In a statement, Universal Music Group [UMG] has described The New York Times expose of the disastrous fire, alleged to have destroyed 500,000 recording masters, as filled with "numerous inaccuracies, misleading statements, contradictions and … » Read

Concord Music Publishing has expanded its already considerable roster of music recording and publishing companies with the purchase of Sikorski Music Publishing Group. The Hamburg-based, family-run business is best known for holding the rights to … » Read

Some marriages seem made in heaven. Such is the case with the Seattle Opera and KING FM 98.1, which will be housed together in the opera's Seattle Center campus beginning in early 2020. Completed in December 2018, the Opera Center plan includes … » Read

Will foreign artists ever be able to perform in the U.S. again? Lately, it seems as if the U.S. Department of State is determined to discourage any performer or ensemble from applying for a visa to perform in the U.S., unless he or she has won a … » Read

A Portrait in Four Movements , a new collection of reviews of Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO) performances by Andrew Patner, serves to remind us that a critic’s role can involve building up, not tearing down. Before his untimely death in … » Read

The Wiener Staatsoper is inviting singers born after January 1, 1990 who have “completed their vocal studies” to apply for its new Young Artists Program, set to launch in the fall of 2020. Deadline is next September 30 ( … » Read

Scenes of outrage erupted at the launch of the new season at Turin's Teatro Regio on Monday, with Mayor Chiara Appendino and Superintendent William Graziosi [pictured] booed and whistled at by a significant proportion of those present. It was "a … » Read

The Shireland Collegiate Academy Trust and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (CBSO) are partnering to create a specialist music school, the first such partnership for an orchestra in Britain. “I can’t think of a better way to … » Read

The National Arts Centre (NAC)’s summer Young Artists Program, currently underway through June 22 with some 70 senior and precollege instrumentalists and singers, is to be discontinued following this one's conclusion. Founded in 1999 by … » Read

Todd Tarantino has stepped down as executive and artistic director of MATA, an incubator for and presenter of early career composers founded in 1996 by Philip Glass, Eleonor Sandresky, and Lisa Bielawa. Tarantino, in the job for seven years, has … » Read