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Updated Jul 2, 2024

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Salonen Circles Back to Mahler 3 to Close SFS Season

SAN FRANCISCO—With the symphony’s season clouded by Music Director Esa-Pekka Salonen’s startling decision to depart in the middle of next year, at the conclusion of his five-year … »Read

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The Stretto Piano May Be Coming of Age

For at least the past century, the design of the piano keyboard has undergone few significant changes, partly from pure tradition and partly from a refusal to acknowledge that different-sized … »Read

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SF Opera Elects New Board Chair

On June 27 the board of the San Francisco Opera elected Barbara A. Wolfe to succeed John Gunn as its new chair, effective as of August. Gunn, who is to become chair emeritus, has held the position … »Read

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Paul Sperry Dies at 90

Paul Sperry, a tenor whose devotion to songs by living American composers as well as some of the most challenging by late-20th-century Europeans won praise here and abroad, died in New York on … »Read

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New Artist of the Month: Baritone Edmund Danon

LONDON—It’s a mark of a fine actor when you see him multiple times and only realize it’s the same person when you check his program biography. In 2021 at Grange Park’s The … »Read

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Saint Louis Symphony Taps Assistant Conductor

The Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra (SLSO) has named Samuel Hollister as its next assistant conductor, succeeding  Stephanie Childress who exited the job in 2023 and has moved on to some … »Read

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Breaking News? Ravel Was the Sole Composer of Bolero

A French court ruled last Friday that Maurice Ravel was the composer of the ubiquitous Bolero. That may seem obvious, but earlier this year the heirs of Russian of stage designer Alexandre Benois, … »Read

People in the News

Columbia U Names School of the Arts Dean

Sarah Cole, an expert in literary modernism, has been promoted from interim to dean of Columbia University’s School of the Arts, encompassing the departments of film, theater, visual and … »Read

Industry News

Is SF Symphony Headed for 'Regional' Status?

Esa-Pekka Salonen’s decision to not renew his contract as music director of the San Francisco Symphony (SFS) has shocked the city’s cultural cognoscenti and called into question the … »Read

People in the News

Dallas Symphony Names CEO

Michelle Miller Burns, president and CEO of the Minnesota Orchestra, is to take the same position with the Dallas Symphony as of September 23. She succeeds Kim Noltemy, who was  announced in … »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.


Edmund Danon, baritone
New Artist of the Month
July 2024
Kedrick Armstrong, conductor
New Artist of the Month
June 2024
Ian Niederhoffer, conductor
New Artist of the Month
May 2024
~Nois Saxophone Quartet
New Artists of the Month
April 2024
Sarah Saviet, violinist
New Artist of the Month
March 2024
Sarah Dufresne, soprano
New Artist of the Month
February 2024
Ben Goldscheider, horn player
New Artist of the Month
January 2024
William Thomas, bass
New Artist of the Month
December 2023
Jonas Frølund, clarinetist
New Artist of the Month
November 2023
Stephanie Childress, conductor
New Artist of the Month
October 2023
Lee Reynolds, conductor
New Artist of the Month
September 2023
Hillary Simms, trombonist
New Artist of the Month
August 2023

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