With the search for its next music director underway, it’s no coincidence that the San Francisco Symphony’s (SFS) 115 th season, running Sept. 8 through  June 27, 2027, features no fewer than 26 guest conductors, five of them new … » Read

LONDON—The idea of reimagining the Easter story through the eyes of a woman is a good one (see John Adams’s The Gospel According to the Other Mary ). Commissioned by Scotland’s Dunedin Consort, along with the Barbican Centre and … » Read

The University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance has announced the addition of internationally recognized sopranos Christine Goerke and Jeni Houser to the Department of Voice & Opera as assistant professors, beginning in August … » Read

When Boston Lyric Opera’s (BLO) new Opera and Community Studios (OCS) facility in the city’s Fort Point neighborhood opens, visitors can be forgiven if they are confused by the sign above the door reading … » Read

“Due to irreconcilable differences of opinion and disagreements, the Salzburg Festival and Artistic Director Markus Hinterhäuser are parting ways effective immediately,” the festival has announced. “This is the result of a … » Read

With the end of the 2025-26 season just around the corner, today’s news seems sudden: Carter Brey, the New York Philharmonic’s longtime and highly estimable principal cello, is to retire at season’s end. His final performance as … » Read

For fans of 20 th - and 21 st -century music, this year’s Ojai Music Festival is irresistible. Put together by Music Director Esa-Pekka Salonen with festival Artistic and Executive Ara Guzelimian, the 80 th iteration of this historic … » Read

The displeasure surrounding the announcement that the Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO) will not renew Andris Nelsons’s contract as music director is not subsiding. At the Thursday, March 19 performance, the first since the news was … » Read

Three new releases highlight the diversity of orchestral and chamber music coming out of the U.S. right now. First up, Sarah Kirkland Snider ’s Forward Into Light , a distinctive and immersive album by one of America’s most individual … » Read

Travelers passing through the Pittsburgh International Airport between now and April 30 can see life-size holograms of members of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra performing. Created by Joe Zeff Design, timed to coincide with the influx of … » Read