Keeping up with competition results at this time of the year is a challenge. In the last week alone, we’ve seen winners emerge at four, including American soprano Rachel Willis-Sørensen , who received the Met Opera’s … » Read

“I grew up in a household that was very noisy—we had a lot of tiny violins; I guess you could say they were our toys.” Conductor Katharina Wincor (pronounced Winsor) is the youngest of four sisters, now all professional … » Read

Floyd Brown’s tenure as a vice president of development at the Kennedy Center lasted little more than a month before his past history of anti-gay rhetoric, subject of a CNN report, led to his dismissal. His appointment, never formally … » Read

The LA Opera as appointed Domingo Hindoyan as music director—the third in the company’s history. His five-year contract is effective as of July 1, 2026. Hindoyan succeeds James Conlon , who becomes conductor laureate at the end of the … » Read

At the end of May, a court in Florence, Italy, found Alexander Pereira guilty of embezzlement. The former artistic director of the Salzburg Festival, the Zurich Opera House, La Scala in Milan, and Maggio Musicale in Florence was convicted on two … » Read

DETROIT (AP)—As Detroit Opera officials made plans last fall to bring a production based on the Central Park Five to their 2025 lineup, then-presidential candidate Donald Trump loomed large and just off stage. The opera puts to music the … » Read

Charles Wadsworth, founding artistic director of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, in 1969, and often credited with the robust health of chamber music in this country, died on May 29 in at a medical facility on Manhattan’s Upper … » Read

LEIPZIG, Germany—When Dmitri Shostakovich died in 1975, the world lost one of the last composers whose work regularly touched the souls of listeners beyond the usual classical music crowd. Fifty years on, that is reason enough to celebrate … » Read

“Working with Esa-Pekka is the most deeply satisfying culmination of my work at the Ojai Festival and a fitting moment for me to conclude my tenure as artistic and executive director.“  With this statement, several paragraphs … » Read

The Mann Center for the Performing Arts in Philadelphia’s Fairmount Park is planning a major renovation of its campus in advance of its 50 th anniversary, and the nation’s 250 th , in the summer of 2026. Thus far the center has raised … » Read