On Aug. 11, the Portland (ME) City Council voted 6-3 to approve a temporary moratorium on the development of new music venues. The pause was in response to a project to build a 3,300-seat downtown music hall by local developer Mile Marker … » Read

Ambitious plans for the establishment of a new philharmonic orchestra and a cultural center that includes an international concert hall are reported to be taking shape in Joinville, the largest city in the southern Brazilian state of Santa … » Read

Yesterday, Trump surprised staff at Kennedy Center by saying he planned to announce the Kennedy Center honorees today. He just did: Metal band Kiss [pictured]; longtime Phantom of the Opera star Michael Crawford; Gloria Gaynor, best known for her … » Read

James Burton, the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s choral director since 2017, will step down from his position at the end of the current Tanglewood season. The British conductor’s last performances with the Tanglewood Festival Chorus … » Read

LONDON—The BBC Proms season continued apace on August 10, with a neatly themed program by the London Philharmonic Orchestra in Royal Albert Hall. Principal Conductor Edward Gardner took water as his inspiration leading three early … » Read

The Jackson (TN) Symphony has appointed Tamás Kocsis as its new concertmaster. The Hungarian native studied at Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music with Josef Gingold, followed by further training at The Juilliard School under … » Read

Every summer the Bard Music Festival offers two consecutive weekends of concerts, panel discussions, lectures, and a volume of scholarly essays devoted to exploring the life and work of a single composer. The subject is often a well-known name, … » Read

Although the $75 million multi-year renovation of Ravinia’s 36-acre music park is not slated to be completed until 2026, one of the venues has already hosted a few “preview” events for the public. The Audrey, formerly the … » Read

Siddhartha, She bills itself as “A Ritual Music Drama” But at its August 2 Aspen Music Festival world premiere, it was difficult to locate the “drama” in the equation.  The work, with music by Christopher Theofanidis … » Read

The new, 218-seat Stephen A. Schwarzman Auditorium in the recently reopened Frick Museum will host an inaugural season of 25 classical performances from Oct. 10, 2025 to May 22, 2026—more than double the number from previous years. Among … » Read