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Updated Dec 24, 2025

People in the News

NY Times Classical Reporter Now Official

On Dec. 23, Sia Michel, culture editor for The New York Times since January 2023, announced that Adam Nagourney is the newspaper’s new classical music and dance correspondent. A 30-year … »Read

People in the News

KBS Symphony Names New MD

In January, Chung Myung-whun will begin a three-year term as music director of the KBS Symphony Orchestra in Seoul. His appointment marks his return to Seoul to head a major Korean ensemble since … »Read

Reviews

Traditional Fare Gets High(er) Marks at Wigmore Hall

LONDON—Hugh Cutting has been making regular waves on this side of the pond ever since 2021 when he became the first countertenor to win the prestigious Kathleen Ferrier Award. A graduate of … »Read

Industry News

Another KenCen Exit

The Trump coup has claimed another victim. After a 58-year affiliation with The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the American College Theater Festival (ACTF) is calling it quits. In … »Read

Contests & Awards

Big Names, Big Honors

Riccardo Muti received  The Joseph Ratzinger-Benedict XVI Vatican Foundation Prize from Pope Leo XIV at a Vatican Christmas concert he led on Decenber 12 in the Paul VI Audience Hall in … »Read

People in the News

Zurich Names Noseda's Successor

Lorenzo Viotti will take over as general music director of the Zurich Opera House for two years beginning with the 2028-29 season. His initial contract will coincide with the current term of … »Read

People in the News

The Story of Hitler's Pianist, Soon to Emerge

For nearly two decades, Walter Hambock lived a quiet life in the tiny Scottish village of Strichen, playing the organ at his church, directing the local music society, and running a small sheet … »Read

Industry News

Broadway Musical Costs Hit the Exosphere

The economic outlook for Broadway musicals is increasingly fraught. Although the past season drew more than 14 million patrons and produced the highest gross in a decade, as of late September none … »Read

People in the News

Exploring Music Host Is Exited

When Chicago’s classical radio station WFMT announced on December 10’s that a new host for the internationally syndicated “Exploring Music” series would start in March, it … »Read

Reviews

CSO, Mäkelä, Lim Take on the Masters

CHICAGO—Christmas came early for Chicago Symphony audiences on December 18. I refer not to the orchestra’s holiday music concerts, which continue this week, but to what was the first … »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.


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
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

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