Joel Link, first violinist of the Dover Quartet, will add the Cleveland Orchestra to his professional exploits, becoming the orchestra’s concertmaster as of July 3, 2025. He succeeds David Radzynski , who left in March 2024 (a joint … » Read

LONDON—The Bach Choir has a singularly distinguished lineage among Britain’s amateur choral societies. Founded in 1876 for the U.K. premiere of Bach’s Mass in B minor , it has had only nine music directors, including Sir Charles … » Read

In April of 2022 Los Angeles Times music critic Mark Swed pooh-poohed any notion that Gustavo Dudamel might be a candidate to succeed Jaap van Zweden as music director of the New York Philharmonic. “Dream on,” he told New Yorkers. … » Read

Boston offers music lovers a cornucopia of performances by, among many, the Boston Symphony Orchestra , the Chamber Orchestra of Boston, the Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra, the Boston Lyric Opera, and the Celebrity Series. The latter two of these … » Read

John Adams’s works for the theater have typically shaded into oratorio. Nixon in China and The Death of Klinghoffer proceed less as dramatic narratives than as vehicles for librettist Alice Goodman’s poetic musings; similarly, Doctor … » Read

Alexander Shelley , recently appointed  music director of the Pacific Symphony and music director of the Naples Philharmonic, is shedding his current role in that position with the National Arts Centre (NAC) Orchestra, over which he has … » Read

An open letter with more than 550 signatories from musical artists and industry groups, sent in advance of a key E.U.-U.K. summit scheduled for London on May 19, urges political leaders to remove the post-Brexit touring barriers between the E.U. … » Read

On May 17 British-German conductor Sir Simon Rattle will not have to travel very far to claim his latest honor, the 2025 Ernst von Siemens Music Prize. In a ceremony in Munich’s Herkules Hall, home to the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, … » Read

German conductor André de Ridder is to be the next music director of the English National Opera (ENO), effective as designate next fall and permanently as of fall 2027. He succeeds Martyn Brabbins, who resigned in October of 2023 … » Read

The Katarina String Quartet, Juilliard’s graduate quartet-in-residence, has won the grand prize and gold medal of the Fischoff Competition, as announced May 12. Inclusive of tours and concert engagements, the competition estimates the … » Read