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Updated Sep 22, 2026

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Elim Chan Adds SFS Programs to 2026-27

Elim Chan, San Francisco Symphony music director designate, has added two programs to her upcoming season with the orchestra, one of them replacing Music Director Laureate Herbert Blomstedt, who … »Read

People in the News

Opera Director 'Trickles Up' to the Met

NEW YORK (AP) — It’s less than a 40-minute walk uptown to the Metropolitan Opera House from where Heartbeat Opera got its humble start in a yoga studio. But for Louisa Proske, … »Read

Industry News

Tippet Rise Is Still a Wonder, Part II

See also Part I.  In the years since its founding in 2016, Tippet Rise has expanded in myriad ways—new sculpture, additional housing, dining facilities, acreage, livestock, and solar … »Read

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More Renovations for Ravinia

The process of renewal at the Ravinia Festival is set to continue with the $38 million renovation of the Martin Theatre, the last original structure from the 1904 opening of the 36-acre wooded … »Read

People in the News

The CEO Who Saved the Opera

One of Deborah Sandler Kemper’s last acts as CEO and general director of the Lyric Opera of Kansas City (LOKC) may well prove to be the most important achievement of her tenure. For the … »Read

Industry News

ACE Chair Says It's Time to 'Get Our Swagger Back'

Six weeks ago Dawn Airey, a TV industry veteran, succeeded Nicholas Serota as chair of Arts Council England. The agency, which annually grants more than £650m of public and lottery money to … »Read

Reviews

A Promising Start for a New Partnership

Last week’s performances of John Adams’s On the Transmigration of Souls at David Geffen Hall marked the first time the New York Philharmonic had offered the piece since its 2002 world … »Read

Industry News

Thousands Gather to Protect KenCen

WASHINGTON (AP) — Thousands of people joined outside the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Friday evening to protest President Donald Trump’s plans for the facility, … »Read

Industry News

Chicago Symphony Players Sign New Agreement

Like the colleagues in the Boston Symphony , National Symphony , and the San Francisco Opera orchestra s, the musicians of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO) have reached a new collective … »Read

Industry News

$60M to Performing Arts Library for Archival Preservation

The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts has received an anonymous gift of $60 million, the largest in its history, to underwrite a five-year preservation, cataloguing, and digitization … »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.


Skylar Tang, trumpeter
New Artist of the Month
September 2026
Jingwen Cai, mezzo-soprano
New Artist of the Month
August 2026
Estel Vivó Casanovas, saxophonist
New Artist of the Month
July 2026
Song Hee Lee, soprano
New Artist of the Month
June 2026
Élisabeth Pion, pianist
New Artist of the Month
May 2026
Theodore Platt, baritone
New Artist of the Month
April 2026
Hannah De Priest, soprano
New Artist of the Month
March 2026
Ruth Knight, director
New Artist of the Month
February 2026
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

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