Daniela Nardi, a recorded solo vocalist whose career has encompassed marketing, producing, fundraising, and administrative leadership, is to be the new executive director of the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, founded in 1894 and one of the most … » Read

As of the fall of 2024, the New England Conservatory will welcome three new faculty members. Violist Wenting Kang , an alumna of NEC, joins a department that includes Nicholas Cords, Kim Kashkashian, Mai Motobuchi, Melissa Reardon, and Marcus … » Read

SAN FRANCISCO--The Attacca Quartet lived up to its name on Sunday, February 4, in an absorbing afternoon concert at Hertz Hall on the University of California Berkeley campus. On both halves of the Cal Performances program, the musicians played … » Read

“Is it possible for us to use the tools of classical art music to make people feel better?” San Francisco composer Danny Clay posed that plainspoken yet nuanced and provocative question as the formative spark for Music for Hard Times, … » Read

The Columbus (OH) Symphony Orchestra has announced ambitious plans for a $275 million concert venue. Located on a 6.7-acre site along the Scioto River in the city’s downtown, the new 205,000-sq.-ft. building will include a concert hall … » Read

MILAN (AP) — The violins, violas, and cellos played by the Orchestra of the Sea in its debut performance at Milan’s famed Teatro alla Scala carry with them tales of desperation and redemption. The wood that was bent, chiseled, and … » Read

Musicians intent on receiving all the royalty payments they’re due often face obstacles when trying to determine exactly how much they are owed. Streaming companies, notorious for their meager payouts to all but a few stars, have made the … » Read

Opera Philadelphia’s 2024-25 season reflects the company’s greatly reduced circumstances, as first disclosed in August with a 20 percent budget cut to $11 million and with General Director David B. Devan’s consequent decision to … » Read

Tianjin Juilliard and the McDuffie Center for Strings have announced the appointment of cellist Sihao He [pictured] to the faculty of the former, where the Shanghai Quartet is in residence. He, currently a teacher at the McDuffie Center in Macon, … » Read

The pursuit of racial and gender equity in the classical music world has taken on special urgency in the past decade. Concert programs that feature compositions by women, Blacks, and people of color are now de rigueur for most ensembles, and … » Read