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Updated Mar 30, 2025

Industry News

Wigmore Hall Declares Independence with All-star Season

Wigmore Hall, one of the world’s most prestigious recital and chamber-music venues, celebrates its 125 th anniversary season in 2025-26, as John Gilhooly, OBE, launches his own 25 years … »Read

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Lyric Opera of Chicago Gets $25M

Penelope Steiner, president of the Foundation that bears her and her late husband Robert’s name, has given $25 million, unrestricted, to the Lyric Opera of Chicago. Her Foundation reports … »Read

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Philly O Adds Strings

Four string players are, or will be, new to the Philadelphia Orchestra this season. Cellist Jiayin He joined the orchestra this past February, while simultaneously pursuing his MM at the Curtis … »Read

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NY Phil Releases Select Boulez Archives

The New York Philharmonic marked the 100 th birthday of the late Pierre Boulez, the orchestra’s music director from 1971 to 1977, with the digital release of more than 13,000 pages of … »Read

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2 Kennedy Center Pillars Stay the Course

Given the recent changes in Kennedy Center leadership, it is a relief to report that 2025-26 programming for two of its key constituents—the Washington National Opera (WNO) and the National … »Read

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Judge Blocks Trump's Order to Shutter VOA, RFE

A U.S. district judge has said “Not so fast there” to the Trump administration’s plans to shutter Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL). In a decision granting a temporary … »Read

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Dutch N.O. Attempts to Go Green

Opera, the grandest of the performing arts, also produces the largest carbon footprint. Everything contributes: air travel for artists and staff, costume- and set-building, catering and food … »Read

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Opera Theater Might Build Anew

Opera Theatre of Saint Louis (OTSL) is under contract to purchase a 6.67-acre parcel of land in the Clayton community on which to build a new, state-of-the-art performing arts center. The property … »Read

People in the News

Curtis Institute Staffer Exits
for School of Music Directorship

Shea Scruggs, current Curtis Institute chief enrollment officer and director of institutional research and musician experience (!!), is to be the new director of the John J. Cali School of Music … »Read

Industry News

Welser-Möst’s Penultimate Season

The Cleveland Orchestra’s 108 th season, and Franz Welser-Möst’s 24 th as music director, runs September 2025 through May 2026 at Severance Music Center. He will mark his final, … »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.


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
Nancy Ives, composer
New Artist of the Month
September 2024
Tarmo Peltokoski, conductor
New Artist of the Month
August 2024
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

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