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Updated Jun 5, 2025

Top Exec to Leave Boston Presenter

Gary Dunning, president and executive director of the Celebrity Series of Boston , the City’s largest multi-genre presenter, will step down at the end of the 2025-26 season after 15 … »Read

KenCen Subscriptions Down from 2024-25

Reports filtering out from inside the Kennedy Center claim that subscription sales for the coming season’s programming are lagging behind last year’s by about 36 percent, or $1.6 … »Read

Harvey Milk Is Starker and Sharper

SAN FRANCISCO—On the afternoon of June 1, Opera Parallèle’s production of Harvey Milk Reimagined was nearly upstaged by vintage news footage of the man himself, the San … »Read

WGBH Lays Off 45

WGBH, the Boston-based public radio and television station responsible for classical radio and podcast programming such as Boston Symphony Orchestra and Pops concerts, Antiques Roadshow , … »Read

New Principals at H+H Society

The Handel and Haydn Society will have two new principals on its roster next season: principal viola Stephen Goist and principal clarinet Katherine Spencer. They were chosen by H+H Orchestra … »Read

Lucerne Fest Names New Academy Director

Noted composer Jörg Widmann is to be the next artistic director of the Lucerne Festival Academy, effective January of 2026. He succeeds Wolfgang Rihm, who died in July of 2024 . The news was … »Read

New Hires in Opera

Arizona Opera has named Brian DeMaris as its new president and general director, with immediate effect. He succeeds Joseph Specter , in the position from 2016 to 2025. The new man is no stranger … »Read

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Noted Harp Pedagogue Dies

Susann H. McDonald, professor emeritus of harp at the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University, founding artistic director of the World Harp Congress, performer and independent pedagogue, died … »Read

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How a Pianist's iPad Quelled Her Stage Fright

Performance anxiety afflicts many performers, and in some cases has ended promising careers. One of the hoary expectations of classical music is that the concert soloist performs without sheet … »Read

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Surprise Hire in Chicago

So much for retirement. Donald Palumbo, who allegedly did just that last year after 17 years as director of the Metropolitan Opera Chorus, is to be the next director of the Chicago Symphony … »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.

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

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

»View all New Artists of the Month

Since 1960, each year Musical America honors several outstanding musicians with an award for excellence.
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1.	New Artist of the Month: Conductor Katharina Wincor
2.	Surprise Hire in Chicago
3.	KenCen Prez Fires Trumpite VP
4.	Dudamel's Mahler 7 Hints at New York Phil's Future
5.	New Director, Cinci May Festival
6.	New Hires in Opera
7.	WGBH Lays Off 45
8.	Top Exec to Leave Boston Presenter
9.	Taking the Plunge, Detroit's Central Park Five Went Ahead Unscathed
10.	How a Pianist's iPad Quelled Her Stage Fright