The Paul Hamlyn Foundation has awarded £4 mn to the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra (RLPO) to support music opportunities for children and young people in the Liverpool metropolitan region. Of the gift, £3.5 mn will create an … » Read

The effort to reintroduce long-ignored composers received a shot in the arm with the announcement that the previously unpublished music of Julia Perry will become available via an agreement between Videmus, Inc. and Boosey & Hawkes, a leading … » Read

Movies about famous musicians aimed at a general public are often risky affairs. The creative forces and intuition that produce great art are not easily dramatized or visualized on the big screen. So I was skeptical and a bit apprehensive about … » Read

As the Salzburg Festival trumpets the offerings for its upcoming summer season , a few backstage developments have emerged in recent days. Last week, the Festival fired its new Drama Director Marina Davydova for having taken a job elsewhere … » Read

The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (MSO) has been in turmoil since last August, when the cancellation of a performance by pianist Jayson Gillham set off a chain of destabilizing events. In short order the MSO CEO Sophie Galaise left , no doubt … » Read

The prospects for robust arts funding in Wales could scarcely be more disheartening. Since 2010, Arts Council Wales (ACW) has suffered a 40 percent real-terms cut in funding. “I doubt very much of it will be there in 10 years’ … » Read

SANTIAGO, Chile—After 20 years, El Holandés Errante ( Der fliegende Holländer ) returned to the stage of Santiago’s venerable Teatro Municipal on November 17. And just as the Dutchman is redeemed by Senta in the opera, … » Read

The highlight of the February Masters Week sale at Sotheby’s in New York will undoubtedly be the auction of the Joachim-Ma Stradivarius. Crafted by Antonio Stradivari in 1714, the instrument epitomizes the famous luthier’s … » Read

Houston Symphony principal trombone Nick Platoff is to succeed Allen Barnill, onetime principal trombone of the same orchestra, as chair of brass and associate professor at the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University. Platoff—who … » Read

A new report by Will Page, the former chief economist at Spotify, finds that for the first time the value of global music copyright, pegged at $45.5bn in 2023, exceeded the $33.2bn generated by the cinema box office. Page’s calculation … » Read