The San Francisco Symphony (SFS) and the San Francisco Conservatory of Music (SFCM) have “paused” the five-year-old Emerging Black Composers Project (EBCP) in response to a memo from the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of … » Read

The two-year-old No Name Pops, soon to be known again as the Philly Pops by permission of the estate of the late Peter Nero, has tapped Christopher Dargon as its first music director. The Australian conductor holds conducting positions with the … » Read

The upcoming season for the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra (LACO) combines its traditional quality programming with a new partnership with the Colburn School. Since it was founded in 1968, LACO has performed in several different venues, including … » Read

The 2025-26 Chicago Symphony Orchestra season has its immediate past and future music directors, Riccardo Muti and Klaus Mäkelä, leading four programs each in Chicago, with the former also touring seven U.S. cities with the band and the … » Read

The 2025-26 season of the Louisville Orchestra (LO) offers an impressive slate of classical concerts, several of which will include world premieres. Music Director Teddy Abrams is never far from the stage, save for two weeks in September, when he … » Read

NEW YORK (AP)—The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation will increase its giving over the next two years in response to what it calls a “crisis” prompted by the Trump administration’s freeze on federal foreign aid … » Read

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra has appointed violinist Natalie Chee as its next concertmaster, commencing in January 2026. For Chee, who currently lives in Germany, the appointment brings her home. A Sydney native, she began studying violin at age … » Read

The Aizuri Quartet—violinists Miho Saegusa and Emma Frucht, violist Brian Hong, and cellist Caleb van der Swaagh—has announced it will disband at the end of April after 13 years together. Its final recital, scheduled for April 25, … » Read

The Vienna Philharmonic historically has had no music director, but if it did, Riccardo Muti in all likelihood would hold the post. Having first conducted the orchestra in 1971, he has led more than 500 concerts, including annual New Year’s … » Read

German violinist Christian Tetzlaff, whose annual performance schedule usually includes 20 appearances in the U.S., has cancelled an upcoming eight concert tour of his quartet in New York, Connecticut, Georgia, and California. He also said he is … » Read