The Concours musical international de Montréal (CMIM)—an annual, highly prestigious event that rotates among voice, piano, and violin— has chosen a leadership team from within to succeed Christiane LeBlanc, who announced her … » Read

Gaetano Donizetti was one of the early 19 th- century’s most prolific opera composers, writing almost 70 works between 1816 and his death in 1843. But for almost a century afterward, few of his works other than Lucia di Lammermoor and Don … » Read

Although the administration of the Cleveland Institute of Music cleared conductor Carlos Kalmar of Title IX allegations in August , finding the charges without substance, a number of students remain unconvinced of the innocence of the school's … » Read

The Cleveland Orchestra has announced that its Music Director Franz Welser-Möst has withdrawn from all concerts starting at the end of October through the end of the year. “He recently had a cancerous tumor removed and will need to … » Read

The Dallas Symphony Orchestra is adding five new musicians to its fulltime roster from the beginning of the 2023-24 season. In making the announcement, Fabio Luisi, who begins his fourth season as music director this fall, welcomed the new … » Read

MODESTO, CA—The Board of Directors of the Modesto Symphony Orchestra Association has announced that Nicholas Hersh will become the organization’s next Music Director. Hersh, who is only the ninth music director in the … » Read

You just can’t keep a good man down, it seems. David Hyslop, a legend in the world of running orchestras and/or consulting for them, is the new interim president and CEO of the Reno (NV) Philharmonic. He steps into the position vacated by … » Read

The Taliban’s return to power in Afghanistan in 2021 meant the reintroduction of a regime that criminalizes musical expression, especially among women. For Huma Rahimi, who had learned to play the sitar at the Afghan National Institute of … » Read

On Aug. 22, following a concert at the Berlioz Festival in La Côte-Saint-André in south-eastern France, 80-year-old conductor Sir John Eliot Gardiner slapped and punched bass William Thomas in the face. The singer’s apparent … » Read

Opera Holland Park’s Rigoletto might easily have been just another London night at the opera. That it turned out to be rather special was largely down to conductor Lee Reynolds. Despite reduced forces, he managed to pull a rabbit out of the … » Read