Conductor Marin Alsop is the new 2021-22 Harman/Eisner Artist-in-Residence of the Aspen Institute Arts Program. In that role the celebrated musician will take part in forums and programs about critical social and civic issues as viewed through … » Read

Welz Kauffman, who resigned two years ago after 20 years at the helm of the Ravinia Festival, has resurfaced in Tucson, AZ, where he has become the first ever full-time managing director of True Concord Voices & Orchestra , a professional … » Read

Dutch conductor Bernard Haitink, highly esteemed old-school maestro, longtime music director of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, with additional major leadership posts in London, Chicago, and Boston, died at his home in London on Thursday, his … » Read

Pianist Yundi Li has been "expelled" from the China Musicians Association, based on charges by Beijing Police that he is a suspect in a prostitution case. According to AP's reading of a police blog, he has been "placed in administrative detention … » Read

In the good ol days, classical music institutions would book featured artists, from soloists to conductors, years in advance. Covid-19 of course has blown a hole in that once stable if staid custom, causing the cancellation of live performances … » Read

Composer Bright Sheng’s attorney has reported that his client will not be investigated by the University of Michigan’s Equity, Civil Rights and Title IX (ECRT) Office. Sheng was labeled a racist by students and some faculty for his … » Read

Louis Langrée, who announced in June that he would be stepping down as music director of the Cincinnati Symphony at the close of 2023-24, is to be the new director of the Opéra-Comique in Paris. His appointment was announced today. … » Read

Jaap van Zweden has been forced to cancel his remaining appearances with the Hong Kong Philharmonic (HKP) in 2021 because the government has refused to grant the conductor a waiver of the city’s 21-day quarantine requirement. “After … » Read

Edita Gruberová, the legendary Slovak-born coloratura soprano, died in Zurich on October 18, her Munich-based Hilbert Artists Management said. She was 74. Born in Bratislava, Gruberová studied in the Slovak capital before making her … » Read

It isn’t easy to come to from abroad to perform in the U.S. these days. Witness the recent travails of the Danish String Quartet, Musical America’s 2020 Ensemble of the Year . The Grammy Award-winning quartet, having already seen a … » Read