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Updated Jan 7, 2026

Another Cancellation

Banjo player Béla Fleck was to have performed his own arrangement of Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue with the National Symphony Orchestra next month. But, like many before him, he has … »Read

Grant Park Fest Unveils Summer 2026

From July 10 to August 15, Chicago’s Grant Park Music Festival (GPMF) will present ten weeks’ worth of concerts at Millennium Park under the leadership of Artistic Director and … »Read

UMG Recruits Exec VP from Warner

Universal Music Group (UMG), the world’s largest music-based entertainment company, has reached outside the company to appoint James Steven as its new executive vice president & chief … »Read

Just a Bunch of Letters

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump may have his name on the building, but it’s still the Kennedy Center to Congress. A bipartisan spending package released Monday by House … »Read

New Man for the Paris Opera

Semyon Bychkov will succeed Gustavo Dudamel as music director of the Paris Opera starting in August 2028, the company’s General Director Alexander Neef said Tuesday. The 73-year-old Bychkov … »Read

RIP CPB

Leaders of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, a private agency that has steered federal funding to PBS, NPR, and hundreds of public television and radio stations across the country, voted … »Read

Industry News

Yet Again in San Antonio

The San Antonio Philharmonic is entangled in a number of lawsuits that make its continued cancellation of concerts look benign. Not only does it owe refunds to ticket holders, it owes $750,000 to … »Read

People in the News

Former Met Opera Mainstay Dies at 97

Bruce Crawford, whose leadership in many guises steered The Metropolitan Opera through the last quarter of the 20 th century, died on December 30. He was 97. Crawford entered the advertising … »Read

Industry News

Pirates on the Potomac

The shock and awe approach to governance that has characterized the first year of the second DT administration has left many critics anxiously looking for public officials willing to push back. … »Read

People in the News

Expat Hungarian Wins Nobel, Right-wingers Shrug

In December, László Krasznahorkai became only the second Hungarian writer to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature; Imre Kertész was the first, in 2002. Although the … »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.

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

Kari Watson, composer
New Artist of the Month
February 2025

Gabriela Lara, violinist
New Artist of the Month
January 2025

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Since 1960, each year Musical America honors several outstanding musicians with an award for excellence.
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1.	Met's New Puritani: Superb Music-making Saves Staging
2.	First U.S. City to Build an Opera House?
3.	Pirates on the Potomac
4.	How DT Loyalists Attained a 'Unanimous' Vote to Rename KenCen
5.	Yet Again in San Antonio
6.	Former Met Opera Mainstay Dies at 97
7.	Another High-profile Cancellation
8.	New Man for the Paris Opera
9.	RIP CPB
10.	Just a Bunch of Letters