Orchestras in Berlin, Copenhagen, and Busan, Korea, are all undergoing major changes. Sergey Smbatyan made his debut as the new guest conductor of the Berlin Symphony Orchestra on Feb. 5. He is currently also the artistic director and principal … » Read

Robert Spano appears to be the go-to conductor of the day. Just on the heels of being named principal conductor of the Rhode Island Philharmonic last month, with immediate effect, he is to take on the music directorship of the Washington National … » Read

Fiona Sinclair, chief executive of the Leeds International Piano Competition, has taken aim at the bias that stunts the concert careers of female pianists regardless of their talents. Armed with data from several recent studies, she points to the … » Read

While the Metropolitan Opera’s embrace of contemporary opera has captured the wide-eyed attention of the cultural press, far less consideration has been given to the “middle American malaise” that musicologist Micaela Baranello … » Read

The San Antonio Philharmonic, which emerged out of the ashes of the long-beleaguered San Antonio Symphony and offered its first full season in 2022-23, has named Jeffrey Kahane to be its music director as of 2024-25 for three seasons. Kahane has … » Read

Mannes School of Music at The New School’s College of Performing Arts has chosen Robert Bily to receive the 2024 Alexis Gregory Vendome Prize. The 26-year-old Czech pianist receives $30,000 cash as well as several concert dates throughout … » Read

SAN FRANCISCO—With one of the West’s atmospheric rivers churning away outside, Hertz Hall on the University of California Berkeley campus sheltered a different and more varied display of natural phenomena on February 6: Bustling … » Read

Best Orchestra Performance Thomas Adès: Dante Gustavo Dudamel, conductor Los Angeles Philharmonic   Best Opera Performance Terence Blanchard: Champion Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor; Ryan Speedo Green, Latonia Moore, … » Read

For the first time in its 87-year history, the Louisville Orchestra has received a Grammy Award, winning for The American Project in the Best Classical Instrument Solo category. The original composition, by the orchestra’s music director … » Read

Despite the demise of the Mostly Mozart Festival, its orchestra and a few programs of classical music have been planned by Lincoln Center presenters—as of part of their Summer for the City banner, now in its third annual appearance. … » Read