary of her international debut with two years of projects including new recordings, a curated Deutsche Gramophone … »Read

Take Control of Your Work Now, Before AI's Corporate Partners Do

Dave Stewart, co-founder with Annie Lennox of the Eurythmics [pictured], is making the case that artificial intelligence is an “unstoppable force…. Everybody should be selling or … »Read

An Indoor-Outdoor Opera House for Hamburg

The architectural firm Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) has won the bid to design the new home of the Hamburg State Opera and Hamburg Ballet. Conceived as a landscape of concentric terraces, the new … »Read

Pew Center Announces New Exec & $8.6M in Grants

The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage has named Christina Vassallo as its new executive director, effective January 5, 2026. She follows Paula Marincola, who retired in October after serving as … »Read

Faggots and Friends at the Armory

The 1977 book The Faggots and their Friends Between Revolutions , a product of the early post-Stonewall years of gay liberation, offers a fey parable about gender roles and sexuality. Larry … »Read

A Tribute to Music's Architect

When Frank Gehry died at age 96 on Dec. 5, the world lost a man who “did more than any other single individual in the 21 st century to benefit music.” Such high praise, from Mark Swed, … »Read

New CEO for the National Arts Centre

Canada’s National Arts Centre (NAC) has promoted Annabelle Cloutier, its executive director of strategy and communications and corporate secretary to the board of trustees, to be its next … »Read

Shostakovich's Lady Macbeth Opens La Scala Season

MILAN (AP) — The gala crowd at Milan's Teatro alla Scala cheered the season premiere of Dmitry Shostakovich's Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk  with a 12-minute standing ovation Sunday, as 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.


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
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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