A musician has been arrested and charged with fraudulently receiving over $10 million in streaming royalty payments. According to authorities in New York, Michael Smith, 52, of Cornelius, North Carolina, used artificial intelligence to create … » Read

Boston Baroque’s Board of Directors has announced that the 2024-25 season will be Martin Pearlman’s last as music director. Pearlman founded the ensemble as Banchetto Musicale in 1973. Once a successor has been appointed, he will take … » Read

The Welsh National Opera Chorus will take industrial action in an ongoing dispute over jobs and pay. The British Equity union announced that 93 percent of its members had voted to consider striking with a turnout of 100 percent. Meanwhile, they … » Read

The most recent tax return for the New York Philharmonic has been released, revealing that across 2022-23, CEO Deborah Borda (pictured left) out-earned Music Director Jaap van Zweden (below) by approximately $200,000. Figures for the fiscal year … » Read

Working festival performances into your summer vacation in Europe can anchor your visit around memorable musical experiences. This summer, I was lucky enough to be in Stockholm when opera was on the boards at Drottningholms Slottstheater, a World … » Read

Trinity Church in downtown Manhattan has announced its 2024-25 season including the New York premiere of Paola Prestini and Royce Vavrek’s new chamber opera, Silent Light . The programming reflects the organization’s ongoing … » Read

Arizona State University’s School of Music, Dance and Theatre has appointed renowned music producer Tuo Clark as faculty associate for its popular music program where he will teach music industry studies. Clark’s stella career took … » Read

The Seattle Symphony has announced that Xian Zhang will be its next music director. The Chinese American conductor, currently music director of the New Jersey Symphony, will take up a five-year contract beginning in the 2025/2026 season. Zhang is … » Read

Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris has been revealing her musical tastes and upbringing on the campaign trail, and they are surprisingly eclectic. For instance, who knew that the U.S. vice president played French horn and percussion … » Read

In a world full of doom and gloom, music inevitably feels a duty to confront and question. And yet once, its primary purpose was merely to please and entertain, an often-forgotten element celebrated in these four recent releases. John Alden … » Read