The Philadelphia Symphonic Choir has unionized after a majority of its members signed union cards authorizing the American Guild of Musical Artists to bargain on their behalf. The process took about 20 months and was facilitated when POKC … » Read

SALZBURG, Austria (AP) — People fill the cobblestone streets of the city where Mozart was born, rushing to 213 performances over six weeks. While many classical music institutions struggle to regain audience, the Salzburg Festival is on … » Read

Lincoln Center’s coming season, announced yesterday and starting in September, continues to avoid classical music, save for two one-off collaborations with Juilliard and the Metropolitan Opera. Lumping programming of all stripes, including … » Read

The upcoming season will be the 19 th for the JACK Quartet, a foursome dedicated to the performance, commissioning, and appreciation of 20th- and 21st-century music.  The group was Musical America’s 2019 Ensemble of the Year. The … » Read

This year’s Bard Music Festival, running August 4-13, is devoted to “Vaughan Williams and His World,” focusing on the composer’s belief that his art was a communal exercise. “The composer,” he wrote in 1912, … » Read

A group of longtime patrons of the Chautauqua Opera Company are vocally protesting management’s plans to cut two-thirds of the company’s budget and quickly transition from full productions to workshops of new operas in development. … » Read

Despite the ongoing legal standoff between POKC (Philadelphia Orchestra and Kimmel Center, Inc.) and the Philly Pops, this upcoming Christmas season Verizon Hall will host A Very Philly Christmas , nine holiday pops concerts from Dec. 1 to Dec. … » Read

After three decades, the Goldner String Quartet will play its final concert at the end of next season, on Aug. 5, 2024. The venue for the group’s swan song—the Australian Festival of Chamber Music—is thoroughly appropriate: the … » Read

On Aug. 12-13, the Asian Youth Orchestra (AYO) will perform for the first time in Hong Kong since the death in 2020 of its co-founder and longtime director Richard Pontzious. An American who was conductor-in-residence at the prestigious Shanghai … » Read

The musicians of the Boston Symphony Orchestra have ratified a three-year labor agreement that will take effect on Aug. 28. In a joint statement, all parties to the agreement praised “a deeply collaborative process that strengthened our … » Read