Last fall, when David Hayes was asked to step in as a last-minute substitute for David Brossé to conduct a pair of concerts by the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, he was no stranger to the ensemble or the city. A graduate of the Curtis … » Read

The Culture Invest program of Germany’s federal government has granted €15 million to Dresden for the construction of the new Richard Wagner Academy of the Dresden Music Festival. The new building will include a 600-seat concert hall, … » Read

Conductor Elim Chan , whose career has been on a roll since winning the London Symphony’s Donatella Flick Competition in 2014 (the first woman to do so), has switched managements, moving from Berlin-based CCM to Intermusica. Subsequent to … » Read

Expansive but not imposing, profound but never weighty, Meredith Monk's new, 80-minute music-theater piece Indra's Net handily filled the Park Avenue Armory's vast drill hall on September 23, while also shrugging off any pretensions of … » Read

In 1963, a recording of Benjamin Britten’s War Req uiem sold an unheard-of 200,000 copies in just five months and went on to win two Grammy Awards. Conducted by the composer, the recording, made at Kingsway Hall in Holborn, featured … » Read

In an interview with The Guardian , Lisa Nandy [pictured], the Labour government’s new culture secretary, lambasted the Conservatives’ “violent indifference” to the arts. “Over the last 14 years, there’s been a … » Read

The San Diego Symphony’s return to the Jacobs Music Center for its gala opening concert on Sept. 28 will crown nearly four years of meticulous planning and execution. The $125 million transformation of the 95-year-old movie palace involved … » Read

With the current, 2024-25 season, Thomas F. (Tom) Parker will celebrate his 50 th anniversary as an artist manager, spanning a career that started at UMass as a radio producer and music director, continued in New York with stints at various … » Read

The October 6 Beijing premiere of Émigré— the 2023 oratorio commissioned by the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, and conductor Long Yu—has been cancelled by the government. Scheduled as a highlight of … » Read

CHICAGO— It’s one thing to perform for 1,500 people, the capacity of downtown Chicago’s Harris Theater. How about performing for 15,000 people? Music of the Baroque grew its audience by at least that much on September 18, thanks … » Read