Canada’s National Arts Centre Orchestra, kicking off the second leg of a  Korea-Japan tour, greeted Tokyo with a novelty and two warhorses. The June 3 Suntory Hall concert, conducted by NACO Music Director Alexander Shelley, opened … » Read

British cellist Benjamin Hughes will join University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music faculty next fall as associate professor of cello. Hughes is principal cello of the BBC Concert Orchestra, an acclaimed international solo and … » Read

On June 7, the  Van Cliburn International Piano Competition crowned Aristo Sham of Hong Kong as gold medalist in Fort Worth. The silver and bronze medals went to Vitaly Starikov of Israel/Russia and Evren Ozel of the U.S. respectively. The … » Read

Vanessa Tsoi and Claudia Stott have joined IMG’s new International Classical Touring department as VP of International Orchestral Touring, and Senior Manager of International Orchestral Touring, respectively. They report to Peter Ansell, … » Read

The San Francisco Ballet, which will mark its 90 th anniversary this upcoming season, is to name its music director and principal conductor position for Shelby and Frederick Gans for the next 25 years to honor the couple’s recent, major … » Read

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Nina Stemme tilted back her head after the final notes of her 126th and last Isolde performance, and her eyes filled with tears. She was hugged by tenor Stuart Skelton and mezzo-soprano Karen Cargill as the audience in … » Read

Since 2010, the College of Music at the University of Colorado Boulder has hosted the New Opera Workshop (CU NOW), an extended colloquium over several weeks at which graduate voice students and alumni interact directly with living composers and … » Read

Boston Symphony Orchestra violinist Sophie Wang has been promoted to the post of associate concertmaster as of June 20. She has been in the orchestra since 2022 and is succeeding Alexander Velinzon, who became first associate concertmaster last … » Read

LONDON—When The Soldier’s Tale premiered in 1918, it was admired not just for Stravinsky’s pungent score and idiosyncratic orchestration but for the innovative way it blended spoken narrative with a suite of baroque-inflected … » Read

The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra’s (MSO) last season was tumultuous. A controversial decision to cancel a performance by pianist Jayson Gilham, an internal revolt that led to the departure of the orchestra’s managing director Sophie … » Read