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Updated Mar 26, 2026

People in the News

Carter Brey Is Retiring

With the end of the 2025-26 season just around the corner, today’s news seems sudden: Carter Brey, the New York Philharmonic’s longtime and highly estimable principal cello, is to … »Read

Industry News

The 2026 Ojai Music Festival: Irresistible

For fans of 20 th - and 21 st -century music, this year’s Ojai Music Festival is irresistible. Put together by Music Director Esa-Pekka Salonen with festival Artistic and Executive Ara … »Read

Industry News

The Globe Weighs in on the BSO Bungle

The displeasure surrounding the announcement that the Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO) will not renew Andris Nelsons’s contract as music director is not subsiding. At the Thursday, March 19 … »Read

Reviews

New Music, Made in America

Three new releases highlight the diversity of orchestral and chamber music coming out of the U.S. right now. First up, Sarah Kirkland Snider ’s Forward Into Light , a distinctive and … »Read

Industry News

Pittsburgh Symphony Meets the NFL Draft

Travelers passing through the Pittsburgh International Airport between now and April 30 can see life-size holograms of members of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra performing. Created by Joe Zeff … »Read

Industry News

San Antonio Phil Sues Scottish Rite

The San Antonio Philharmonic—which cancelled all remaining concerts last month and whose future viability, given its past, is questionable—is seeking more than $1 million in damages … »Read

Reviews

A Butterfly for the AI Era

CHICAGO— Hello, Dolly was right: Sometimes, it only takes a moment. Director Matthew Ozawa’s widely traveled production of Madama Butterfly is far from perfect in its arrival at the … »Read

People in the News

Interim CEOs, London and Savannah

In a sign of its ongoing struggles, the English National Opera has appointed yet another interim CEO, the third attempt to secure administrative leadership in as many years. He is Paul Reeve, MBE, … »Read

Industry News

Preservationists Sue to Stop KenCen 'Renovation'

On March 23 eight associations representing preservationists and architects filed a law suit in federal district court against the Trump administration to halt the “renovation” of The … »Read

People in the News

The 2026 Avery Fisher Career Grantees

The four 2024 Avery Fisher Career Grant winners, each a recipient of $25,000, were recorded live in performance last night for an upcoming broadcast on New York’s all-classical WQXR. 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.


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
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

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