The musical instrument sellers’ trade organization, National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM), has selected Julia Rubio as the new executive director of the NAMM Foundation. She succeeds Mary Luehrsen, who is retiring after 22 years, … » Read

Apple Music Classical is introducing a weekly Classical Top 100 chart that will factor in streams on Classical and Apple Music proper, iTunes, song sales, and Shazam tags (an app that enables the listener to identify a musical selection on the … » Read

The management and musicians of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra (CSO) have reached a new five-year labor agreement, to take effect on Sept. 9, which offers competitive salary increases, flexible scheduling, and new audition and tenure policies. … » Read

On the right weekends, the Tanglewood Festival is perhaps the ultimate summer destination for serious classical music fans. The weekend of July 26-28 the acclaimed Festival of Contemporary Music was in full swing, featuring what was apparently a … » Read

SEATTLE — In this corner of the Pacific Northwest, summer means chamber music—lots of it. Other cities offer continuing orchestral adventures with the hometown band at vacation venues like the Hollywood Bowl, Ravinia, or Tanglewood … » Read

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’s veto of a $32 million grant program of the state’s Division of Arts and Culture is forcing the state’s arts organizations to think outside the box as they seek to recoup the lost public funding. … » Read

The Philadelphia Orchestra has added four new musicians to its ranks. Among them is assistant double bassist Tobias Vigneau, arriving just months after completing his Bachelor of Music degree at the Curtis Institute of Music. He succeeds Joseph … » Read

HONG KONG—To correct any misnomers, when the  Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra hired 24-year-old conductor Tarmo Peltokoski in July to succeed Music Director Jaap van Zweden, it did not anoint the youngest-ever music director in the … » Read

Grand opera simply doesn’t get any grander than Le prophète . The five-act Giacomo Meyerbeer/Eugène Scribe work offers an epic treatment of the 16th-century conflict between the Catholic Church and the radical Protestant … » Read

The San Francisco Symphony, facing financial and artistic leadership hurdles, also seems to be undergoing a fair amount churn within its ranks. At the end of the season the orchestra saw five players representing 180 years of experience retire; … » Read