LONDON—The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment was born out the desire of a group of U.K. musicians to manage their own destiny while learning from the finest period instrument gurus both at home and abroad. This October 12 performance of … » Read

As curated by this year’s Festival Director Julia Bullock and Director of Choruses Matthew Swanson, the Cincinnati May Festival has unveiled its 2026 schedule. “Historically, the festival has focused on gathering together local arts … » Read

American soprano Roberta Alexander died in Amsterdam on October 14, 2025, at the age of 76. The Cincinnati native studied at the University of Michigan and Indiana University, and after a few early professional experiences in the U.S. relocated … » Read

Gavin Maloney has been renewed as associate principal conductor of Ireland’s RTÉ Concert Orchestra for the next three years. Trained at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester and the Mozarteum, Salzburg, he became … » Read

Four performances of Mason Bates’s new opera have been added to the schedule in late February, in response to demand for the season-opening production, which sold out all of its fall performances. The Met reports the opera has attracted new … » Read

The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (BSO) has extended Music Director Jonathon Heyward’s contract through the 2030-31 season, which is three years beyond its current end point of 2027-28. Since his arrival in fall of 2023, he has energized … » Read

On Sunday October 12, mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter, with pianist Kristian Bezuidenbout, offered the first solo vocal recital in the Frick Collection’s new 220-seat Stephen A. Schwarzman Auditorium, which opened in April, performing … » Read

On Oct. 1, Jane Fonda announced that she would revive The Committee for the First Amendment. The group, originally organized in 1947 by her father Henry Fonda and others, condemned hearings held by the House Un-American Activities Committee that … » Read

Nicolas Koeckert has been named as the first concertmaster for the United Arab Emirates National Orchestra (UAENO) in Abu Dhabi. His appointment takes immediate effect. The Munich native studied at Hochschule für Musik Würzburg with … » Read

Succeeding Sonja Thoms as executive director of the Wheeling Symphony Orchestra (WSO) will be Marc Zyla, a horn-performance doctoral candidate at the University of Illinois. Thoms left last June after two years in the job. Zyla starts next … » Read