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Updated Jul 3, 2025

Hamilton to Receive Constitution
Center Liberty Medal

Lin-Manuel Miranda’s hit musical Hamilton and Ron Chernow, whose biography inspired it, are to receive the National Constitution Center’s (NCC) Liberty Medal on October 17, the first … »Read

Third Coast Percussion
Throws Itself a Festival

CHICAGO—In the summer of 2005, four young percussionists gave their first performance as a standalone quartet at Northwestern University, where they’d all studied. Twenty years, … »Read

Warner to Cut $300M, Half of It in Staff Costs

On July 1, Robert Kyncl, CEO of the Warner Music Group (WMG), informed staff via an internal memo that layoffs were imminent as part of an effort to restructure and reduce costs by $300 million. … »Read

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Opera in the Heights Taps Interim GD

Opera in the Heights (OH!), the Houston-based regional opera company, has appointed Kathryn Frady as its interim general director, with immediate effect. She succeeds Eiki Isomura, who will … »Read

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Wigmore Hall Hosts the Cool Kids

LONDON—With his eclectic taste, imaginative aural palette, and a talent for quirky, occasionally barmy music-making, 35-year-old Alex Paxton is one of the U.K.’s most original voices. … »Read

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Birmingham Opera Taps New GM

The Birmingham (UK) Opera Company has named Seb Lovell-Huckle as its new general manager. He joins the company after previous service as CEO of the English Symphony Orchestra, executive director … »Read

Industry News

Ormandy and His Philadelphians on Disc, 1964-1983

For two decades beginning in the mid-1960s, Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra released multiple recordings on the Columbia label each year, introducing classical music to millions of … »Read

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Mozart AI: 'More Music in Less Time'

On July 16 artificial intelligence startup company Arthos (a blend of the words art and ethos) will go public with its first product—Mozart AI. The company has raised €625,000 to … »Read

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New Artist of the Month:
Oboist Oliver Talukder

Graduating from the ultra-selective Curtis Institute of Music is an achievement in and of itself. But Oliver Talukder [tah-LOOK-der], 23, has become a legend even in Curtis’s hallowed halls. … »Read

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SF Opera, Musicians Sign Stop-gap Pact

San Francisco Opera and its orchestra have signed a contract retroactive to August 1, 2024 and valid through July 31, 2026. This essentially one-year agreement contains the provision that the two … »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.

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

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.
»View the Musical America award winners

1.	New Artist of the Month: Oboist Oliver Talukder
2.	One Maestro, Too Many Major Gigs
3.	Wigmore Hall Hosts the Cool Kids
4.	Warner to Cut $300M, Half of It in Staff Costs
5.	New Figaro at Glyndebourne: Familiarity Breeds Content
6.	A Mentor-Mentee Confab at Ravinia
7.	Czech Phil Names Semyon Bychkov's Successor
8.	That Other Chicago Orchestra Offers a Distinguished Shostakovich 10
9.	LSO Managing Director to Exit
10.	Ormandy and His Philadelphians on Disc, 1964-1983