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

LONDON—For half a century or more, the benchmark recording of Mendelssohn’s Elijah in English has been an all-star affair conducted by Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos. With a solo team led by Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau that included … » Read

The Philadelphia Orchestra’s “Orchestra after 5” program on Feb. 1—dubbed “a classical concert with a casual vibe”—was “a wild success,” says the Philadelphia Inquirer’s Peter Dobrin. … » Read

The Colburn School promoted Nate Zeisler, interim provost, to the full position, succeeding Adrian Daly, who died in August . Zeisler has been at the school for 13 years, teaching career development and community engagement courses. While serving … » Read

Conductor Carlos Kalmar has filed a lawsuit in federal court against the Cleveland Institute of Music, essentially for defamation of character and ruining his professional reputation. The suit stems from a Title IX investigation last year, which, … » Read

Madam Madeleine Careau is to exit the post of chief executive officer of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra at the end of the season, in June. She has been in the job since 2000 and can take responsibility for two highly successful music director … » Read