Emily Fritz-Endres is to be the next executive director of the Albany Symphony Orchestra as of August. She succeeds David Hyslop , who has been serving as interim since January, three months after the departure of Anna Kuwabara. Fritz-Endes is a … » Read

Once the rock star of the avant-garde, the blonde, charismatic Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928-2007) has been fading toward invisibility in the U.S. The Park Avenue Amory's presentation of Inside Light, taken from the composer's gargantuan cycle of … » Read

Violinist Xiao Wang bested 20 contestants to win first prize at the New York Classic Violin Competition on May 31st. The 37-year-old string player, currently a faculty member at the Manhattan School of Music, received a €20,000 cash prize … » Read

San Francisco Symphony has recently announced the retirement of five longtime players who have collectively accrued 183 years in the orchestra. Violinist and former associate concertmaster Nadya Tichman joined the orchestra in 1980, played as … » Read

Tabita Berglund , who becomes principal guest conductor of the Detroit Symphony as of next season , will take the same role with the Dresden Philharmonic as of 2025-26. Her debut with the orchestra last November, conducting Sibelius’s … » Read

LONDON—When reviewing live music it helps to witness a performance from a good seat. This, dear reader, is not because journalists somehow deserve the best, but because you do. A critic's primary task is to serve as your eyes and ears: to … » Read

In announcing a new board leadership slate, the National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) has disclosed an endowment gift from longtime trustee Roger Sant of $10 million, the orchestra’s largest ever single gift and bringing Sant’s largesse … » Read

On June 7 in David Geffen Hall, Jaap van Zweden conducted the second of three performances of Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 ( Resurrection ), his swansong as music director of the New York Philharmonic. (He conducts the orchestra again presently … » Read

Moscow-born pianist Ilya Shmukler [pictured] has swept the triennial Géza Anda Competition awards, winning first prize of 40,000 CHF (about $45,000) along with the audience prize, the Mozart prize, the special prize of the Hungarian Radio … » Read

Like most non-profit performing arts institutions, the San Francisco Opera is struggling financially with smaller post-pandemic audiences and rising costs. Decreasing its 2024-25 season to only six productions, as opposed to the usual eight or … » Read