When Valentina Peleggi, music director of the Richmond Symphony, mounted the podium on April 1 to conduct George Walker’s Icarus in Orbit and Mahler’s Symphony No. 2, Resurrection , she and her musicians debuted a new, custom-designed … » Read

NEW YORK (AP)—Lincoln Center will hold its second Summer for the City festival June 14 to Aug. 12. The large disco ball and dance floor will return. The event currently is set to include 193 events, including 50 on the plaza dance floor, 37 … » Read

To allay fears that its summer festival may not go ahead as planned, June 24-August 6, Central City Opera has issued a press release stating that it is continuing to “negotiate in good faith” with AGMA, even after five months of … » Read

May 5, 2023 is the deadline for composers submitting to the Azrieli Music Prizes. Awarded every two years in four categories—commissions for International Music, Jewish Music, and Canadian Music as well as the Jewish Music Prize—each … » Read

When the Khmelnitsky Orchestra performed its Harry Potter show on a tour of Belgium last year, the deputy British ambassador in Brussels praised it as “an incredible honor to have such an iconic part of British culture being performed by a … » Read

The BBC seemingly has bowed to the wave of public outrage that followed its March announcement of draconian  cuts to its classical music services.   First to go was the plan to eliminate the BBC Singers. Now the broadcasting giant is … » Read

In the latest chapter of the life and death of the Philly Pops, the group has filed an antitrust lawsuit against the Philadelphia Orchestra and Kimmel Center, Inc. alleging that POKC is trying to put the Pops out of business. POKC, it will be … » Read

Composer Kaija Saariaho enjoys an enviable reputation. Dozens of international composers recently selected her as the greatest living composer and ranked her 17 th —between Brahms and Haydn—on the list of all-time greats. [Saariaho … » Read

Arts Council England has invited the English National Opera to apply for £24m over three years, beginning in 2024, to support its plans to establish a primary base outside London while continuing to manage and present work at the London … » Read

The Boston Symphony Orchestra has come late to the game of season announcements, no doubt due to the recent turmoil among top management. But the offerings are no less substantial than in calmer times. Indeed, Andris Nelsons presides over his … » Read