The centenary of Pierre Boulez’s birth this year will be the occasion for several celebrations of his work as a composer, conductor, and musical polemicist. In anticipation of upcoming festivals by the London Symphony Orchestra and the BBC … » Read

The Argus Quartet has two new members in violinist Sam Parrini and cellist Drake Driscoll, replacing violinist Clara Kim, a founder of the group in 2013, and cellist Mariel Roberts. Parrini is a Juilliard grad and, with Driscoll, a teaching … » Read

The Los Angeles Philharmonic has cancelled concerts for this weekend, due to the winds and wildfires in the area. The Schumann and Brahms performances, January 9-12, conducted by Louis Langrée, will not be rescheduled. Refunds are … » Read

Tonight, Bryn Terfel will take to the Metropolitan Opera stage as Baron Scarpia, opposite soprano Sondra Radvanovsky in Tosca . Long a Met favorite, the Welsh bass-baritone has been absent from the company for 13 years due to injury and a … » Read

Timo Andres, noted Brooklyn-based composer and pianist, is the recipient of this year’s Elise L. Stoeger Prize, a biennial $25,000 cash award from the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, intended to recognize significant contributions … » Read

Ushers for the Philadelphia Orchestra and Ensemble Arts Philly—i.e. the Kimmel Center and affiliated venues—will not go on  strike as their union threatened earlier in the week. The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage … » Read

On Jan. 10 and 11, when Weicheng Zhao performs Saint-Saëns’s Organ Symphony with the San Diego Symphony (SDS), the Robert-Morton Theatre Organ will have its own coming-out party in the renovated Jacobs Music Center. The two concerts … » Read

Entering her third year as director of the Edinburgh International Festival, Nicola Benedetti has sounded an alarm about the health of the ionic celebration and Scotland’s creative arts scene in general due to continued funding cuts. … » Read

The 2025 Grant Park Music Festival, the first for Giancarlo Guerrero in his role as artistic director and principal conductor, offers 20 programs during the ten weeks from June 11 to August 16. Most of the concerts will be at Millennium … » Read

The ushers at the Academy of Music,  Kimmel Center, and the Miller Theater have rejected a Dec. 30 contract offer from Philadelphia Orchestra and Ensemble Arts (POEA) management. As such, and since they are represented by IATSE … » Read