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Updated May 21, 2026

San Francisco Symphony Makes the Right Choice

From her inaugural performances in 2022 and fall 2023, Elim Chan and the San Franciso Symphony appear to have connected with a jolt, with Chronicle critic Joshua Kosman declaring the 5- … »Read

The Unmitigated Horror
of Requiem for America

LONDON—While celebrations of American culture go on all around the world, it’s perhaps surprising that composer Brent Michael Davids’s Requiem for America should receive its May … »Read

A Stark Vanessa Stripped of Its Core

Heartbeat Opera, known for its streamlined, freewheeling mountings of familiar works, has swerved somewhat into esoteric territory in its current production of Vanessa . Although the 1958 Samuel … »Read

Industry News

Rare Holocaust Songbook Gets English Translation

After more than a decade of international research led by academics at the University of Sydney, Mima’amakim ( Out of the Depths ) has been translated and published in English for the first … »Read

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Nashville Symphony Taps Associate Conductor

Valery Saul is to be the Nashville Symphony’s associate conductor for the next three years as of September. She succeeds Nathan Aspinwall. Saul, whose tenure coincides with Leonard … »Read

Industry News

Why the Met Needed the Saudis

The prospect of an agreement with the Kingdon of Saudi Arabia that would provide the Metropolitan Opera with as much as $200 million for performing at the new opera house in Riyadh “was not … »Read

Reviews

A Kaleidoscopic Angel's Bone

MANCHESTER, UK—The second word of its name had long been a bone of contention until Arts Council England obliged English National Opera to live up to its brand and get out of London. After … »Read

Industry News

Seriously? A New Orchestra for San Antonio?

Pianist and conductor Jeffrey Kahane seems not quite ready to give up on San Antonio. In 2024 he signed a three-year contract with the upstart San Antonio Philharmonic , successor to the San … »Read

Reviews

Crate Expectations: The Post Office

With no slight intended to composer Laura Kaminsky, librettist Elaine Sexton, or director Kevin Newbury, the Biggest Name associated with American Opera Project’s latest reveal is its set … »Read

Industry News

More Anonymous Millions for Sarasota O

The Sarasota Orchestra’s new music center, projected to cost more than $400 million and having already attracted more than $60 million of support , has received an additional $11.7 million … »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.

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

Oliver Talukder, oboist
New Artist of the Month
July 2025

Katharina Wincor, conductor
New Artist of the Month
June 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.	LA Phil Hangs On
2.	Ensemble Intercontemporain Pays Tribute to American Composers
3.	A 98-year-old Conductor Proves He Is Human
4.	The Unmitigated Horror of Requiem for America
5.	David Finckel & Wu Han Re-up at CMS
6.	Washington N.O. Is Back, Full Speed Ahead
7.	Despite Stage Clutter, Frida Triumphs
8.	American Sputnik: A New Opera
9.	Seriously? A New Orchestra for San Antonio?
10.	A Stark Vanessa Stripped of Its Core