The New York Philharmonic has announced its 2023–24 Season, Jaap van Zweden’s last hurrah as the orchestra’s music director. It's a program strong in new music, commissions, and premieres, with plenty of women on the podium. … » Read

From a 700-year-old Spanish monastery to London’s Westminster Abbey, it seems that religious institutions are opening their arms at last to welcome girls. Last week, The Guardian reported that women and girls are to be invited to form a new … » Read

SHANGHAI—The Chinese Authority has announced a list of the best orchestras in China. “Music of Our Age” is both a campaign and a domestic touring project, overseen and funded by the Ministry of Publicity (aka Propaganda) in … » Read

Senior U.S. composer John Adams has joined the growing chorus of disapproval at the BBC’s decision to axe its elite choir, the BBC Singers. The California-based musician regularly conducts BBC orchestras, and in 2017 called on both the BBC … » Read

The Metropolitan Opera has been ordered to pay over $200,000 in compensation to Anna Netrebko after the cancelation of a number of her performances last year. The company had taken the step after the Russian soprano declined to denounce Vladimir … » Read

Producer Tom Kirdahy has announced that Stephen Sondheim’s final musical will make it to the stage this fall. Here We Are is the new title for the show formerly known as Square One , a work inspired by a pair of surrealist movies by … » Read

A union between early-music ensemble Hesperus and silent films from the 1920s would seem an unlikely one, but the success of the group’s 12 silent-movie soundtracks over the past two decades has proven otherwise. The Three Musketeers … » Read

Aaron Cohen seems to be taking a leaf out of Gustav Mahler’s own book in the third instalment of “Embrace Everything,” his ongoing series of deep-diving podcasts illuminating the composer’s immersive symphonies. Where … » Read

Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt [pictured] has included £8.6mn of unanticipated funding for Edinburgh's festivals in the British government’s 2023 budget. The announcement on March 15 comes just weeks following news that … » Read

Distinguished classical music label Hyperion has been acquired by Universal Music Group (UMG), joining the latter’s other classical labels, Deutsche Grammophon and Decca Classics. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but presumably it will … » Read