NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Don Everly, one-half of the pioneering Everly Brothers whose harmonizing country rock hits impacted a generation of rock ‘n’ roll music, has died. He was 84. Everly died at his home in Nashville, … » Read

Illness has forced Yannick Nézet-Séguin to cancel his appearances with the Lucerne Festival Orchestra on Aug. 21 and 24. It will require four people to replace the maestro. On Aug. 21 Yuja Wang will perform Mozart’s Piano … » Read

San Francisco Symphony Chorus Director Ragnar Bohlin has resigned as of this month, after 14 years in the job. He is an anti-vaxxer, as made clear from his Facebook posts, and, since the orchestra and indeed the city is demanding proof of … » Read

Michael Morgan, longtime music director of the Oakland Symphony Orchestra with a hard-earned, sterling reputation as both powerful artistic communicator and a keen awareness of what an orchestra can be, died at Oakland Kaiser Hospital in … » Read

Spencer Rubin, a 17-year-old oboist from Long Island, is intent on showing Gen Z-ers that classical music is cool. “One of the main ways to keep classical music alive is to just keep people talking about it, and so if we can do that through … » Read

Age can be liberating. Witness a “no-holds-barred”  interview Riccardo Muti gave to Aldo Cazzullo of the Milan daily Corriere della Sera right before his 80 th birthday. In an extended report, the maestro weighs in on a range of … » Read

News from the Metropolitan Opera: Diane Zola has resigned as assistant general manager, artistic, and executive director of the Lindemann Young Artist Development Program. According to an internal memo, Zola will “pursue various other … » Read

Composer/conductor James Blachly, associate editor of African Diaspora Music Project (ADMP) database, Grammy-winning mastermind behind the 2020 Chandos Recording of Dame Ethel Smyth’s The Prison , has extended his contract as music director … » Read

For over two decades, German bass-baritone Thomas Quasthoff was arguably the world’s greatest lieder singer. And then in 2012, at the height of his powers, he announced his retirement while in his early 50s. “Three days after being … » Read

As of September 1, Kevin Kwan Loucks, an Orange-county based chamber musician and entrepreneur, is the new CEO of Chamber Music America. He succeeds Margaret Loi, who  announced her retirement last November. Loucks’s wide-ranging … » Read