The 2025-26 season marks  Patrick Summers’s last as music and artistic director of the Houston Grand Opera, capping 25 years at the helm; as of May of 2026, he takes the title of the Robert and Jane Cizik Music Director Emeritus Chair. … » Read

Erik Satie, probably best known for his three Gymnopédies , also composed one of the longest works in the classical canon. Vexations can take anywhere from 12 to 20 hours to perform. “There is no work stranger and more extreme, nor … » Read

When the Oregon Symphony kicks off its 2025-26 season on Sept. 16 with violinist Joshua Bell as the headliner, patrons will notice some changes. Gone will be the Monday night performances in its classical series, in favor of a more traditional … » Read

What do a British punk rock band and a French scientist have in common? Both have been denied entry into the U.S., apparently because they have spoken ill of Donald Trump. A Facebook post of March 19 by bassist Alvin Gibbs of the band UK Subs … » Read

On March 22, crowds estimated at well over 10,000 flocked to Macy’s Center City store in Philadelphia for a day-long series of eight recitals on the Wanamaker Grand Court Organ. In January Macy’s had announced that it would close its … » Read

The Utah Symphony | Utah Opera (USUO) has received a $15 million pledge from the O.C. Tanner family. To be paid over ten years, the gift consists of two components: outright annual support of $500,000 over the next decade—for key leadership … » Read

The Aspen Music Festival and School and its Music Director Robert Spano have extended their current agreement through 2030, by which time Spano will have been in the job 19 years. His position at the venerable Rocky Mountain event entails … » Read

After several months that included at times fractious negotiations, dueling press releases, and a week-long strike at the beginning of February, faculty at Manhattan School of Music's Precollege Division have secured a new contract with the … » Read

Dresden’s Saxon State Opera’s 2025-26 season boasts some 292 opera and ballet performances, with eight new stagings in the former category. Opening the season next October in his first performance as principal conductor of the … » Read

The San Francisco Symphony’s 2025-26 season features 26 weeks of music with 23 different conductors. Notably absent, from even one program, is the current music director Esa-Pekka Salonen, who opted not to renew his contract after five … » Read