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LOS ANGELES (AP) _ North American concert attendance declined nearly 12 percent in the first half of 2005 despite the first drop in average ticket prices in a decade. Fans purchased 14.5 million tickets to the top 100 concert tours from January to … » Read

BERLIN - Two Janácek pilgrimages into what still called itself Czechoslovakia -- in 1954 a centenary congress in Brno that attracted experts on Leos Janácek "behind the Iron Curtain" from all over the world, and a subsequent "Prague Spring" … » Read

La Scala Elects New Board Members by Carlo Vitali A shift in the balance of power, as some Muti supporters depart in a huff MILAN -- After prolonged negotiations, Fondazione La Scala on Tuesday elected three new members to the board of … » Read

Sir Brian McMaster, for 15 years the director of the Edinburgh International Festival, has “joined the board of” rival Manchester International Festival, according to the Scotsman. The move apparently means that he is taking his expertise and his … » Read

LONDON – It’s official: There can be only one Really Terrible Orchestra in Britain, and it is the original, based in Edinburgh, founded in 1995 and specializing in repertoire made up of “notes its members can play.” A rival talent-free classical … » Read

Glimmerglass’ new General Director Michael MacLeod has decided to bring a new slant to the July 7-Aug. 28 festival in Upstate New York, focusing all of its programming on a single theme. This year it is the Orpheus myth, which will be examined … » Read

Has Goldstar Events finally found the solution for bringing younger audiences into the music hall? According to an article in the Wall Street Journal, the California-based company has hit pay dirt “with personalized Web-based marketing techniques … » Read

Arvo Pärt’s latest work has yet to be premiered, but Universal Edition has already published the score for Symphony No. 4, “Los Angeles,” online. Esa-Pekka Salonen and the LA Philharmonic are set to premiere it Jan 10. The score is also … » Read

The acid test arrives Sept. 25, when its 1,140 seats are filled for the first time, but the Toronto’s newest concert venue, the Royal Conservatory of Music’s Koerner Hall looks by all accounts to be a successful meeting of acoustic and design … » Read