Late last month Keith Cerny announced his upcoming departure as president and CEO of the Fort Worth Symphony for another arts leadership post, outside of Texas. Now, the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra and School of Music (VSOSOM) has claimed him, … » Read

Imagine shouting down the soft-spoken Yo-Yo Ma. That is apparently what the striking Harvard Graduate Student Union did on November 6 when he was being interviewed on the stage of the Sanders Theater on the university’s campus. He and the … » Read

On Nov. 7 Gianandrea Noseda was honored by his native Italy with the presentation of the rank of Grand Officer of the Order of Merit; he has been a Cavaliere (Knight) of the Order of Merit since 2001. The Ambassador of the Italian Republic to … » Read

Much as the Nashville Symphony announced its season suspension due to lack of funds , only to be rescued three weeks later by a major funder , so did the Phoenix Symphony announce on October 20 its premature season end and, three weeks later on … » Read

In a vote on Nov. 3 described as “historical” and “momentous” by one cultural leader, 84 percent of Philadelphia voters approved a ballot measure establishing the office of arts and culture as a permanent part of the … » Read

In Herbert Blomstedt, the world has lost one of the great conductor personalities of our time at the age of 99. The Salzburg Festival looks back in immense gratitude to many artistic encounters with him. For over four decades, he gave the … » Read

LOS ANGELES—Since Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons became a perennial best-seller after World War II, some contemporary composers seem to have wanted a piece of the action by writing companion works on the same theme. Astor Piazzolla was … » Read

The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra (SLSO) launched the 2025-26 season, its 146 th , with the reopening of the Jack C. Taylor Music Center and its renovated Powell Hall. In the months following, more than one million people experienced the orchestra … » Read

In September 2028 Joshua Weilerstein will begin his five-year tenure as chief conductor of the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. He is a well-known podium presence to the orchestra players, having led a number of critically acclaimed performances in … » Read

As per her Instagram posting on Nov. 5, soprano Angel Blue has withdrawn from all of this season’s scheduled opera commitments. She will continue to perform in recital, starting December 11 in San Francisco. Blue cancelled her role debut as … » Read