The necessity of working from home during the pandemic has changed the way that many companies are operating, including London-based artist management firms, ranging in size from Askonas Holt and HarrisonParrott to smaller boutique firms such as … » Read

Classical music generally gets treated like a red-headed stepchild by the Recording Academy, which each year bestows Grammy awards for a laundry list of musical genres. None of the classical awards are presented on the televised broadcast, and a … » Read

The recent release of the “Michael Gielen Edition,” a set of 88 CDs capturing five decades of the Austrian maestro’s work, confirms his place as “one of the most stimulating conductors of the 20 th century,” opines a … » Read

As the musicians and management of the San Antonio Symphony met with a federal mediator on Feb. 14 to seek an end to a months-long strike , the ensemble’s Music Director Emeritus Sebastian Lang-Lessing spoke with Texas Public Radio about … » Read

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has given Cincinnati Opera $1.3 million to develop new operas based on primarily Black stories written by Black composers and Black librettists. Monies will also support Opera Fusion: New Works (OF:NW) , the … » Read

With an endowment gift of $8 million, the Gilmore has established a new quadrennial award for jazz pianists that parallels the current one for classical artists (The Gilmore Artist Award), the most recipient of which was Igor Levit, in 2018. The … » Read

This summer’s centennial season for the Hollywood Bowl will kick off on June 11 and 12, when the Los Angeles Philharmonic hosts a free weekend festival at the Bowl and a second venue at The Ford. Over the following three months, the musical … » Read

Foundations in Detroit and New York have recently awarded funding to support both well-established institutions and newly minted opera producers and administrators. In Detroit the William Davidson Foundation has announced respective grants of … » Read

The 35 th edition of Bravo! Vail, June 23 to August 4, 2022, plans to feature more than 60 concerts in what Artistic Director Anne-Marie McDermott calls “the return of full-scale orchestras, robust programming, family favorites, and concert … » Read

The first Spoleto Festival USA under its new General Director Mena Mark Hanna [pictured] sounds and looks rather different from its predecessors, although western classical music is still represented in the chamber music series and a few of the … » Read