Dear Friends, Colleagues, and Music Lovers: Due to the recent and unprecedented political changes in the United States, I feel morally obligated to withdraw from all engagements in the U.S. for the 2025-26 season.  This is not an easy … » Read

The Jacksonville Symphony clearly has some well-heeled supporters. Adding to the recent $8 million donated in the October-January time span, the orchestra just announced another $15 million from an anonymous donor. The gift, which exceeds the … » Read

LOS ANGELES—Over the past decade or so, the Mozart/Da Ponte opera cycle— The Marriage of Figaro, Don Giovanni , and Così fan tutte— has established prominent beachheads in California. First, Gustavo Dudamel and the Los … » Read

Violinist Joshua Brown, cellist Tommy Mesa, and the Viano Quartet yesterday received 2025 Avery Fisher Career Grants in a presentation at The Jerome L. Greene Performance Space. The ceremony was presided over by Avery Fisher Program Chair Deborah … » Read

As of September, Australian conductor Daniel Carter will become music director of the German National Theater and State Orchestra in Weimar. Currently music director at the Landestheater Coburg in Germany, Carter is a protégé of the … » Read

In a move to enhance its advocacy efforts on behalf of living music creators in the world today, the American Composers Forum (ACF) has named Loki Karuna (a 2024 Top 30 MA Professional) as executive director, beginning on June 10, 2025, and … » Read

Barbara Hannigan, Musical America’s 2025 Artist of the Year , has been announced as one of the three Polar Music Prize winners, along with jazz pianist Herbie Hancock and legendary rock group Queen. Founded in 1989, the Prize’s … » Read

Graham Parker, appointed three years ago as CEO of the Louisville Orchestra (LO) and a major catalyst in rebuilding the organization under its Music Director Teddy Abrams, left his post as of February 28. The orchestra announced its 2025-26 … » Read

In late February the Trump administration ordered the U. S. Marine Band to cancel a planned May concert with 30 teenage musicians chosen by nationwide auditions. Because the young musicians were Black, Hispanic, Indian, and Asian, the program ran … » Read

Christopher Bassett , appointed bass trombone of the San Francisco Symphony last year, is to be on the faculty of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music next fall, joining many of his SFS brass-section colleagues on SFCM’s teaching staff. … » Read