An anonymous seven-figure gift has been secured to purchase land for Theater in the Garden, an international center for the arts in Naples, Florida, that will serve as the U.S. home for the Luciano Pavarotti Foundation. Headquartered in Modena, … » Read

Additional reports of the Palisades fire in Los Angeles that destroyed Belmont Music Publishers offer a better understanding of just how much has been lost. Gone are an estimated 100,000 scores and parts as well as digital backups of the scores … » Read

The abbeys of the Middle Ages were often self-sustaining, making their own food and clothing and selling much it to their communities. When Philippe Boyer became rector of Saint-Pierre in 2011, he decided to emulate his predecessors of centuries … » Read

Jung Jae-wal, who took over the reins as CEO of the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra (SPO) in October, has set a very high bar for his ensemble. Within ten years, he tells the Korea Times , we want to reach “a level where we can compete with … » Read

The Palisades fire in Los Angeles has destroyed the building and all its contents of Belmont Music Publishers. “We have lost our full inventory of sales and rental materials,” reads a notice on the company website. “We hope that … » Read

The impending closure of the Macy’s department store housed in the Wanamaker Building in central city Philadelphia poses a threat to the Wanamaker Grand Court Organ. An artifact of the 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair, the instrument, one … » Read

On Jan. 16 the San Francisco Symphony will premiere After the Fall , a new piano concerto by John Adams. Like the 77-year-old composer’s previous two keyboard concertos, written for Emanual Ax ( Century Rolls ) and Yuja Wang ( Must the … » Read

Manhattan School of Music has responded to claims issued in a press release last week by ARTS-MSM, Local 6498 of the Teachers’ Union. The union has authorized a strike by the precollege faculty, whose last contract expired in August 31 and … » Read

Precollege faculty at Manhattan School of Music have voted to strike “if negotiations continue to stagnate.” As members of ARTS-MSM, Local 6498 of New York State United Teachers (NYSUT), they state in a press release that they have … » Read

The Argus Quartet has two new members in violinist Sam Parrini and cellist Drake Driscoll, replacing violinist Clara Kim, a founder of the group in 2013, and cellist Mariel Roberts. Parrini is a Juilliard grad and, with Driscoll, a teaching … » Read