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Updated Dec 12, 2025
La Rondine, as Puccini Wanted It
LONDON—It’s not uncommon for opera companies to investigate a composer’s first thoughts, early versions of works supplanted by what most would consider musical or dramatic … »Read
New Execs at Regional Orchestras
The Auburn (WA) Symphony Orchestra has promoted Gabi Galloway , director of individual giving, to executive director as of January 1. She succeeds Rachel Perry. Galloway is credited with expanding … »Read
Naumburg Comp Names Winners
The Terra String Quartet (TSQ) has added the 2025 Naumburg Chamber Music Competition to its long list of triumphs, winning a $15,000 cash award, recitals at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music … »Read
Nathalie Gets Another Gig
As of September 2026, Nathalie Stutzmann will succeed Kazuki Yamada as music and artistic director of the Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo (OPMC). Her four-year term will see her become the … »Read
Falstaff at COT: Salieri Was No Second-rate Composer
CHICAGO—Antonio Salieri may be the most famous classical composer whose music you’ve never heard. Chicago Opera Theater (COT) remedied that situation last week with the local premiere … »Read
Riccardo Chailly Hospitalized Mid-performance—Update
Ls Scala’s second performance of Dmitri Shostakovich’s Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk never came to its written conclusion. Before the final act got underway, Music Director Riccardo Chailly … »Read
A New International Solti Conducting Competition
The name of Sir Georg Solti has for years been associated with annual grants to young American conductors sponsored by The Solti Foundation . In recent years his name was also connected with an … »Read
New Jake Heggie Opera Honors
California Vineyard
In what figures to be a score for refined palates, the famous 1976 wine tasting in which California selections stunningly triumphed over older French vineyards will be portrayed in the opera The … »Read
Music Academy's Plans for Downtown Site Get Approval
The Music Academy of the West’s plan to transform a downtown Santa Barbara building into a music center recently met with great enthusiasm from the city’s Historical Landmarks … »Read
Two Orchestras Join Forces to Make a Third
The Orchestre des Pays de Savoie, created in 1984, is a professional chamber orchestra based in Chambéry and Annecy in the Rhône-Alpes region of France. It’s an ensemble of 23 … »Read
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Parthenia Viol Consort Presents A New Yeare’s Gift on January 2, 2026 at Manhattan’s Church of St. Luke in the Fields
Chicago's Bach in the City to Illuminate Namesake Composer's Musical World in Chamber Concert January 11
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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.
Iván López Reynoso, conductor
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December 2025
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December 2025
Hongni Wu, mezzo-soprano
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November 2025
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November 2025
Emma Wernig, viola
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October 2025
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October 2025
Cadie J. Bryan, soprano
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September 2025
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September 2025
Wendy Waszut-Barrett, designer
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August 2025
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August 2025
Oliver Talukder, oboist
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July 2025
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July 2025
Katharina Wincor, conductor
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June 2025
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June 2025
Catharine Woodward, soprano
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May 2025
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May 2025
Abigail Raiford, soprano
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April 2025
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April 2025
Ashley Jackson, harpist
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March 2025
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March 2025
Kari Watson, composer
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February 2025
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February 2025
Gabriela Lara, violinist
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January 2025
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January 2025
Madeline Apple Healey, soprano
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December 2024
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December 2024
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Since 1960, each year Musical America honors several outstanding musicians with an award for excellence.
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