The competitive nature of gaining access to music education at South Korean universities has enmeshed college music professors and parents of aspiring students in a massive scandal.  The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency has recommended the … » Read

Yuki Serino [pictured, with competition official] took home the top prize at the inaugural Città de Cremona Violin Competition , held on June 12 in Cremona’s Museo del Violino. The 18-year-old Japanese artist, currently studying at … » Read

LONDON—Garsington Opera has been snapping at the artistic heels of Glyndebourne Festival of late, delivering an impressive string of hits, many of them daring rarities . This year saw the completion of phase one of the £14.5 million … » Read

The Royal Northern Sinfonia has announced Italian-Turkish conductor Nil Venditti as its principal guest conductor starting next season. She made her debut with the orchestra in 2022, returning last May to conduct works by Mozart, Beethoven, … » Read

In a heavy-handed move consistent with Art Council England’s (ACE) response to critics of its deep cuts to U.K. opera companies announced in late 2022, Sir Nicholas Serota, ACE’s chairman, threatened to "review" a £3.2 million … » Read

The City of Sydney has unveiled the draft Cultural Strategy for 2025–2035, a $20 million plan to “retain, rebuild and reimagine” the arts and culture scene in Australia’s largest city. Among the key proposals intended to … » Read

LONDON—While Bernstein’s Candide (1956) is a musical that aspires to be an operetta, Franz Léhar’s Die Lustige Witwe (1905) looks in the opposite direction. Operetta, musical… what’s in a name? It’s a … » Read

Gabriel van Aalst has submitted his resignation as president and CEO of the New Jersey Symphony, effective in September. With the orchestra since 2016, Van Aalst will assume the same responsibilities at Dayton Live, which serves Ohio’s … » Read

Although completely consistent with his political “brand,” Governor Ron DeSantis’s veto of the $32 million grant program of the state’s Division of Arts and Culture, which would have supported as many as 663 arts and … » Read

Noting that her heart was “overflowing with gratitude,” soprano Christine Goerke in a Facebook post bid farewell to the Detroit Opera from her three-year stint as associate artistic director. In a relationship dating back to the early … » Read