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Jalen Baker
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Clark Sommers
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James Viggo Poulsen
Kristín Anna Valtýsdóttir
Emiko Edwards
Marty Ehrlich
Eric Nathan
Gaia Wilmer
Inna Faliks
Oulu Sinfonia
Arman Sangalang
Brian Woods
Jon Catler
Rhucle
Tomosla
Luke Welch
Anastasiya Bazhenova
Federica Deiana
Francesco Tristano
Two O'Clock Lab Band
Christopher Dammann
Stacy Garrop
Lipay & Lin
Una Sveinbjarnardóttir
Jingyang Dong
Folias Duo
Ariana Kim
Krešimir Stražanac
Avishai Darash
Duo Gazzana
Akira Kosemura
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2025 Artist Picks

Jalen Baker: RePaved (Cellar Music Group)
Or Bareket: /AYIN/ (Enja Records)
Kansas City Symphony: To Awaken the Sleeper: Works of Joel Thompson (Reference Recordings)
Patrick Yim: Bamboo Grove (Pentatone)

Arneis Quartet: Moving Shapes (Albany Records)
Kjetil Mulelid: Piano, Unfolding (Sagene records)
Benjamin Shorstein & Stephen Michael Newby: The Drum & The Dream: Works For Drums & Orchestra (Albany Records)
Clark Sommers: WaBaSH (Calligram Records)

Cantus: The Secret Letter (Signum Classics)
John Hollenbeck & Hot Club Jazz Orchestra: Peace and Justice (Flexatonic Records)
James Viggo Poulsen: Heartland Poem (MSR Classics)
Kristín Anna Valtýsdóttir: A Letter From Helga (Sono Luminus)

Emiko Edwards: Rodeo: Works by Aaron Copland (Lexicon Classics)
Marty Ehrlich: Open Air: The Complete Saxophone Quartet Compositions of Julius Hemphill (Out Of Your Head Records)
Eric Nathan: Double Concertos (Orchid Classics)
Gaia Wilmer: Parabolico (Sunnyside Records)

Inna Faliks: Stranger Things (Navona Records)
Oulu Sinfonia & Rumon Gamba: Scenes from Finland (Chandos)
Arman Sangalang: Waypoints (Calligram Records)
Brian Woods: Prokofiev: Miniatures (Navona Records)

Jon Catler: The Young Mountain of the East (Chaikin Records)
Rhucle: The Water (Home Normal)
Tomosla: Moor to Sea (Home Normal)
Luke Welch: Herstory: Solo Piano Works from Female Composers of Colour (Luke Welch)

Anastasiya Bazhenova: From Mendelssohn to Madness (Etcetera Records)
Federica Deiana: Instant Light (Home Normal)
Francesco Tristano: Bach: The 6 French Suites (naïve)
Two O'Clock Lab Band: Return Two Paradise (North Texas Jazz)

Christopher Dammann: Dead Words (Shifting Paradigm Records)
Stacy Garrop: Invictus (Cedille Records)
Alexander Lipay & Fanya Lin: The Art of Transcription (Navona Records)
Una Sveinbjarnardóttir: Ea Fantasia (Sono Luminus)

Jingyang Dong: Quiet Irises: Piano Works by French Female Composers (MSR Classics)
Folias Duo: Great Lakes (Folias Music)
Ariana Kim: (un)common thread (Saffron Soul Records)
Krešimir Stražanac & Krešimir Starcevic: Vatroslav Lisinski: Deutsche Lieder (Hänssler Classic)

Avishai Darash: The Planned Child (TRPTK)
Duo Gazzana: Prokofiev, Pärt, Schnittke (ECM New Series)
Akira Kosemura: Diary 2020-2022 (Schole Records)
Denny Zeitlin: Odyssey (Sunnyside Records)