AIX-EN-PROVENCE—Under its three most recent artistic directors, the Aix-en-Provence Festival has built a reputation for commissioning new music, reviving experimental works, and bundling them in among the season’s more high-profile … » Read

Yesterday, Lincoln Center invited a gaggle of local press to witness a rehearsal by the Festival Orchestra of Lincoln Center—the rebranded Mostly Mozart Festival ensemble—under its new Music Director Jonathon Heyward. Their … » Read

Welz Kauffman, who led the Ravinia Festival for almost two decades before his departure in 2020 , is returning to Chicago. On Sept. 30, he will begin his tenure as executive director and CEO of the Old Town School of Folk Music. He succeeds Jim … » Read

One of the many casualties of the Taliban’s brutal return to power in Afghanistan in August of 2021 was the nation’s musical life. Music of any sort was quite simply banned , anyone caught playing an instrument could face severe … » Read

The accordion, an instrument generally associated with polka bands, rarely gets much respect. That won’t be the case in Kansas City between July 23 and 27, when the Accordionists and Teachers Guild International holds its annual festival. … » Read

The centerpiece of Des Moines Metro Opera’s 2024 season was the world premiere of the Damian Geter/Lila Palmer opera American Apollo , a chronicle of the years-long relationship between John Singer Sargent and his Black model, Thomas … » Read

Violist Jonathan Brown, who began his tenure as the new professor of chamber music at the Colburn School in Los Angeles on July 1, is leaving the Casals Quartet after 22 years. Remaining are violinists Vera Martínez Mehner and Abel … » Read

On July 18 the Cincinnati Opera premiered the first of four fully-staged presentations of Sir Paul McCartney’s Liverpool Oratorio . Commissioned by the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Society for its 150 th anniversary, the 90-minute work by … » Read

The 14 th class of Dudamel Fellows has been announced, these for the 2024-25 season. Working with Gustavo Dudamel and the LA Phil musicians as well as visiting artists and conductors, the four will interact with students in key L.A. Phil … » Read

Berklee College of Music has hired Jim Lucchese, a former top executive at Spotify, as its next president. Trained as a lawyer, the Boston-based businessman boasts a successful 20-year track record in connecting music and technology. He has not … » Read