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Updated Dec 12, 2024

SFS Gets $4M to Satisfy Chorus

An anonymous donor has come forward with $4 million to enable the San Franciso Symphony to meet the demands of the 32 AGMA members in its otherwise all-volunteer, 152-member chorus. The two-year … »Read

Bayreuth Fest Partners with China

With the Bayreuth Festival  unable to secure sufficient funding at home to carry through its 2026, 150 th -anniversary season plans, its leaders will now turn, as many western presenters … »Read

A Thriving Classical Station Opens Its New Digs

In a move sharply at odds with claims that downtown Portland has become an “Urban Doom Loop,” All Classical Radio (KQAC 89.9 FM), the city’s international broadcaster of … »Read

Advertising Opera: An Historical Perspective

Since the middle of the 17 th -century, opera has relied on publicity and promotion to fill seats. At times composers such as Handel, Mozart, or Verdi enjoyed a status so elevated that the mere … »Read

A Youth Orchestra Born in a Church

ANAHEIM, California (AP)—For over two years, Ebonie Vazquez searched to find a mentor of color for her son, Giovanni, now 11 and passionate about playing the violin. She has now found that … »Read

SF Symphony Grabs 40 More Days

The San Francisco Symphony (SFS), whose musicians have been working without a contract since July 31, 2024, kicked the can a little further down the road on Dec. 9, extending all existing terms … »Read

Year's Top Apple Classical Streams Are Pianocentric

Four of the top five recordings streamed on Apple Music Classical this past year feature the piano as the lead instrument. Top honors went to South Korean virtuoso pianist Yunchan Lim, winner of … »Read

Chicago Symphony Gets $50M

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association has received a $50 million gift from Helen Zell, wife of the late billionaire Sam Zell, on behalf of the Zell Family Foundation, of which she is … »Read

Artists in Germany Nonplussed Over Cuts

American arts supporters have long gazed enviously at the German government’s generous subsidies for the country’s arts and cultural organizations. Sadly, the German Culture Council, … »Read

LA Phil Steals Philly O/Kimmel's Top Fundraiser

Kim Noltemy is wasting no time in lining up her key deputies as the new president and CEO of the Los Angeles Philharmonic . Announced today as the orchestra’s next chief philanthropy officer … »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.


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
Sarah Saviet, violinist
New Artist of the Month
March 2024
Sarah Dufresne, soprano
New Artist of the Month
February 2024
Ben Goldscheider, horn player
New Artist of the Month
January 2024

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