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Updated Sep 13, 2026

SF Opera Orchestra Craters Opening

As it turns out, opening-night patrons at the War Memorial Opera House had dressed in their finest for no reason. Verdi’s Simon Boccanegra, set to launch the 104 th San Francisco Opera … »Read

New Leadership for Santa Fe Opera
Apprentice Program

The acclaimed apprentice program will have new leaders at the next Santa Fe Opera season, specifically Kevin Murphy as its director and longtime chorus director Susanne Sheton as his associate. … »Read

Industry News

Job Cuts at the DSO

While the Detroit Symphony Orchestra’s (DSO) decision to eliminate three senior positions is an indication of the orchestra’s continued financial challenges, the nature of their … »Read

Contests & Awards

Summer Competition Wins

The Liszt Academy reports receiving a record 265 applications from aspiring young singers for its biannual Éva Marton International Singing Competition in its seventh edition. … »Read

People in the News

Yale Symphony's Music Director Returns

After a one-year medical leave, Elizabeth Askren is back as music director of the Yale Symphony Orchestra, a post she assumed last year , succeeding the retiring Willam Boughton. In her … »Read

People in the News

New Assistant Dean of Admissions for CCM

Jordan M. Davis is to be assistant dean of admissions at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM), effective Oct. 1. He succeeds John Martin, who is retiring after 11 years … »Read

Reviews

At the Proms: An Ageless Icon

LONDON—Words like icon and legendary are apt to be overused, but in the case of Martha Argerich they feel entirely justified. This September 5 BBC Prom at London’s Royal Albert Hall … »Read

People in the News

New Danish Young Artist Award

Jonathan Swensen has been selected as the inaugural recipient of the Olesen Music Award, a major new biennial Danish award founded by the Erik & Susanna Olesen Charitable Foundation that … »Read

People in the News

Herbert Blomstedt Wins Praemium Imperiale

Herbert Blomstedt, the 99-year-old Swedish conductor, is one of five recipients of the 2026 Praemium Imperiale in recognition of their lifetime achievements in painting, sculpture, architecture, … »Read

Industry News

Are Classical Music Careers Limited to the Independently Wealthy?

For the past 18 years conductor and composer Robert Ames has led the London Contemporary Orchestra (LCO), an ensemble he co-founded. As he steps down from organization, he writes in The Guardian … »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.

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

»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.	Job Cuts at the DSO
2.	New Leadership for Santa Fe Opera Apprentice Program
3.	Netrebko Loses Defamation Suit
4.	At the Proms: Berlin Proves Its Bona Fides, If Not Scriabin's
5.	BSO Hires New Chorus Director
6.	Are Classical Music Careers Limited to the Independently Wealthy?
7.	Partial Ceiling Collapse at KenCen
8.	Star of Met's New Così Doesn't Sing, She Slithers
9.	Yale Symphony's Music Director Returns
10.	At the Proms: An Ageless Icon