Zarqa Al Yamama , the first grand opera produced in Saudi Arabia, recently premiered in Riyadh. With music by Australian composer Lee Bradshaw and an Arabic libretto by Saudi poet Saleh Zamanan, the opera tells the story of a blue-eyed tribal … » Read

Since 1959 the Medical Arts Symphony of Kansas City community orchestra has provided amateur musicians working in the health care professions with performance opportunities that offer essential relief from a stressful work environment. For Liam … » Read

LONDON--The Royal Opera House’s Jette Parker Artists Programme is not just about fostering talent, it enriches the artform through staged performances that often reach beyond the regular canon. This April 26 double bill in the Linbury … » Read

New Hampshire-based PARMA,  a production, distribution, and marketing company, has acquired Albany Records, assuming responsibility for the 37-year-old label’s operations and catalog administration. Albany’s founders, Peter … » Read

On April 30, when Joshua Kosman retires after 36 years with the San Francisco Chronicle , the classical music world in the U.S. will lose one of its best and longest-tenured critics. A member of a distressingly shrinking fellowship of informed … » Read

Eva Ollikanen has announced her exit as chief conductor of the Iceland Symphony at the end of the 2025-26 season, concluding what will have been a six-year run. Her accomplishments are noteworthy, including establishing a conducting academy and … » Read

At the end of El Niño ’s opening chorus, during the transition to the Annunciation scene, the orchestra begins to vibrate in steadily intensifying waves of ecstatic energy—a moment of sonic transfiguration that is one of the … » Read

Credo Music, which marks its 25 th anniversary this summer, has named MET Orchestra concertmaster David Chan as director of its annual chamber music festival at Oberlin Conservatory, effective in 2025. A faith-based movement with chapters in … » Read

The upcoming summer’s BBC Proms, the ninth and last season under the direction of David Pickard , features the usual array of classical music luminaries, the continued commitment to programming female conductors (10), some important … » Read

NEW YORK (AP) — Bernie Williams was in the center, just like the old days at Yankee Stadium. Only this time he was at Lincoln Center alongside conductor Gustavo Dudamel and making his New York Philharmonic debut. After spending 16 years … » Read