It makes a big difference when your orchestra’s biggest fan is Mercedes T. Bass. The Texas philanthropist and board chair of the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra (FWSO), among a host of other board affiliations, recently made a $5 million … » Read

The Colburn School has appointed violist Jonathan William Brown as professor of chamber music, overseeing the strings and piano chamber programs at the conservatory and pre-college levels, as well as teaching viola. Brown has been a member of the … » Read

The urgent need to connect with new and more diverse audiences has made today’s classical music presenters preoccupied with rethinking the concert experience. From the choice of repertoire to format, timing, and even ticket policies (is … » Read

This year’s announcement of the upcoming season at Covent Garden offered something different--news that the Royal Opera was now the Royal Ballet and Opera. “[It’s] a massively overdue change,” CEO Alex Beard told The … » Read

Things didn’t proceed quite as planned for Hilary Hahn’s final concerts with the New York Philharmonic as artist in residence. The orchestra’s change of personnel, due to the scandal, extended to the podium, where future Music … » Read

On May 4 the Interlochen Center for the Arts will premiere Edmonia , Boston-based composer and guitarist Bill Banfield’s opera about the 19 th -century Black and Ojibwe sculptor Edmonia Lewis. In 2000 author Toni Morrison commissioned … » Read

Members of the Philadelphia Symphonic Choir on April 29 approved their first labor contract with the Philadelphia Orchestra and Kimmel Center, Inc (POKC). About 160 of some 200 singers voted in favor of the agreement, negotiated by the American … » Read

The 2023-24 season is the swansong for the St. Lawrence String Quartet (SLSQ), the group announced yesterday. The decision comes after a one-year hiatus following the death of founding violinist Geoff Nuttall . The quartet’s three remaining … » Read

At a casual glance, Cio-Cio San, the title character of Madama Butterfly , seems like an archetypal Puccini “piccola donna”: a delicate young woman along the lines of La bohème ’s Mimì or Turandot ’s … » Read

Now in its third year, Arabella Arts s has been on a steady growth curve under its founders, Managing Directors Stefana Atlas and Samantha Scully. Among its most recent signings is violinist Maxim Vengerov, for North American management. “I … » Read