The conductors of many of America’s leading orchestras are today expected to possess “broad horizons” that focus as much on contemporary music as on traditional repertory. But, as critic Alex Ross argues in The New Yorker , … » Read

Raff Wilson is to succeed Elena Dubinets as VP for artistic planning at the Seattle Symphony in April. Wilson served for seven years in a similar capacity for the Hong Kong Philharmonic, from 2010-17, and is credited with bringing Jaap van Zweden … » Read

Admirers of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony often marvel that the composer was deaf when he composed it between 1822 and 1824—or so history would have us believe. But as celebrations of the 250 th anniversary of the icon’s birth are … » Read

The Metropolitan Opera has found its new Dutchman in bass-baritone Evgeny Nikitin, who takes the role over from Bryn Terfel in the company’s new, François Girard staging of Der Fliegende Holländer . Terfel is undergoing … » Read

Sam Jackson, senior managing editor of Global, Europe’s largest radio company, has been appointed Executive VP Global Classics and Jazz for Universal Music Group (UMG). Jackson, whose current portfolio includes Classic FM, which … » Read

Peter Serkin, who made his Philadelphia Orchestra debut at age 14, performing Mozart’s Concerto for Two Pianos, K. 365, with his famous father, Rudolf Serkin, died on February 1 at his home in Red Hook, NY, of pancreatic cancer. He was 72. … » Read

PARIS (AFP)--Sir Simon Rattle still can't believe that what he calls the "terrible mistake" of Brexit is actually happening. Britain's biggest classical music star returned from the Berlin Philharmonic to lead the London Symphony Orchestra, his … » Read

After a six-month search, the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra (VSO) found its new president and CEO within its own ranks, elevating Angela Elster from VP of the VSO School of Music & Community Programs to the post left vacant when Kelly … » Read

CHICAGO — Bryn Terfel broke an ankle in three places and will have surgery this week, cancelling his scheduled return to the Metropolitan Opera for the first time since 2012. The 54-year-old Welsh bass-baritone was to star in a new … » Read

Bob Shane, the last surviving founding member of the Kingston Trio, which is credited with sparking the folk music movement in the 1950s and 60s, died on Sunday in Phoenix, AZ, in a hospice facility. He was 85. His death was confirmed by his … » Read