The idea of creating a permanent opera company in San Francisco one hundred years ago might have seemed a fool’s errand. Although the art form could be found there as early as the 1840s during the gold rush, the city’s location on the … » Read

Music programming at Trinity Church Wall Street next fall abounds with variety, from liturgical to political, traditional to cutting edge. Things get underway September 15-17 with New York’s first full staging of Craig Hella Johnson’s … » Read

After a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic, 80 members of the Pan-Caucasian Youth Orchestra (PCYO) are reuniting in Tsinandali, Georgia ,for the fourth annual Tsinandali Festival, Sept. 2-11.  Arriving from seven countries from the Caucasus … » Read

A new study published in the journal Psychological Science suggests there is a link between playing a musical instrument when young and improved thinking skills in old age. The study, conducted by the University of Edinburgh, included 366 … » Read

During the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra’s current nine-city European tour, French pianist Hélène Grimaud joined the ensemble to perform music by Ravel at a concert in Hamburg’s famous Elbphilharmonie. The following day … » Read

Attendance at the 2022 Salzburg Festival would have been record-setting but for four program cancellations for public health reasons. With 96 percent of all seats occupied and a revenue jump of 16 percent over the previous year, only the last … » Read

Bas Sheve ( Bathsheba ), one of the few pre-Holocaust Yiddish operas performed in Europe, enjoyed an unprepossessing, low budget premiere in Warsaw in May of 1924. Its composer Henech Kon provided a piano accompaniment and also sang the bass … » Read

NEW YORK (AP) — The Metropolitan Opera is dropping its vaccination requirement for audiences next season but still will mandate the wearing of masks. The decision announced Tuesday differentiates the Met from Broadway theaters, which l … » Read

Symphonic music in San Antonio seems to have at least nine lives. Just three months after the 83-year-old San Antonio Symphony (SAS) closed up shop , most of the ensemble’s former musicians are back as the San Antonio Philharmonic. The … » Read

Since 2014 Britain's Aurora Orchestra has built a reputation for its performances of entire symphonies from memory. In The Strad , principal double bass Benjamin Griffiths recalls the ensemble’s initial performance of Mozart’s … » Read