NEWS
Updated Mar 28, 2025
Wigmore Hall Declares Independence with All-star Season
Wigmore Hall, one of the world’s most prestigious recital and chamber-music venues, celebrates its 125 th anniversary season in 2025-26, as John Gilhooly, OBE, launches his own 25 years … »Read
Lyric Opera of Chicago Gets $25M
Penelope Steiner, president of the Foundation that bears her and her late husband Robert’s name, has given $25 million, unrestricted, to the Lyric Opera of Chicago. Her Foundation reports … »Read
Philly O Adds Strings
Four string players are, or will be, new to the Philadelphia Orchestra this season. Cellist Jiayin He joined the orchestra this past February, while simultaneously pursuing his MM at the Curtis … »Read
NY Phil Releases Select Boulez Archives
The New York Philharmonic marked the 100 th birthday of the late Pierre Boulez, the orchestra’s music director from 1971 to 1977, with the digital release of more than 13,000 pages of … »Read
2 Kennedy Center Pillars Stay the Course
Given the recent changes in Kennedy Center leadership, it is a relief to report that 2025-26 programming for two of its key constituents—the Washington National Opera (WNO) and the National … »Read
Judge Blocks Trump's Order to Shutter VOA, RFE
A U.S. district judge has said “Not so fast there” to the Trump administration’s plans to shutter Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL). In a decision granting a temporary … »Read
Dutch N.O. Attempts to Go Green
Opera, the grandest of the performing arts, also produces the largest carbon footprint. Everything contributes: air travel for artists and staff, costume- and set-building, catering and food … »Read
Opera Theater Might Build Anew
Opera Theatre of Saint Louis (OTSL) is under contract to purchase a 6.67-acre parcel of land in the Clayton community on which to build a new, state-of-the-art performing arts center. The property … »Read
Curtis Institute Staffer Exits
for School of Music Directorship
Shea Scruggs, current Curtis Institute chief enrollment officer and director of institutional research and musician experience (!!), is to be the new director of the John J. Cali School of Music … »Read
Welser-Möst’s Penultimate Season
The Cleveland Orchestra’s 108 th season, and Franz Welser-Möst’s 24 th as music director, runs September 2025 through May 2026 at Severance Music Center. He will mark his final, … »Read
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The Boston Modern Orchestra Project Ends Season with Free Concert of World Premieres, May 4, 2025
The Seattle Symphony Announces the 2025/2026 Season, with new Music Director Xian Zhang
Sierra Madre Playhouse Presents Bassist Del Atkins & Tap Dancer Chester Whitmore in Program Highlighting Evolution of Jazz
Sierra Madre Playhouse’s Delightful Family Program, Baba the Storyteller: Road of Ash & Dust, Illuminates the Discovery of Self, 4/26/25
Guitarist Greg Porée Returns to Sierra Madre Playhouse with Captivating Program of Jazz, Funk, and Soul, 4/13/25
Blue13 Dance Company Kicks Off Sierra Madre Playhouse’s 2025 Dance Programming
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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.
Ashley Jackson, harpist
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March 2025
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Kari Watson, composer
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February 2025
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Gabriela Lara, violinist
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January 2025
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Madeline Apple Healey, soprano
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December 2024
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Sterling Elliott, cellist
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November 2024
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Liza Malamut, trombonist
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October 2024
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October 2024
Nancy Ives, composer
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September 2024
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Tarmo Peltokoski, conductor
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August 2024
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Edmund Danon, baritone
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July 2024
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July 2024
Kedrick Armstrong, conductor
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June 2024
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Ian Niederhoffer, conductor
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May 2024
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~Nois Saxophone Quartet
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April 2024
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