When Eun Sun Kim took over the reins as music director of the San Francisco Opera in August 2021, the company was just beginning to emerge from the dark days of the pandemic. The skill and determination with which she met the many challenges of … » Read

Laura Gardiner , director Nicola Beneditti Foundation, named for and founded by the famed Scottish violinist in 2019, is to exit the operation in November and return to teaching. “Laura began this organization alongside me, and has been … » Read

First impressions matter. For 30-year-old Kedrick Armstrong , the new music director for the Oakland Symphony, the opening of the new season on Oct. 18, as described in the San Francisco Chronicle , “offered very promising signs.” … » Read

Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow has released "Culture Connects: An Action Plan for Culture in Toronto,” which outlines an ambitious ten-year plan that commits the city to a “future where culture is accessible to all." For five years, … » Read

HELSINKI (AP)—Prolific Finnish conductor and composer Leif Segerstam, one of the most colorful personalities in the Nordic country’s classical music scene, will be remembered in a tribute event at the Finnish National Opera following … » Read

Intermusica, a London-based artist management firm that has been expanding by leaps and bounds over the last several years, has “integrated” with Wittenberg Artists, enlarging the former’s roster to 170 and adding a New York … » Read

Ainadamar , Osvaldo Golijov’s elegy for the venerated Spanish poet and playwright Federico García Lorca to a libretto by David Henry Huang, has had a healthy life following an artistically premature world premiere at Tanglewood in … » Read

Like most of his oeuvre, Richard Wagner’s Tristan and Isolde is not for the faint of heart, be they singers, orchestra musicians, or audience members. At more than 650 pages, the full score can take anywhere from three and three-quarter to … » Read

The Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation awarded the 2025 Ensemble Prizes to Collective lovemusic and Tacet(i) on Oct. 17. The prize, established in 2020, carries a €75,000 cash award. Founded in 2018 by clarinetist Adam Starkie and flutist … » Read

After 36 years, Jay Fishman plans to retire this month as artistic director and conductor of the Minnesota Sinfonia. His departure will also mark the end of the ensemble itself. The annual budget ranges between $400,000 and $700,000, an amount … » Read