Four performances of Mason Bates’s new opera have been added to the schedule in late February, in response to demand for the season-opening production, which sold out all of its fall performances. The Met reports the opera has attracted new … » Read

The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (BSO) has extended Music Director Jonathon Heyward’s contract through the 2030-31 season, which is three years beyond its current end point of 2027-28. Since his arrival in fall of 2023, he has energized … » Read

On Sunday October 12, mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter, with pianist Kristian Bezuidenbout, offered the first solo vocal recital in the Frick Collection’s new 220-seat Stephen A. Schwarzman Auditorium, which opened in April, performing … » Read

On Oct. 1, Jane Fonda announced that she would revive The Committee for the First Amendment. The group, originally organized in 1947 by her father Henry Fonda and others, condemned hearings held by the House Un-American Activities Committee that … » Read

Nicolas Koeckert has been named as the first concertmaster for the United Arab Emirates National Orchestra (UAENO) in Abu Dhabi. His appointment takes immediate effect. The Munich native studied at Hochschule für Musik Würzburg with … » Read

Succeeding Sonja Thoms as executive director of the Wheeling Symphony Orchestra (WSO) will be Marc Zyla, a horn-performance doctoral candidate at the University of Illinois. Thoms left last June after two years in the job. Zyla starts next … » Read

This year marks the centenary of modernist master Pierre Boulez (1925–2016), music director of the New York Philharmonic from 1971 to 1977. In tribute, the orchestra offered a back-to-back pair of programs devoted to the composer/conductor. … » Read

For many listeners, public radio stations, particularly those in rural areas, are the go-to sources for news, information, and classical music. The decision by the Trump administration to rescind $1.1 billion in funding for public media … » Read

The membership of American Federation of Musicians Local 802 has voted overwhelmingly—98 percent—in favor of a strike if negotiations with the Broadway League do not produce a new agreement. The previous contract expired on August 31. … » Read

The administration has taken to felling trees on the Kennedy Center campus.  According to the Washington Classical Review , in a recent report on a concert by the National Symphony Orchestra (NSO), “This week the administration chopped … » Read