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Updated Jul 27, 2026

Reviews

At Aix: Smart Substitutions & a Quirky Magic Flute

The second half of this year’s Festival d’Aix-en-Provence maintained the standards of the opening week, albeit with a healthy dose of directorial controversy and two significant … »Read

People in the News

Minnesota O Taps VP of Artistic Administration

Kerry Smith, VP of artistic planning at the Utah Symphony |Utah Opera will return to her home town to take the same job with the Minnesota Orchestra as of September 1. She’ll be working … »Read

Industry News

Vancouver Plans Four New Arts Venues

A coalition of 32 performing arts organizations have announced preliminary plans for the Vancouver (BC) Cultural Precinct, a proposal to create four new and/or substantially renovated performance … »Read

People in the News

Longtime WFMT Exploring Music Host Has Died

Bill McGlaughlin, founding host for 22 years of the syndicated radio show  Exploring Music , produced and distributed by WFMT in Chicago, died on July 21 at age 82. The cause was cardiac … »Read

Industry News

Warner-Paramount Merger on Hold. For Now.

NEW YORK (AP) — Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery have agreed to delay closing their $81 billion merger well into next year, a stunning move that arrives as a judge continues to consider … »Read

Industry News

BSO Bars Red Flowers from Tanglewood

When the Boston Symphony Orchestra administration fired its Music Director Andris Nelsons without consulting its musicians, they were shocked and incensed . But the deed had been done, the … »Read

Reviews

At Aix, Kosky's Die Frau Is a Revelation

If there were any doubts about the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence’s commitment to new work following the unexpected death in 2025 of General Director Pierre Audi they were laid to rest … »Read

Reviews

Glimmerglass II: Ugly Americans, at Home & Abroad

The following completes the coverage of the 2026 Glimmerglass productions scheduled for the mainstage. See also Part I, including a photo of Oklahoma! adapted to a high school auditorium. Madama … »Read

Industry News

AFM Seeks Payment from Labels for AI Licensing Deals

In a move intended to stymie efforts on July 17 by Universal Music Group and Warner Music Group to dismiss a case over their licensing deals with generative AI platforms Suno and Udio, the … »Read

People in the News

Wachner Pleads Guilty

Julian Wachner, fired from his high-profile post as director of music at Manhattan’s Trinity Church in 2022 after credible claims of past sexual misconduct surfaced, has pled guilty to five … »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.


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
Cadie J. Bryan, soprano
New Artist of the Month
September 2025
Wendy Waszut-Barrett, designer
New Artist of the Month
August 2025

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Since 1960, each year Musical America honors several outstanding musicians with an award for excellence.
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