WARSAW, Poland — Krzysztof Penderecki, an award-winning conductor and one of the world’s most important contemporary classical music composers whose works have featured in Hollywood films like The Shining and Shutter Island , died … » Read

It’s rare to see a work that genuinely challenges the form and opens a window onto what a genre might become, but Philip Venables’s Denis & Katya at Philadelphia Opera’s O19 Festival was the most brilliantly original … » Read

Kent Tritle is director of Cathedral Music and organist at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in Manhattan; director of choral activities at the Manhattan School of Music; organist of the New York Philharmonic; music director of Musica Sacra … » Read

MADRID (AP) — Plácido Domingo announced Sunday that he has tested positive for the coronavirus. The 79-year-old opera singer’s illness comes after his own glittering career had recently been stained by sexual misconduct … » Read

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Superstar Plácido Domingo has resigned from the U.S. union that represents opera singers and will contribute $500,000 to sexual harassment eradication programs and a fund that helps opera employees in crisis, the … » Read

Violinist Jennifer Koh reports that it is difficult for classical musicians to monetize streaming. Most of their income comes from live performances. As such, her finances are shaky. “I just have fees coming in from performances I did. If … » Read

Violinist Yi-Wen Jiang has resigned from the Shanghai Quartet, responding to pressure from remarks he posted on WeChat, calling Chinese people (pig in emoji). WeChat is a popular social media app in the Chinese community, Jiang’s … » Read

Doriot Anthony Dwyer, principal flute of the the Boston Symphony for nearly 40 years and the second woman ever to hold a principal chair in a major orchestra, died on March 14 in Lawrence, Kansas. She was 98. Her daughter Arienne Dwyer, said the … » Read

NEW YORK -- Joyce DiDonato and Piotr Beczala made sure the show went on, albeit in an unusual format and venue—from the living room of DiDonato's Manhattan apartment. The American mezzo-soprano and Polish tenor had been scheduled to star in … » Read

New York Mayor Bill DeBlasio has chosen Gonzalo Casals, who currently leads the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art in SoHo, as the city’s new cultural affairs commissioner. Lohman, who assumes the position on April 13, replaces Tom Finkelpearl, … » Read