The Boston Symphony Orchestra announces its 2020 Tanglewood season today, inclusive of programming at the Tanglewood Learning Institute, much of it complementary. Seasonal focal points are Beethoven’s 250 th and Isaac Stears’s 100th … » Read

MILAN-- Alexander Pereira doesn’t start his new job as superintendent of Maggio Musicale Fiorentino until December 16, but on Monday, he held a press conference unveiling his ambitious first program for it, along with a significant hike in … » Read

Opera San Antonio, now in its fifth year as resident opera company of the new Tobin Center, has named a new general and artistic director, as well as a new music director. It’s not entirely clear whom they succeed directly, but previous to … » Read

The Turtle Bay Music School, Manhattan’s mainstay community music school for 94 years, is closing. The school sold its midtown four-story home at 242 E. 52nd St. last year for about $11 million and moved to a commercial condo building … » Read

The Detroit Symphony (DSO) hopes to revolutionize music education in its city. If support can be found, the orchestra plans to supply any K-12 student in Detroit’s public, private, and charter schools who wants to play an instrument with a … » Read

The flooding in Venice, the most devastating in the city since 1966, has wreaked havoc everywhere, causing two deaths and an estimated €1bn worth of damage. Teatro La Fenice, whose season-opening is scheduled for November 24, has cancelled … » Read

Last July, news broke of violinist Lara St. John’s alleged sexual abuse at age 15 by her then teacher Jascha Brodsky, 78, at the Curtis Institute in the mid-1980s. Although Brodsky’s death over 20 years ago precluded any possibility … » Read

Ojai Music Festival 2020’s Music Director Matthias Pintscher [pictured] has announced his programming for the June 11-14 event, together with the Festival’s Artistic-director-in-brief, Chad Smith. “Brief” because Smith was … » Read

A report from the Music Managers Forum (MMF) suggests that the expanding role of music managers and an outmoded compensation model are threatening the profession’s continued viability. Roles once considered the province of the record … » Read

The Salzburg Festival has announced its 2020 season, and among the highlights are what Artistic Director Markus Hinterhäuser characterizes as a “very courageous” Don Giovanni (“nobody can deny the relevance of that opera … » Read