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Updated Mar 6, 2026

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NSO Exec Director Quits

Jean Davidson, who succeeded Gary Ginstling as executive director of the National Symphony Orchestra in 2023 , is moving back to Los Angeles to become executive director and CEO of the Wallis … »Read

People in the News

BSO Ends Its Music Director's "Evergreen" Contract

Andris Nelsons will exit as music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra following the 2027 Tanglewood season, which marks the conclusion of his current contract. A statement from the orchestra … »Read

Industry News

Chicago Symphony Splits the Difference in 2026-27

Between its designate and emeritus-for-life music directors, the Chicago Symphony has carved out a mostly want-to-be-there 2026-27 season. The former, Klaus Mäkelä, spends five … »Read

People in the News

Vivo Performing Arts (Celebrity Series of Boston) Taps Top Exec

Thor Steingraber, executive and artistic director of Los Angeles’ Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts, is to succeed 15-year veteran Gary Dunning as president and CEO … »Read

People in the News

Bernard Rands Dies at 92

Bernard Rands, the British-born composer of nearly 100 works, died in Chicago on March 4, 2026, at the age of 92. A native of Sheffield in northern England, he studied composition first in Wales … »Read

People in the News

Sphinx Announces 2026 Medals of Excellence

On March 4 the Sphinx Organization announced the recipients of the 2026 Sphinx Medals of Excellence: violinist Nathan Amaral, percussionist Josh Jones, and conductor Na'Zir McFadden. The … »Read

Industry News

At the LA Opera: The New Man’s First Season

Domingo Hindoyan will oversee his inaugural, 2026-27 season as music director of the LA Opera, conducting two of the five mainstage offerings at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. (Each mainstage … »Read

Reviews

Yuja Powers Up the LSO

LONDON—With the exception of his Cantus Arcticus , the music of Einojuhani Rautavaara has been unfairly neglected outside of his native Finland in the ten years since his death in 2016. It … »Read

Reviews

Akhnaten Returns to LA, with New Relevance

LOS ANGELES – Los Angeles Opera was among the first opera companies in North America to present all three of Philip Glass’s “portrait operas,”  Einstein on the … »Read

Reviews

Houston Symphony's Glorious Tristan

There is an trend among symphony orchestras toward presenting semi-staged or concert operas. Certainly they cost less than in the opera house, which require the full complement of sets, costumes, … »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.


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
Oliver Talukder, oboist
New Artist of the Month
July 2025
Katharina Wincor, conductor
New Artist of the Month
June 2025
Catharine Woodward, soprano
New Artist of the Month
May 2025
Abigail Raiford, soprano
New Artist of the Month
April 2025
Ashley Jackson, harpist
New Artist of the Month
March 2025

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