Leslie Kandell, classical music critic, journalist, and a New Yorker born and bred, died on September 18 after an illness of eight months. She was 89 and died peacefully at her home on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. A longtime contributor to … » Read

As the China National Center for the Performing Arts (NCPA) Orchestra launches its 15 th season, it appoints longtime collaborator Xian Zhang as principal guest conductor. Her relationship with the orchestra dates to 2015 and her new position … » Read

Major record labels led by Universal Music Group and Sony Music Entertainment as well as rights groups settled their $621 million copyright infringement suit against the non-profit  Internet Archive on Sept. 15. At issue was the … » Read

On the eve of its new season, which launches on Sept. 24, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO) announced three new artistic appointments. Sir John Rutter’s decades of composing, conducting, arranging, and recording with the ensemble are … » Read

NEW YORK (AP) — Miles Mykkanen grew up wanting to sing and dance on Broadway, but he was turned down by the musical theater programs he applied to for college. So he had to “settle” for studying opera at the Juilliard School at … » Read

On Aug.1, almost 98 percent of the musicians of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra (VSO), Canada’s third largest, voted to support a job action on 72-hours-notice. They are represented by the Vancouver Musicians' Association Local 145, of the … » Read

When Jake Heggie and Terrence McNally’s opera Dead Man Walking had its world premiere at the San Francisco Opera in 2000, I took to the pages of the San Francisco Chronicle and pronounced it a “masterpiece.” I did it with the … » Read

The Prebys Foundation has announced $13.4 million in new grants to 61 San Diego County arts organizations and venue operators. Monies are  intended to ameliorate the impact of federal and state budget cuts, donor fatigue, and rising … » Read

Despite growing tensions between the U.S. and China, the Philadelphia Orchestra is continuing a program of cultural diplomacy with the Asian nation that dates from 1973 during the Nixon administration. Since the ensemble’s pathbreaking … » Read

David C. Stabler, The Oregonian ’s classical music critic and arts reporter for nearly 30 years, died Sept. 17. He was 72. The cause was acute myeloid leukemia, according to his brother.  Stabler was a finalist for the 2003 Pulitzer … » Read