Musical commitment and innovative programming are not exclusive to America’s major symphony orchestras. As Alex Ross argues, “The South Dakota Symphony [SDSO] is bolder and savvier in its programming than all but a handful of American … » Read

The Curtis Institute of Music has added to its adjunct composition faculty for the 2022-23 academic year, joining the current Nick DiBerardino, director of composition studies, and Richard Danielpour. Newcomers include Steven Mackey and Jonathan … » Read

Rio de Janeiro (AFP) – The day Russia invaded Ukraine, Brazilian dancer David Motta, then a leading soloist at the renowned Bolshoi ballet, knew he had to leave the country where he had lived half his life. It was an "obvious" decision -- … » Read

Finnish conductor Tarmo Peltokoski, 22, is to be the next music and artistic director of the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra (LNSO). He starts next season, succeeding Andris Poga, now at the artistic helm of Norway’s Stavanger Symphony … » Read

Classical music radio, like every other part of the music world, is in flux. Gone are the days when the on-air talent were all men possessed of deep baritone voices and a paternalistic commitment to teaching listeners about the day’s … » Read

For the first time since 2019, the League of American Orchestras’ conference will meet in person, from June 1-3, 2022 hosted by the Los Angeles Philharmonic, which was last the site of the event in 2006. Nearly 1,000 orchestra … » Read

After a two-year long shutdown, the expenditure of more than $150mn ($103.5mn U.S.), and repeated delays due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Sydney Opera House is in the final stages of completing a much-needed renovation. The improved venue, … » Read

Exiled Ukrainian musicians have come together in Berlin to form “Mriya” (the Ukrainian word for dream), an orchestra of more than 30 players that presented its first concert on May 10. Funded in part by the aid organization … » Read

The Dallas Symphony-Fabio Luisi partnership, launched in 2020-21 but interrupted by Covid, has been progressing nicely, marked by several operas in concert and a continuing  connection to the Met Opera sparked by his six years there as … » Read

There appears to be no stopping the appetite for acquisition, nor the funds to facilitate it, by the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Its latest purchase, announced today, is Pentatone music, the Netherlands-based record label and home to the … » Read