The Boston Symphony Orchestra has farewelled five of its string players. Violinists Victor Romanul and Jennie Shames, violist Rachel Fagerburg, and bassists Edwin Barker and Joseph Hearne all gave their final BSO performance on 27 July at … » Read

Carlos Rafael Rivera has been nominated for his fifth Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music for his work on the Netflix original series Dept. Q . The Grammy and two-time Emmy winning composer and educator divides … » Read

Cleo Laine, whose dark, velvetty voice, exceptional range, and ability to scat like Ella Fitzgerald defined British jazz in the 1950s and 60s, died on July 26 at her home in Wavendon, Buckinghamshire. Her remarkable versatility enabled her to … » Read

The Leonard Bernstein family has put out a statement expressing their deep sense of loss at the death on July 22 of Alexander Bernstein, Leonard and Felicia’s son and second child. “Father of Anya, brother of Nina and Jamie, devoted … » Read

For 15 years Chicago’s Haymarket Opera Company has been presenting enchanting productions of baroque opera. These are often rarely heard works like Telemann’s Pimpinone and feature top-notch singers and an orchestra entirely at home … » Read

The Board of Directors of the Seattle Symphony has elected Susan MacGregor Coughlin as its next Chair. She will take up the role ahead of the 2025/26 season, succeeding Jon Rosen, who is stepping down at the end of the current season after four … » Read

Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, cellist, Holocaust survivor, and matriarch of a musical dynasty, was delighted to receive a personal visit from King Charles on the occasion of her 100th birthday. The British monarch dropped in to wish many happy returns … » Read

In tandem with her recent decision to shift four of New York’s most influential arts voices away from their respective beats, The New York Times Culture Editor Sia Michel has also announced that the popular classical news reporter Javier C. … » Read

Matthias Rädel has been named as the new general manager of the Bayreuth Festival following a meeting of the organization’s administrative board. It concludes an extensive search for the onetime Wagner family concern and was announced … » Read

Dr. Scott Hanenberg and Dr. Caitlin Martinkus are the latest to have quit the troubled Cleveland Institute of Music, with both of them joining the Penn State School of Music from Fall 2025. The couple joined CIM as recently as 2023 in roles as … » Read