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Updated Nov 28, 2022

The Hours: Contemporary Music Theater at Its Best

When Renée Fleming bid a fond farewell to the Met Opera in 2017, singing her final Marschallin in Rosenkavalier , she did say that she might return one day should the right project come … »Read

Music Director Updates

Spanish conductor Gustavo Gimeno [pictured] has renewed his music directorship with the Toronto Symphony through the 2029-30 season. The 46-year-old maestro first signed on 2020-21, succeeding … »Read

Industry News

DG Launches Subscription Streaming Site

Deutsche Grammophon has launched STAGE+, a streaming platform that offers access to the latest audio and video recordings on DG and Decca, concert and operatic performances from the … »Read

People in the News

Esperanza Spalding Leaving Harvard, Citing Its Passive Nod to Black and Native Life 'Exploitation'

After five years as a professor in the music department at Harvard, jazz musician Esperanza E. Spalding has announced she is leaving the university to return to her hometown of Portland, … »Read

Industry News

Opening Night of Teatro San Carlo Cancelled

Early arrivals to Teatro San Carlo’s eagerly anticipated opening of the season on Saturday in Naples were surprised to discover that Claus Guth’s new production of Don Carlo had been … »Read

People in the News

Bruce Coppock Dies

Bruce Coppock, who twice served the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra as president and managing director—from 1999 to 2008 and again 2013 to 2016—died on Nov. 21 at age 71 after a long battle … »Read

People in the News

A First: Women Outnumber Men in the NY Philharmonic

One of the most significant changes in the New York Philharmonic as it settles into its newly renovated home is that women musicians outnumber men—45 to 44—for the first time in the … »Read

Contests & Awards

BBC Gives Its Annual Young Musician Competition Short Shrift

Julian Lloyd Webber has taken the BBC to task for sidelining its own annual Young Musician competition. It was first broadcast in 1978 on BBC One, where it annually attracted 13 million viewers. … »Read

Industry News

Tonight at the Met: Debut Staging of Kevin Puts's The Hours

NEW YORK — Kevin Puts’s The Hours has had more than a few hours of changes since it was first heard in a pair of concert performances in Philadelphia last March. The first composition … »Read

Reviews

Michael Gordon's Nicaragua Premieres at Zankel

Tragedy has a way of honing artistic focus. After the 2001 attack on the World Trade Center, the founding composers of Bang on a Can—Michael Gordon, David Lang, and Julia Wolfe— veered … »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.

Zlatomir Fung, cellist
New Artist of the Month
November 2022

Jonathan Swensen, cellist
New Artist of the Month
October 2022

Lauren Fagan, soprano
New Artist of the Month
September 2022

Anna Geniushene, pianist
New Artist of the Month
August 2022

Limmie Pulliam, tenor
New Artist of the Month
July 2022

Julie Roset, soprano
New Artist of the Month
June 2022

Jordan Bak, violist
New Artist of the Month
May 2022

Rupert Boyd, guitarist
New Artist of the Month
April 2022

Lee Mills, conductor
New Artist of the Month
March 2022

Dani Howard, composer
New Artist of the Month
February 2022

Dominick Chenes, tenor
New Artist of the Month
January 2022

Tom Borrow, pianist
New Artist of the Month
December 2021

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Since 1960, each year Musical America honors several outstanding musicians with an award for excellence.
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1.	Bruce Coppock Dies
2.	The Hours: Contemporary Music Theater at Its Best
3.	Esperanza Spalding Leaving Harvard, Citing Its Passive Nod to Black and Native Life 'Exploitation'
4.	Music Director Updates
5.	Opening Night of Teatro San Carlo Cancelled
6.	A First: Women Outnumber Men in the NY Philharmonic
7.	BBC Gives Its Annual Young Musician Competition Short Shrift
8.	DG Launches Subscription Streaming Site