The Cleveland Orchestra (TCO) has named five new players to its violin and viola sections. With these additions, Music Director Franz Welser-Möst, now in his 24 th year, will have appointed more than half of the orchestra. In May Elizabeth … » Read

The tales of musicians refused boarding for a flight because they not allowed to stow their instruments as carry-on luggage are legion. Even the most enlightened policies don’t work if gate agents and ticket sales staff are unfamiliar with … » Read

Yuja Wang, superwoman of the keyboard, has accused Norman Lebrecht, classical music commentator known for breaking news, much of it editorialized, of “derogatory misogynistic bullying.” Lebrecht had been trying for over a year to … » Read

Gustavo Dudamel conducted Beethoven’s Missa solemnis with the Los Angeles Philharmonic last weekend in Disney Hall, his maiden voyage with the composer’s most demanding work, and arguably the summit of his farewell season. When Klaus … » Read

The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (BSO )  appears to be spreading its programming wings in 2026–27 season, opening with a jazz gala on September 25 with Music Director Jonathon Heyward and the orchestra spotlighting jazz vocalist Samara … » Read

Xian Zhang will launch her second season as music director of the Seattle Symphony on Sept. 19 with a gala to include Yuja Wang performing Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 3. The season’s start will also introduce patrons to the … » Read

Since its return to power in Afghanistan in August 2021, the Taliban “outlaws music, and criminalizes performing or even listening to music,” writes Sarah Dawood in Index on Censorship . Thousands of musical instruments and sound … » Read

Joshua Robison, longtime partner, manager, adviser and facilitator for Michael Tilson Thomas, died on February 22. He passed away in his sleep at his apartment in San Francisco. He had sustained a fall last August and was in the process of … » Read

The 69 th season of The Dallas Opera (TDO) features four mainstage productions— The Elixir of Love , The Cunning Little Vixen , Turandot , and Lohengrin —as well as two family operas— The Little Prince and The Bremen Town … » Read

A well-sourced article in the Washington Post makes the case that the Washington National Opera’s abrupt departure from The Kennedy Center, announced in early January, was the result of truly artful maneuvering by Artistic Director … » Read