There are very few places in the world where one can listen to a violin and a cello played alongside a Lakota drum and singers. In October, the Lakota Music Project will travel South Dakota for its Shared Vision Tour and give communities across … » Read

In a $106 million deal, Kuke Music Holding Limited, a Beijing-based music services platform, has bought a 70 percent controlling interest in Naxos Music Group, which encompasses about 17 labels and is one of the world’s largest independent … » Read

A dozen years ago, Ivan Hewett, The Daily Telegraph’ s chief music critic, caused a stir when he suggested that because the top American orchestras overpaid their musicians, several were threatened with bankruptcy. “All these years … » Read

On Oct. 13, Oxford University will open The Stephen A. Schwarzman Center, a new £185m arts and humanities facility that will house the Institute for Ethics in AI, the Oxford Internet Institute, and the new Bodleian Humanities Library. Other … » Read

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge agreed Monday to temporarily suspend the Trump administration’s plan to eliminate hundreds of jobs at the agency that oversees Voice of America, the government-funded broadcaster founded to counter … » Read

On Friday, Sept. 26, the behind-the-scenes tensions within the public media universe burst into full view when, in plain speak, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) threw NPR under the bus. At issue was a multi-million-dollar contract to … » Read

Playing violin is not for sissies. About 60 percent of professional violinists and violists experience some form of playing-related musculoskeletal disorder, a higher percentage than for any other group of instrumentalists. “Ergonomically, … » Read

The National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) has added five musicians for the 2025–26 season. “As I begin my ninth season as music director,” noted Gianandrea Noseda, “I feel a deep responsibility to secure the future of the NSO … » Read

The Tucson Symphony and its musicians have signed a new three-year contract providing wage increases of 16.3 percent across three seasons. Current base salary is $74, 601, but most earn between $65,705 and $84,425. There are also … » Read

The Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony’s (K-W) first performance of its 2025-26 season on Sept. 13 symbolized a remarkable recovery by an ensemble that has simply refused to die. Two years ago the orchestra filed for bankruptcy just four days … » Read