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Updated Oct 9, 2025

Is the Venezi Backlash Sexism?

The appointment of conductor Beatrice Venezi as the music director of La Fenice in Venice beginning in 2026 has prompted “a properly operatic outbreak of rage,” writes classical music … »Read

UNCSA Gets $10M for Roots Music Institute

Winston-Salem residents Randall “Randy” and Kamalakshi “Kamu” Dishmon have donated more than $10.1 million to the University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA) to … »Read

Detroit Symphony: 7 New Members + 6 ''Acting'' Players

As of the current season, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra has seven new members and six “acting” members with longterm contracts. The latter group are filling vacancies, but are not on … »Read

The Tenor Makes His Met Debut—as a Director

NEW YORK (AP) — Tenor Rolando Villazón was singing the title role in Massenet’s Werther in 2006 at Nice, France, when he started thinking about how he would direct the opera. … »Read

New Music Directors: Sweden, Poland

Andrés Orozco-Estrada will become music director of the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra beginning with the 2026-27 season. The 47-year-old Austrian-Columbian conductor has been a guest on … »Read

At Chichester, A Choral Pilgrimage at 25; Hildegard Tells Her Story

CHICHESTER, West Sussex, UK—It is a quarter century since director Harry Christophers first took his vocal group The Sixteen on a Choral Pilgrimage, visiting some of the finest cathedrals in … »Read

Cincinnati's Principal Trombone Dies

Cristian Ganicenco, principal trombone and a member of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra (CSO) since 1999, died on Oct. 2 after a long battle with cancer. He was 58 A native of Iasi, Romania, he … »Read

Industry News

Henry Purcell Scores Unearthed in UK

A team of musicologists has discovered two works—a printed song score and the original manuscript for various keyboard compositions—by Henry Purcell. “It’s almost unheard … »Read

Reviews

Trombone Dust-up in Market Street

The world premiere of Timothy Higgins’s Market Street, 1920s on Oct. 3 by the San Francisco Symphony led The San Francisco Chronicle critic to describe the work as a collision … »Read

Reviews

Four New Opera Recordings

Among a handful of new opera recordings, few labels are as adventurous as BMOP/sound. Working in tandem with Odyssey Opera and Boston Modern Orchestra Project, their latest release is the debut … »Read

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HONORS & AWARDS

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.

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

Sterling Elliott, cellist
New Artist of the Month
November 2024

Liza Malamut, trombonist
New Artist of the Month
October 2024

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Since 1960, each year Musical America honors several outstanding musicians with an award for excellence.
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1.	RIP, Eastern Music Festival
2.	Four New Opera Recordings
3.	ENO Cenerentola Fails to Launch
4.	Baltimore Symphony Adds Conducting Staff
5.	Chicago's Clever New Music Venue
6.	Is the Venezi Backlash Sexism?
7.	Detroit Symphony: 7 New Members + 6 ''Acting'' Players
8.	Trombone Dust-up in Market Street
9.	New Music Directors: Sweden, Poland
10.	NEC to Offer 5 Year BA/MM Track