On the evening of March 17, operagoers at the Met’s production of Richard Strauss’s Ariadne auf Naxos were treated to something rare—a heckler. As soprano Brenda Rae, who was portraying the Zerbinetta, the leading lady of a … » Read

The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra’s 143 rd season, and Stéphane Denève’s fourth as music director, will feature more than 26 works new to St. Louis audiences, including 18 contemporary pieces; world premieres by Guillaume … » Read

The 2022-2023 season of Belgium's Théâtre royal de la Monnaie, announced by its General and Artistic Director Peter de Caluwe, includes several works that had been postponed during the pandemic as well as new additions to the … » Read

Esa-Pekka Salonen’s second season as music director at the San Francisco Symphony includes a handful of world premieres, a two-week festival of horror-themed music around Halloween, the continuation of a four-year collaboration with … » Read

For more than 15 years, Kelly Hall-Tompkins has augmented her career as a concert violinist with a unique form of outreach. In addition to traditional activities like giving master classes for young musicians and performing in schools, she and … » Read

Spotify reports that in 2021 it paid $7bn to music industry rights holders, an amount that accounted for more than one quarter of the recording industry’s $25.9bn in total revenue. The year-end total represented an 18.5 percent increase … » Read

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s 2022-2023 season will mark the 13 th and last year of Riccardo Muti’s tenure as music director, and, by season’s end, his 500 th appearance on the CSO podium since 1973. His musical legacy and … » Read

KHARKIV, Ukraine (AFP) — Russian bombs fall daily on Kharkiv since the invasion of Ukraine, but time stood still briefly on Saturday as a group of Ukrainian musicians moved listeners with a classical concert. Three violinists, a cellist, … » Read

The Boston Symphony is citing “unforeseen logistical complications between England and Austria” as the reason behind the cancellation of its two concerts in Royal Festival Hall, May 12 and 13. It’s possible that this is in fact … » Read

Seemingly intent on  reviving a tradition of producing new orchestral music that saw the creation of over 450 new works and more than 150 recordings over 75 years, the Louisville Orchestra (LO) is launching the Louisville Orchestra Creators … » Read