Effective immediately, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra is making most of the concert videos recorded in recent years available gratis at www.rcoamsterdam.com/video . Documentaries, interviews, and other relevant materials are also available and … » Read

Have you ever heard of the word tertulia ? I hadn’t, until a few years ago when I was perusing the registration list for the imminent Chamber Music America conference in New York, with the goal of setting up some last minute meetings with … » Read

Concerto Köln and its Artistic Director Kent Nagano have set out on a path to perform the complete Wagner Ring using the instruments, techniques, and staging styles of the time of the composer. In his comments, Nagano conceded that the Ring … » Read

“I’m hesitant to say that just because I played all the Mahler symphonies I’m a better executive director than someone else,” says Mark Niehaus, who was the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra’s principal trumpet for 15 … » Read

It is no secret that a large number of today's most successful arts administrators in music at one point studied an instrument, voice, conducting or composition but moved on in a different direction that was inspired by their earlier experience. … » Read

To the editor: Shame on Musical America for leading with such a despicable article on the Cliburn results [ The Cliburn 2017: What Were They Thinking? ].  “As bewildering as the outcome of the last presidential election” indeed. … » Read