The last-minute scramble begins anew. For the second time this season, the third time in as many years, James Levine is ill and major institutions of the music business are left to deal with the aftershocks. Sunday, the Met Opera announced his … » Read

David Zinman has resigned suddenly as music director of the Aspen Music Festival and School. He was in negotiations with the festival for his 2011 contract; his current one ends at the end of the forthcoming 2010 season, but he has opted to break … » Read

Calling all dark and swarthy adult males who stand about 5 feet, 10 inches tall, have a lot of free time on their hands and are willing to work for no pay. Apparently Francisco Negrin's new production for the San Francisco Opera requires not one … » Read

The Seattle Symphony is trumpeting Ludovic Morlot’s first season as music director as “fresh” and “eclectic” in its programming, all of which was designed by the Morlot. The 36-year-old David Robertson protégé succeeds Gerard Schwarz, who has … » Read

DETROIT – Detroit Symphony musicians are beginning to wonder about the future of the orchestra's relationship with its ailing music director, Neeme Jarvi. "We've heard so many different stories," principal flutist Erv Monroe tells Lawrence B. … » Read

Lee Hoiby, a composer who dared to write melodies that sing and harmonies that supported them, died yesterday at a New York hospital at the age of 85. The cause was metastatic melanoma. At a time when his colleagues were impressing one another … » Read

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Kudos to Tony Award-winning composer Jason Robert Brown for raising a ruckus when the Drama Desk decided to eliminate the Outstanding Orchestrations category from the 2012 awards. This year’s nominations, announced April 27, came with … » ">Read

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Top 10 Lists are always entertaining, even if they’re contrived and far more arbitrary than anybody wants to admit. Melissa Lesnie has taken on the Herculean task of assembling the Top 10 pianists of all time for Limelight magazine, by … » Read