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At the Proms: Masterful Rachmaninoff Outranks Ho-hum Mahler

LONDON—It may be a typically gray British summer, but at least the BBC Proms are shining brightly. And if anyone needs convincing that classical music can still draw a crowd, they need look no further than this July 18 Prom at … »
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New Haven Symphony Taps Music Director

American conductor Perry So is to be the next music director of the New Haven (CT) Symphony Orchestra (NHSO) as of 2024-25. He succeeds Alasdaire Neale, who steps down next May after five years in the job to return to Europe. Perry So is c … »
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'Tis the Season: An Explosion of Competition Wins & Awards

The Gilmore, which hosts an annual piano festival at his home base in Kalamazoo, MI, also chooses an official Gilmore Artist every four years, and Gilmore Young Artists every two. Igor Levit was the last Gilmore Artist, in 2020, and the two Young … »
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The Latest in Assisted Listening: Vibrating Vests

Cutting edge technology developed by California-based Not Impossible Labs is enlivening musical experiences for deaf and hard-of-hearing audiences around the world. The key to the new device is a Vibrotextile™ vest that allows users to feel … »
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Royal Opera House O Votes to Strike, Unless...

In balloting that concluded July 17, an overwhelming majority of the members of the Royal Opera House’s orchestra voted to approve a strike if management does not meet their salary demands. Of the 93 percent of the players voting, 90 … »
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Central City Opera CEO Exits Mid Festival

Central City Opera and AGMA may have finally come to terms last May , moments before the current season was set to launch, but all is still not well. As of last Monday, President and CEO Pamela A. Pantos [pictured], is suddently out, after just … »
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The New Boss at Glimmerglass, Plus an Old Timer Returns

COOPERSTOWN, NY—The Glimmerglass Festival, located in a decidedly rural area of upstate New York, began rather humbly in 1975 with four performances of La Bohème in a high school auditorium. That opera returned this summer to open … »
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Louis Langrée Leaves Two Changed Ensembles as He Makes His Exit(s)

As he prepares to step down as music director of the Mostly Mozart Festival this summer (Lincoln Center is eliminating the event), and next year from the same post at the Cincinnati Symphony, Louis Langrée is a man in transition. As a … »
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Multi-tasking Protégé of the John Williams Era

The news that John Williams’s work on Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny is his last film score may mark the end to “an epic era of film music,” writes Mark Swed in the Los Angeles Times . But it hardly signals an end to the … »
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Internat'l Confab to Address the Future of Orchestras

July 21 is the early-bird deadline for registration for the first “Orchestras Now! Future Proof,” an international conference organized by Poland’s National Forum of Music (NFM) set to run September 6-8 in Wroclaw. It features … »
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