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Updated Jul 17, 2026

Salonen Fellow Wins Solti Conducting Award

Elias Peter Brown, 31, has received the 2026 Sir Georg Solti Conducting Award as announced by the Foundation’s Board Chair Penny Van Horn and Artistic and Awards Committee Chair Elizabeth … »Read

Wildfire Smoke Cancels Ravinia Performance

Last night’s concert staging of Mozart’s Abduction from the Seraglio at the Ravinia Festival in Highland Park, IL was cancelled due to hazardous air quality from the wildfires in … »Read

Nashville Has a New CEO

A 20-year veteran as bass trombonist of the Boston Symphony and the Boston Pops is to succeed Alan D. Valentine as president and CEO of the Nashville Symphony as of August 1. He is J. Mark … »Read

Coming to Terms at Opera Colorado

On July 15, Opera Colorado and the American Guild of Musical Artists (AGMA) announced their first-ever collective bargaining agreement. Negotiations underway since May 2025 produced a three-year … »Read

People in the News

Opera Carolina Names General Director

Opera Carolina has elevated Stefano Vignati, currently the company’s music director and principal conductor , to the position of general director as the organization anticipates its 77 th … »Read

Industry News

How the U.S. Discourages Foreign Artists from Touring Here

An artist seeking entrance to perform in the U.S. must navigate a set of rules that seem designed to dissuade them from coming. A process that may take well over a year includes four steps, with … »Read

Reviews

BSO Crisis Leaves Its Quality Unscathed

The ongoing crisis at the Boston Symphony Orchestra seems to have done little to dilute the quality of the ensemble’s music making. Since the March announcement that the BSO board had … »Read

People in the News

New Exec for Colorado Music Fest

Colorado Music Festival, which this summer honors its 50 th anniversary (July 9-August 9) and its revitalization since Peter Oundjian arrived as music director in 2019 , has appointed a new … »Read

People in the News

Nelsons' Manager Sets the Record Straight

Boston Symphony Orchestra musicians, whose current contract expires next month, continue to resist management’s firing of Music Director Andris Nelsons. They have long maintained that they … »Read

Industry News

Seattle to Get a New Chamber Music Venue

Downtown Seattle will get the city’s first permanent dedicated space for chamber music in 2028, when the Seattle Chamber Music Society (SCMS) opens its new 271-seat concert hall in 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.

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

Cadie J. Bryan, soprano
New Artist of the Month
September 2025

Wendy Waszut-Barrett, designer
New Artist of the Month
August 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.	New Man in Louisville
2.	An Exciting New Isolde at the Barbican
3.	Nashville Has a New CEO
4.	Music Biz Urges Labeling for AI Recordings
5.	A Chicago Opera Festival Comes of Age
6.	A New Clarinet for the CSO
7.	Nelsons' Manager Sets the Record Straight
8.	How the U.S. Discourages Foreign Artists from Touring Here
9.	BSO Crisis Leaves Its Quality Unscathed
10.	New Exec for Colorado Music Fest