Almost 400 musicians have signed a public letter pledging to sever their business ties with Amazon’s Web Services subsidiary (AWS), which counts government agencies such as Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border … » Read

Spoleto Festival USA 2020's new opera, based on the autobiography of Omar Ibn Said , an enslaved African Muslim, is to be titled Omar . A well-educated man before his enslavement, Said wrote his autobiography—in Arabic—in 1831. He was … » Read

Despite last season’s seven-week strike, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO) has put a positive spin on it’s the results of its latest fiscal year.  A report issued at the orchestra’s annual meeting on Oct. 23 shows total … » Read

JoAnn Falletta will celebrate her 20 th anniversary as music director of the Buffalo Philharmonic by staying another five years—through the 2025-26 season. The first woman to become music director of a major-budget-category orchestra, she … » Read

Its one down, and two to go at the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts in Orlando. On Tuesday, after months of sometimes acrimonious negotiations , the Orlando Ballet and the Center announced they had reached a multi-year rental agreement … » Read

For nearly two decades, the conventional wisdom in the classical music world held that in order to avoid gender bias, prospective orchestra members needed to audition behind a screen. Based on four decades of data from eight leading orchestras, … » Read

PARIS--Top architect Jean Nouvel is suing one of his former clients, the Philharmonie concert hall in Paris, in a dispute over the cost of building the venue, which opened in 2015. In a complaint filed in the Paris court on October 14, his … » Read

Johann Sebastian Bach is often portrayed as a model of rectitude—a “conformist establishment figure” closely associated with “respectability and propriety.” But, argues music historian Ted Gioia, that … » Read

WNYC has responded to pressure from its local community, and especially its new music community, and cancelled all plans to drop New Sounds . The program, hosted by John Schaefer since its inception 37 years ago, will remain on the air at its 11 … » Read

The appointment of Annilese Miskimmon [pictured] as the English National Opera’s (ENO)  new artistic director, argues David Benedict in The Stage , is shocking because “she’s startlingly well-equipped for the job. … » Read