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

In a move that, on the surface, appears a win-win, the Illinois Symphony Orchestra (ISO) will collaborate with Illinois State University’s (ISU) Wonsook Kim College of Fine Arts and School of Music by moving its performances on campus to … » Read

That Christian Fellowship church in McAllen, TX, that stole, then bowdlerized Hamilton to suit its own (anti-gay) “Christian” agendas, has finally apologized for neither seeking usage rights nor permission to change the lyrics in its … » Read

The 2½-year, $150 million  refurbishment of the Sydney Opera House has produced one of the best concert halls in the world. So says Simone Young,  chief conductor of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. Peter McCallum, the Sydney … » Read