The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra and its musicians seemed to have settled their differences in the wake of Kyu-Young Kim’s announcement in May that  he would step down as artistic director after eight years in the job. At the time, he … » Read

As the New York Philharmonic prepares for its opening gala performance on Sept. 24, it faces a set of challenges that Deborah Borda, the ensemble’s estimable former (and now interim) president and CEO, characterizes as a “ring of … » Read

The Last Night of the Proms on Sept. 14 featuring American soprano Angel Blue and British pianist Sir Stephen Hough concluded a 90-concert season that was one of the most successful in the Proms’ history. Thus far over 10.6 million people … » Read

As the San Diego Symphony counts down the days to the  September 28 reopening of its newly renovated concert hall, the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra announces that Powell Hall--curently under reconstruction and set to reopen in fall of … » Read

Six new musicians have joined the ranks of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (ASO), part of the new flock of players who have arrived during Nathalie Stutzmann’s two-year tenure. Lauren Roth comes to the position of assistant concertmaster … » Read

On Sept. 13, after months of negotiations to have Temple University absorb the University of Arts (UArts) failed to reach an agreement, the latter institution filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy. The next step calls for the 150-year-old school, which … » Read

Over the past decade in the U.K., two organizations have been at work rehoming abandoned pipe organs and pianos. The Pianodrome Company , formed in 2017 by Tim Vincent-Smith and Matthew Wright, has paired the construction of an amphitheater made … » Read

The resignation of CFO Sylvia Romo on Sept. 12, the day before the opening of the San Antonio Philharmonic’s season, is the latest in a string of unsettling departures from the three-year-old organization. Of ten staff members listed in the … » Read

To the hundreds of artists on its starry roster, HarrisonParrott  will add nine of the 11 artists signed to Solea Management, which it has acquired. Solea’s Head and Founder Romain Blondel will move his Paris-based operations to HP … » Read

Will they or won’t they? The 32 AGMA members in the San Francisco Symphony Chorus—aka “ringers”—have said they will strike as a “last resort” if the orchestra carries through with its plan, which, they … » Read