Two key chamber ensembles have updated their personnel. The American Brass Quintet (ABQ, est. 1960) has brought on a new trumpet in Brandon Ridenour, and its first ever woman member, trombonist Hillary Simms. Ridenour succeeds Louis Hanzlik, who … » Read

Émigré , a 90-minute oratorio about Jewish refugees who fled Nazi Germany for Shanghai in the 1930s, will debut this November in Jaguar Shanghai Symphony Hall, with its U.S. premiere at Lincoln Center’s David Geffen Hall … » Read

On July 6 the South Korean soprano Lee Sang-eun was found dead in a woman’s restroom at Gimcheon Culture and Art Center. Her body was discovered just minutes before she was to perform in Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana with the Gimcheon … » Read

PONTIAC, Mich. (AP)—A document handwritten by singer Aretha Franklin and found in her couch after her 2018 death is a valid Michigan will, a jury said Tuesday, a critical turn in a dispute that has turned her sons against each other. … » Read

Summertime pickings at Lincoln Center once again are slim, as the organization persists in efforts to cultivate an ever-more diverse audience. The Lincoln Center Festival is now a distant memory, and the Mostly Mozart Festival will be formally … » Read

Christopher Heil i s to be the new chorus director of the Bayerische Staatsoper, one of Germany’s biggest opera choruses, with some 100 singers from 23 countries. He succeeds Stellario Fagone who made an abrupt exit last March, as yet … » Read

Undaunted by the fate of the apparently defunct Philly Pops, several of its musicians have organized a new ensemble, the No Name Pops, and scheduled performances for September and October. “It’s a shame there isn’t orchestral … » Read

For the past 15 years in Juárez, Mexico, violinist Jové García has run the Orquesta Sinfónica Esperanza Azteca (Aztec Hope Symphony Orchestra), an after-school music program that teaches children between 7 and 18 to … » Read

Gustavo Dudamel’s decision to leave the Los Angeles Philharmonic after 17 years to join the New York Philharmonic is widely considered a loss by Angelenos eager to assert their cultural superiority over their East Coast rival. But what if, … » Read

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Peter Nero, a Grammy-winning pianist who interpreted pop songs through classical and jazz forms and served as the Philly Pops’ conductor for more than three decades, has died. He was 89. Nero died Thursday at Home … » Read