A survey by the U.K. Musicians’ Union and the charity Help Musicians of nearly 6,000 working British musicians—87 percent of whom were white—indicates that nearly half earn less than £14,000 ($17,460) a year. This is … » Read

Players and management at the Philadelphia Orchestra appear to have reached an impasse. On Sept. 10, the same day the old contract expired, 85 musicians rejected what the Philadelphia Orchestra and Kimmel Center Inc. (POKC) called its “best … » Read

With the arrival of Gustavo Dudamel as music and artistic director designate, two years hence, the New York Philharmonic receives its largest-ever single endowment gift: $40 million from Oscar L. Tang and Agnes Hsu-Tang.  Mr. Tang is the … » Read

NEW YORK (AP) — In a mammoth room behind translucent marble walls, workers are setting the stage for the World Trade Center’s newest addition. It isn’t another office tower, nor is it a monument, at least explicitly, to the … » Read

One 93-year-old man is responsible for some of Finland’s greatest exports—orchestra conductors. The well-seasoned Esa-Pekka Salonen, leading female conductors like Susanna Mälkki and Dalia Stasevska, and rising stars Klaus … » Read

The theme of “Summer of Paradise” proved just right for the five-week 2023 Lucerne Festival, which attracted 13,800 more concertgoers—a 12 percent increase—than did the previous summer’s festivities. Over 84,000 … » Read

The musicians of the New York City Ballet (NYCB) orchestra have authorized a strike if a new contract cannot be negotiated with management. The two parties have thus far held five negotiating sessions; the current contract expired on Aug. 31. The … » Read

During the 2023-24 season, Chicago’s Lyric Opera will be piloting the SoundShirt, a new system designed to allow audience members, especially those who are deaf or hard of hearing, to experience live performances enhanced by real-time … » Read

The Metropolitan Opera’s announcement in late 2022 that future seasons would offer a significantly greater number of contemporary operas than in the past seemed to signal a major sea change. In April, General Manager Peter Gelb further … » Read

The relationship between music and remembrance is at the core of Jeremy Eichler’s Time’s Echo: The Second World War, the Holocaust, and the Music of Remembrance . The book is both a cultural history of four musical works—R. … » Read