LEIPZIG, Germany—When Dmitri Shostakovich died in 1975, the world lost one of the last composers whose work regularly touched the souls of listeners beyond the usual classical music crowd. Fifty years on, that is reason enough to celebrate … » Read

“Working with Esa-Pekka is the most deeply satisfying culmination of my work at the Ojai Festival and a fitting moment for me to conclude my tenure as artistic and executive director.“  With this statement, several paragraphs … » Read

The Mann Center for the Performing Arts in Philadelphia’s Fairmount Park is planning a major renovation of its campus in advance of its 50 th anniversary, and the nation’s 250 th , in the summer of 2026. Thus far the center has raised … » Read

A $60 million gift from the Farmer Family Foundation, the largest philanthropic commitment to the arts in recent Cincinnati history, guarantees that the new entertainment venue being built by the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra (CSO) and Music and … » Read

The Orchestre classique de Montréal (OCM) has announced Romanian-Canadian conductor Andrei Feher as its new music director. He succeeds J acques Lacomb who exited after the first year of a five-year contract l ast July, citing … » Read

Today in Boston, and next week in New York, the first-ever collaboration between Boston’s Handel and Haydn Society and the New York City-based collective ChamberQUEER will present BaroQUEER: Historically Informed , a concert that in the … » Read

The Charlotte (NC) Symphony Orchestra (CSO) has surpassed its $50 million goal for a three-year comprehensive campaign to secure new endowment funds and operating support. It is the largest fundraising effort in the ensemble’s 93-year … » Read

Mette Bryndum is the new executive director of the Moab Music Festival. A native of Copenhagen, and now a resident of Moab, Utah, Bryndum will team with Tessa Lark, the Festival’s artistic director and renowned violinist. Lark wrote of … » Read

Kenneth Renshaw is to join the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) in August as assistant professor of violin. Renshaw, active as a soloist and chamber musician internationally, first came into the limelight when he … » Read

Cardiff University has reversed plans, announced in early February , to eliminate its music and modern language departments. Part of a plan to cut 400 positions at the beginning of 2025, the university’s announcement created a firestorm of … » Read