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Hamilton to Receive Constitution
Center Liberty Medal

July 3, 2025 | Taylor Grant, Musical America
Lin-Manuel Miranda’s hit musical Hamilton and Ron Chernow, whose biography inspired it, are to receive the National Constitution Center’s (NCC) Liberty Medal on October 17, the first work of art ever to do so. Established in 1988, the … » Read
 

Reviews

Third Coast Percussion
Throws Itself a Festival

July 3, 2025 | Hannah Edgar, Musical America
CHICAGO—In the summer of 2005, four young percussionists gave their first performance as a standalone quartet at Northwestern University, where they’d all studied.  Twenty years, a Grammy, and a couple lineup changes later, that … » Read
 

Industry News

Warner to Cut $300M, Half of It in Staff Costs

July 3, 2025 | Sarah Shay, Musical America
On July 1, Robert Kyncl, CEO of the Warner Music Group (WMG), informed staff via an internal memo that layoffs were imminent as part of an effort to restructure and reduce costs by $300 million. Citing the need to “future proof” the … » Read
 

People in the News

Opera in the Heights Taps Interim GD

July 3, 2025 | Sarah Shay, Musical America
Opera in the Heights (OH!), the Houston-based regional opera company, has appointed Kathryn Frady as its interim general director, with immediate effect. She succeeds Eiki Isomura, who will continue as the company’s music director. A native … » Read
 

Reviews

Wigmore Hall Hosts the Cool Kids

July 2, 2025 | Clive Paget, Musical America
LONDON—With his eclectic taste, imaginative aural palette, and a talent for quirky, occasionally barmy music-making, 35-year-old Alex Paxton is one of the U.K.’s most original voices. As such, he was the perfect provocateur to curate … » Read
 

People in the News

Birmingham Opera Taps New GM

July 2, 2025 | Anthony Brown, Musical America
The Birmingham (UK) Opera Company has named Seb Lovell-Huckle as its new general manager. He joins the company after previous service as CEO of the English Symphony Orchestra, executive director of Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, and … » Read
 

Industry News

Ormandy and His Philadelphians on Disc, 1964-1983

July 2, 2025 | Taylor Grant, Musical America
For two decades beginning in the mid-1960s, Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra released multiple recordings on the Columbia label each year, introducing classical music to millions of Americans. Now a new boxed set— The Columbia … » Read
 

Industry News

Mozart AI: 'More Music in Less Time'

July 2, 2025 | Sarah Shay, Musical America
On July 16 artificial intelligence startup company Arthos (a blend of the words art and ethos) will go public with its first product—Mozart AI. The company has raised €625,000 to underwrite the development of the AI-powered digital … » Read
 

People in the News

New Artist of the Month:
Oboist Oliver Talukder

July 1, 2025 | Hannah Edgar, Musical America
Graduating from the ultra-selective Curtis Institute of Music is an achievement in and of itself. But Oliver Talukder [tah-LOOK-der], 23, has become a legend even in Curtis’s hallowed halls. During the school’s annual holiday skit … » Read
 

Industry News

SF Opera, Musicians Sign Stop-gap Pact

July 1, 2025 | Susan Elliott, Musical America
San Francisco Opera and its orchestra have signed a contract retroactive to August 1, 2024 and valid through July 31, 2026. This essentially one-year agreement contains the provision that the two parties will negotiate a new multi-year deal … » Read
 
 

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