As the Sun Symphony Orchestra (SSO) prepares to launch its second season, Olivier Ochanine recently sat down with the Vi?t Nam News for an interview. The ensemble’s upbeat music director characterized the SSO’s first year as a … » Read

During the first quarter of 2019, Spotify passed the threshold of 100 million paying subscribers, an increase of 32 percent above the streaming service’s performance a year earlier. Although revenues for the first three months of the year … » Read

Dumitru Pocitari [pictured], 27, is to be the new co-concertmaster of the Israel Philharmonic. He will share the position with David Radzynski, who moved into the job five years ago at the age of 28. Pocitari has been in the IPO since age 22, … » Read

This year marks the 50 th anniversary of the National Youth Orchestra of Germany (BJO), the nation’s foremost incubator for orchestra hopefuls aged 14 to 19. An astounding 81 percent of the more than 4,000 musicians who have played for the … » Read

Councilors in Edinburgh have narrowly approved construction of the city’s first new concert hall in 100 years. The £45m ($59m) Dunard Center, located on St. Andrew Square, will become home to the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and … » Read

After seven weeks, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra strike is over. Saturday afternoon the musicians approved a tentative agreement that had been drawn up on Friday in the offices of Mayor Rahm Emanuel, who had offered his services to move things … » Read

A reporter visits the tiny audio studio at the top of the Metropolitan Opera 30 minutes before a live Saturday Tosca broadcast and interviews cohosts Mary Jo Heath and Ira Siff. He writes of them and the nearby audio engineer, “Everyone is … » Read

In a sign of the times, the Eugene (OR) Opera announced it is giving up its residency at a prime venue in town in order to gain more flexibility in its programming. As a resident company at the Hult Center, it is required to produce at least two … » Read

The Chicago Symphony and its musicians have reached a tentative five-year agreement, announced more or less simultaneously Friday evening by each side plus Mayor Rahm Emanuel, at whose office the two parties met Friday. Details will be issued … » Read

In striking contrast to a recent interview with Notre Dame Chief Organist Olivier Latry on NPR , the Associated Press is reporting that Pascal Quoirin, who restored the instrument two years ago, says it wasn’t damaged in the fire that … » Read