Jaime Martín will conclude his tenure as the ensemble’s sixth music director at the conclusion of the 2026-27 season. He started as music director designate in 2018; as of 2027-28 he will take the title of music director laureate. … » Read

Oklhoma City University(OCU) has selected Julia Montag as the next dean of the Wanda L. Bass School of Music and the School of Theatre. She takes over leadership duties from W. Jerome Stevenson, who has been serving in an interim capacity since … » Read

SAN FRANCISCO—As the San Francisco Symphony soldiers on in search of a new music director, a revitalized identity, and a proposed renovation of Davies Symphony Hall, one of the organization’s programs is thriving. SoundBox concerts, … » Read

Classical music’s powers to impact and change our lives, to connect and create empathy, are widely acknowledged, even as the art form remains generally underfunded and ignored as an educational necessity. It is little wonder then, writes … » Read

The destruction of the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center of the Performing Arts, soon to be literal, under the DT regime is reflected in its near-empty houses, fleeing resident companies (the Washington National Opera the most visible), in-protest … » Read

PARIS—The superb production of Werther at the Opéra Comique last month was a veritable team effort headed by conductor Raphaël Pichon, who has brought his orchestra Pygmalion to the forefront of the period-instrument movement. … » Read

German conductor Helmuth Rilling, who for more than six decades was one of the 20 th and early 21 st century’s most compelling interpreters of Johann Sebastian Bach’s sacred music, died on Feb. 11 at age 92 in his native Germany. Born … » Read

Next fall, the Robert McDuffie Center for Strings at Mercer University in Macon, GA, will welcome a new artistic director and two new faculty members. Violist Emily Brandenburg will succeed her former teacher, Amy Schwartz Moretti, in the top … » Read

Given the myriad high-tech possibilities that could be exploited in an interpretation of Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf , writes Peter Dobrin in The Philadelphia Inquirer , The Philadelphia Orchestra “is smart enough to let the piece … » Read

SAN FRANCISCO—It’s not often that clothes match the style and mood of a concert. But such was the case on Thursday, February 5, in a splendid all-Mozart bill performed by the San Francisco Symphony. Conductor Harry Bicket made the … » Read